Sophia News

Emily again topped the list of most popular baby girl names last year, registering as No. via The Daily Reflector

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PHILADELPHIA Asheville High junior Sophia Treakle placed ninth in the 400-meter hurdles Thursday at the Penn Relays track meet. via The Asheville Citizen-Times

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“It's a lot more stable, you can turn on a dime, and on the wet pavement, you don't feel your bike squirming under you.”

I had a jarring sense of deja vu on West Market the other day when I saw a dead ringer for my mother's 1960 baby-blue Chevy Kingswood station wagon driving the opposite way. via News & Record

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“My stomach was really churning today, but I just laid down for a little bit and felt better”

Blood seeped from a small gash across Owen senior Michael Simmerson's left knee. via The Asheville Citizen-Times

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Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a Sophia man. Caleb Nathaniel Brown, 19, of 4220 N.C. Highway 134, Asheboro, has been charged with first-degree murder. via News & Record

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The Pitt County Junior Miss program, "Junior Miss Musical" will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at South Central High School. via The Daily Reflector

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“They had gotten out. They tried to extinguish the fire”

Gusty and dry conditions on Sunday fueled an outburst of fires throughout Randolph County. via Courier-Tribune

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“They were emotionally exhausted and ready to move on to the next chapter in their lives”

The man accused in the shooting death of an Asheboro business owner in 2006 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Randolph Superior Court on Monday and will spend at least the next 10 years in prison. via Courier-Tribune

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“That's not how you rescue horses.”

A horse rescue agency that operates in North Carolina and two other states has taken in almost double the number of abused and neglected horses it usually accepts each year, and more than half came from North ... via The Horse

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“She said that she was running a rescue operation”

Hay shortage driving up incidence of neglect and voluntary forfeitures JAY PRICE Rescue agencies are taking in record numbers of horses across the state, many emaciated because of the drought-related hay ... via Charlotte.com

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