Ellenboro News

A robber who wrecked his getaway car while looking to buy crack will now spend the next decade behind bars.

Bobbie Ann Jones of Ellenboro and James Eric Walker of Polkville were married on Aug.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry and Carole Brooks of Ellenboro announce the engagement of their daughter, Bobbi Marie Brooks, to Ryan Gregory Hodge.

8. Four Leaf Peat and Shamrock Road will provide live Irish music. Event also will feature children's activities, vendor booths, silent auction, Irish bake sale, music by the Lowland Strings and Starland Gypsy Bands and Irish dancers.

George and Blanche Greene Glover of Salisbury have made a gift to establish at new scholarship at Catawba College that will benefit students from Rowan County who demonstrate financial need.

Lori Michelle Conner and Toney Lee Irvin of Mooresboro were married on June 6, 2009, 11 a.m., at North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Harold M. Mitchell officiated the ceremony.

Rep. Becky Carney returned to the House Tuesday and thanked the lifesavers who helped resuscitate her after a cardiac arrest on April 2. "I want to thank these men behind me," Carney told a news conference, "from the bottom of my still-beating heart." Carney, a Charlotte Democrat, helped Mira Batchelor, of the American Red Cross, award a ...

Losing a child may be one of the hardest things to endure in life. Samuel T. George knows the feeling.

The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Community Oriented Police Division made two narcotics-related arrests last week and say they pledge to maintain a strong relationship with the community they service.

Former North Carolina governors Jim Martin and Jim Hunt have been named as honorary co-chairs of the North Carolina Heroes Fund Statewide Advisory Board, joining other state residents and leaders in showing support for military servicemembers and their families.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Haynes of Ellenboro and Mr. Charles Elmore Jr. and Evangelist Mae Elmore of Shelby announce the engagement of their daughter, Amica Veronica Thomas, to Terry Jaquese Watkins.

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The Gardner-Webb University Fine Arts Department has several concerts coming up this month for all different types of music lovers.

The North Carolina House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill Wednesday that would allow parents to choose for their children a broader sex education curriculum.