The Rocky Mount Telegram

PLANTING DECLINE

Telegram photo / Alan Campbell

Tobacco plants grow in a float bed Wednesday inside a greenhouse at Melton Manning & Sons Farm in Nashville.

Local tobacco farmers are expected to plant less this year in response to a major drop in orders from companies that buy the leaf.

Charlie Tyson, Nash County’s extension director, said he expects a 15 percent reduction in tobacco production in Nash County this season.

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Local stores spared in new round of closings
Two anchor stores at local shopping centers in Rocky Mount have been spared from making the owner’s latest list of upcoming store closings.

Sears Holding Corp. recently released another new list of Sears and Kmart store closings due to underperformance.