Slate Springs News

By JOEL McNEECE Sales tax returns overall are down around the county entering the final two months of the fiscal year.

By JOEL?McNEECE The Derma Board of Aldermen accepted a bid for a weather warning system at last weeka s meeting.

By JOEL McNEECE Frankie West, of Slate Springs, arrived in Vietnam in May of 1966.

By JOEL McNEECE Stacy Rimmer, of Slate Springs, was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison in a recent sentencing hearing at the Calhoun County Courthouse in Pittsboro.

By JOEL McNEECE Slate Springs has a full slate of qualifiers for the upcoming municipal election.

By JOEL McNEECE A Slate Springs man, who was arrested and charged with five rapes in March 2007, was found guilty of sexual battery and child neglect following a three-day trial last week at Pittsboro.

With plans still not finalized on the courthouse project, an addition may still be made.

By JOEL McNEECE Calhoun County Supervisors agreed Monday to look into adding a water feature at the new Calhoun County Courthouse that would serve as a memorial to Calhoun native and military great Gen.