Monday Oct 26 | WCNC
NC girl accumulates more than 1,000 service hours
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 hosts Community Day
Mount Ulla Elementary School will hold its annual Community Day on Saturday, Oct.
Drug paraphernalia found during Big Sweep at Eagle Point
Last weekend's Big Sweep turned up some items of interest to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.
A fairy-tale evening at Rowan fair
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.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College 2009 summer class graduates
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.
Rowan's lambs impress across the state - show at fair tonight
Bubba McLaughlin, Mooresville; Cindy Connolly, Mt. Ulla; and Beverly Hampton, Mt.
Mount Ulla residents to serve at Angus convention
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.
Plane makes surprise landing at Lazy 5 Ranch
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.
Church homecoming season in full swing
This Sunday, Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church will celebrate its annual homecoming.
Gail Kimball collumn: What does Rowan Helping Ministries do?
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.
Scholarship breakfast Saturday
The Joe Hall Scholarship Breakfast will be Saturday from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Cleveland Lions Club on Cemetery Street in Cleveland.
School enrollment figures down from last year
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.
Rowan County Junior Dairy Show
Adam Moore and Jacob Karriker stand with their cows in the ring. Cooperative Extension photo.
N.C. man builds electric-powered truck
A little more than a year ago, when gas prices climbed to $4 a gallon, Ray Weber made a decision.
It's electric: Retired Mount Ulla man boogies down road without stopping for gas
Ray Weber alongside the bed of his '84 Mazda pickup. Note the 17 six-volt batteries.
Retired engineer builds his own all-electric truck
The gas gauge reads "Empty," but that doesn't stop Ray Weber from zipping along the roads near his home northeast of Mooresville.
Retired engineer builds his own all-electric truck
The gas gauge reads "Empty," but that doesn't stop Ray Weber from zipping along the roads near his home northeast of Mooresville.
Half-century-old oak takes direct hit from lightning; probably won *t survive
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.
Military news: Looney graduates from basic training
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 ...