Mount Ulla News

How long would it take for a person to accumulate 1,484 volunteer hours? Ask Diamond Smith, an eighth-grader at Southeast Middle School and she'll tell you six summers, hours of after school time and some holidays thrown in the mix.

Mount Ulla Elementary School will hold its annual Community Day on Saturday, Oct.

Last weekend's Big Sweep turned up some items of interest to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.

Three-year-old Corey Long plays with the toys he won playing games while he and his mother, Tasha Houston, wait for Hubba Bubba Clown Show to start.

Summer graduates of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, including individuals who completed degree and diploma requirements during one or both of RCCC's 2009 summer semesters.

Bubba McLaughlin, Mooresville; Cindy Connolly, Mt. Ulla; and Beverly Hampton, Mt.

Robin Hampton of Mount Ulla, has been elected as an alternate delegate to the 126th Annual American Angus Association Convention of Delegates to be held Nov.

MOUNT ULLA a ' The workers and horses at the Lazy 5 Ranch knew something was wrong when a plane sputtered and lost power Saturday afternoon.

This Sunday, Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church will celebrate its annual homecoming.

Rowan Helping Ministries feeds the hungry three meals a day 365 days a year, provides overnight shelter 365 nights a year, and assists hundreds of folks weekly who are in financial crisis.

The Joe Hall Scholarship Breakfast will be Saturday from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Cleveland Lions Club on Cemetery Street in Cleveland.

First-day enrollment in the Rowan-Salisbury School System Tuesday was down 195 students from the first day last year.

A prized collection of baseball cards were stolen from a Rockwell home Friday. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft from the William Thomas Rychlicki home at 471 Preston Ridge Road.

Adam Moore and Jacob Karriker stand with their cows in the ring. Cooperative Extension photo.

A little more than a year ago, when gas prices climbed to $4 a gallon, Ray Weber made a decision.

Ray Weber alongside the bed of his '84 Mazda pickup. Note the 17 six-volt batteries.

The gas gauge reads "Empty," but that doesn't stop Ray Weber from zipping along the roads near his home northeast of Mooresville.

The gas gauge reads "Empty," but that doesn't stop Ray Weber from zipping along the roads near his home northeast of Mooresville.

MOUNT ULLA a ' Millicent and James Hoffner were already in bed by 11:10 Tuesday night when Millicent heard a crack and sat straight up as their bedroom was filled with light.

Army National Guard Pfc. Me-Shell H. Looney has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and ...