The Enterprise
Dickinson gets 500th K as Ladybirds wrap up perfect regular season
Junior pitcher Anna Dickinson fired a five-inning no-hitter, chalking up her 500th career strikeout, to lead her Southern Nash varsity softball team to an 11-0 win over visiting Franklinton on Thursday night. The win completed an unbeaten regular season for the 3-A Ladybirds in winning the 2-A/3-A Big East Conference...
Deputies: Driver caught with drugs, automatic weapon
ROCKY MOUNT — Sheriff’s deputies seized Ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana and an illegally modified handgun in a Monday traffic stop that led to the driver’s arrest. The Nash County Sheriff’s Office stopped a white Cadillac DeVille in the area of Raleigh Boulevard and Westwood Drive and learned Clarence Borum was driving...
Firebirds take 2nd in Big East golf
WELDON — Southern Nash claimed the runner-up spot in 2-A/3-A Big East Conference boys golf after firing a 381 to finish behind Roanoke Rapids in the conference championship match Wednesday at Chockoyotte Country Club. Juniors Gavin Craft and Ross Hinnant each earned All-Big East accolades for the Firebirds, who will...
NC Wesleyan to host world’s largest Bob Ross exhibit
ROCKY MOUNT — More of famed art educator Bob Ross’ original paintings will adorn the Mims Gallery walls in N.C. Wesleyan University’s Dunn Center for the holidays, NCWU President Evan D. Duff, art curator Jan Sullivan Volz and Bob Ross Inc. President Joan Kowalski announced. “Bob Ross: Bringing Back the...
Ladybirds sew up Big East softball crown
Southern Nash clinched its third consecutive 2-A/3-A Big East Conference varsity softball championship and inched closer to an unbeaten regular season with a 10-0 home win against Northern Nash on Tuesday. The 3-A Ladybirds, who improved to 17-0 overall, won for the 11th time against Big East competition with only...
Dickinson gets 500th K as Ladybirds wrap up perfect regular season
Junior pitcher Anna Dickinson fired a five-inning no-hitter, chalking up her 500th career strikeout, to lead her Southern Nash varsity softball team to an 11-0 win over visiting Franklinton on...
Firebirds take 2nd in Big East golf
WELDON — Southern Nash claimed the runner-up spot in 2-A/3-A Big East Conference boys golf after firing a 381 to finish behind Roanoke Rapids in the conference championship match Wednesday...
Ladybirds sew up Big East softball crown
Southern Nash clinched its third consecutive 2-A/3-A Big East Conference varsity softball championship and inched closer to an unbeaten regular season with a 10-0 home win against Northern Nash on...
Butterfield honored with highway naming
RALEIGH — Friends and relatives joined North Carolina Board of Transportation members Thursday in recognizing retired U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield at an honorary naming ceremony. The board unanimously voted to...
Volunteers needed to deliver meals
Nash County Recreation & Senior Services is recruiting volunteer drivers for its Home-Delivered Meals program. “We are in desperate need of volunteers in the Nashville, Spring Hope, Castalia and Red...
Prosecutors issue warning on illegal handgun switches
U.S. Attorney Michael Easley issued a warning Wednesday reminding people they could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if they’re convicted of possessing a semiautomatic...
Invest budget surplus in NC’s public schools
Your North Carolina legislators — who work for you — will soon have the opportunity to decide how to spend $1 billion. The Office of State Budget Management recently announced...
The nuclear age is already over
Either nuclear weapons kill us or we move beyond them, soon. Via mass death or the building a new security system, the nuclear age is finished. The nuclear deterrence system...
Our Opinion: Noncompete rule should prompt NC to set state policy
A Federal Trade Commission rule to ban worker noncompete agreements could mean significant changes to the labor market in North Carolina, one of only a dozen states without laws that...
