Close Call

Justin Carver, 8, a third-grader at Rhyne Elementary, poses for a photo on Wednesday February 8, 2012. The boy's mother is angry at school officials for not following procedures to notify her after another student stabbed Carver below the eye with a pencil on the school bus. 

Sunset Crash

Fire and EMS personnel attend to individuals injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Sunset Avenue and South Pine Street.

According to police at the scene, a white Chevrolet Blazer occupied by three adults and two children was believed to be traveling on Sunset Avenue when it ran a red light and was struck by a red Chevrolet Cavalier occupied only by the driver. Several individuals were transported to Nash General Hospital with unknown injuries.