Spring Hope News

Consistency is the trick to sausage making. It has been more than 50 years since Bass Farm Sausage started making pork sausage in Spring Hope, co-owner John Bass said.

Gov. Bev Perdue is reviewing three potential candidates to replace former District Court Judge Robert Evans and hopes to make a decision in the coming weeks, a spokeswoman for the governor said this week.

Every audience member is a friend. Whether she knows them, that is how Amy Boykin treats people who come to hear her perform.

A Nash County Railroad engine couples with a hopper car Thursday at the line's yard.

Ret. Air Force Master Sgt. Steve Pridgen, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, salutes as 'Taps' is played Monday during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park.

SHARPSBURG Sharpsburg commissioners will have two meetings this week to discuss the town's 2009-10 FY budget.

Amy Hancock had a dream come true this weekend. The jazz singer from Nashville stood on a stage Sunday in the city where her style of music began, New Orleans.

A Spring Hope man was sentenced in federal court Monday in Raleigh for theft of government property in excess of $1,000. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Donald Reams, 77, was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release.

Hey, read the rules! A Governor's Highway Safety DWI Checkpoint in Eastern Carolina ended with dozens of charges, at least one DWI case and several drug charges.

State authorities are investigating the actions of a Nash County deputy who reportedly fired at least two shots into the leg of a suspect late Tuesday evening.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Superintendent Rick McMahon said Monday that he's still not sure how federal stimulus money will trickle down to the district.

Tom Stevens, Headmaster of Rocky Mount Academy, announced Friday that Rocky Mount native Vanessa Murray Smith has been named the new head of Middle School, effective July 1. Her appointment culminated a 10-month nationwide search that included candidates from California to New Hampshire.

Very well put together pageant Spring Hope Elementary. All your hard work was very much noticed.

By KEN MURCHISON Fifteen people, including nine from the Spring Hope area, were arrested recently on a variety of cocaine and marijuana charges.

A computer laboratory at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke has been dedicated to the late Dr.

By KEN MURCHISON Nash County lost about 7,000 more acres of farmland between 2002 and 2007, according to a report released recently by the U.S. Census of Agriculture.

HOLLY F. REAMS A funeral service was held March 2 at McLaurin Funeral Home in Clayton for Holly Frances Reams, 15, of Middlesex, who died Feb.

REP. ETHERIDGE TALKS WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS AT MIDDLESEX ELEMENTARY. By KEN MURCHISON The recently approved federal stimulus package could help ease overcrowding in area schools.

'MIGHTY SONS OF LIGHT' PERFORM SONGS IN NCI'S BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM. By KEN MURCHISON Inmates and community leaders came together Monday at Nash Correctional Institution to celebrate Black History Month.

Nash County Parks and Recreation has released the results of its Youth Basketball League for games through Feb.