Millers Creek News

Items were found missing from a Millers Creek home over the weekend after a visit from someone who claimed to work for a local paving company.

WILKESBORO a ' A Wilkes County man was killed in a crash Saturday night on N.C. 16 when he lost control of his pickup truck after passing another vehicle in a no-passing zone.

A Millers Creek man who is facing felony breaking and entering and larceny charges in Ashe County is also facing similar charges in Watauga County.

Wilkesboro police are looking for a man who allegedly accosted a woman in a downtown parking lot on Friday and robbed her.

Authorities estimate the man who slid off a Millers Creek-area road early Saturday and slid into a home was traveling about 45 miles an hour in the 35-mile zone.

Rescuers from two counties converged on a home near Millers Creek, after a vehicle crashed into the home early Saturday.

With one fell swoop, Wilkes County deputies have cleared a large chunk of the outstanding cases of burglaries and home thefts in the Purlear and Millers Creek areas the past six months or so.

The U.S. Postal Service is cutting hours of some area post offices to reduce costs.

Ita s that time of year for yard and garden work and it seems some feel the best way to accomplish those tasks is to steal lawn and garden equipment.

A husband and wife who operated a used-car lot in Millers Creek were sentenced yesterday to active prison time in connection with cheating friends, neighbors and strangers alike after selling their vehicles on consignment.

A Millers Creek man was arrested for intoxicated driving after he cut off a Wilkesboro police officer in traffic yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Given of Millers Creek, N.C., announce engagement of their daughter, Alicia Marie Given, to Mr.

It appears the Larceny Lawn Service is out collecting their equipment to go to work this summer.

In 2008, Wilkes County tied with Forsyth County as the leading counties in North Carolina with 32 cases of confirmed rabies.A As a result, countless number of unvaccinated cats and dogs had to be put to sleep and many people had to undergo expensive preventive treatment for rabies.A The North Carolina Division of Public Health and the Wilkes County ...