The Wilkes Board of Education on Monday night approved a bid of $195,000 from Dylan Bauguess Construction for demolishing the existing home bleachers, grading, foundation work and renovations at East ...

NASCAR All-Star Race Weekend will feature a “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” on Saturday, May 17, when Jake Owen takes the stage ...

Numerous felony drug cases were heard in the Jan. 22 session of Wilkes District Court, with Chief District Court Judge Robert Crumpton presiding.

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.