Sparta News

The New Bern Civitan Club's annual Christmas tree and wreath sale has been bringing double holiday cheer for nearly 30 years.

Christmas tree farmers in Alleghany County said Wednesday they expect this season, like in years past, to provide the business boon they rely on.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, the Sparta mountain claimed the lives of a father, mother and young son.

A family from Sparta, NC died Monday evening after getting into a wreck. NC Highway Patrol says a family was driving down Highway 21 in Allegheny County around 5:20 Monday evening when their pickup truck crossed over the center line and hit a commercial box truck head on.

The Virginia Carolina Water Authority has awarded the final five contracts to finish a regional water system between the towns of Independence and Sparta, N.C. The bids - which put the project $784,385 over budget - were approved during the authority's regular meeting Nov.

Christmas will be here in a matter of weeks, meaning you're probably already getting things prepared, beginning your shopping and even trying to make a decision on what type of Christmas tree you will have this year.

Angel Food Ministries offers families and individuals an opportunity to get more food for their money, something especially helpful in these economic times.

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 2:40 a.m. Luther Fritts remembers getting the bug to return to farming when he was working for KMart in the Atlanta area.

Medical and dental services in Alleghany, Ashe and Surry counties are among 24 grant recipients getting a portion of $3.8 million in the first phase of Rural Hope, a rural health-care initiative designed to create jobs and improve health care through the construction and expansion of rural health-care facilities, Gov.

A Sparta North Carolina baby needs a lifesaving multiple organ transplant. COTA, the Children's Organ Transplant Association says three month old Landon Jones was born with short bowel syndrome and doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston say to save his life, the infant needs a multi organ transplant.

A Sparta North Carolina baby needs a lifesaving multiple organ transplant. COTA, the Children's Organ Transplant Association says three month old Landon Jones was born with short bowel syndrome and doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston say to save his life, the infant needs a multi organ transplant.

Alleghany County Fiddlers Convention will be held tonight and Saturday, July 18, in Sparta, NC, at the Higgins Agricultural Fairgrounds.

North Carolina agriculture leaders urged farmers yesterday to have their wheat tested after officials found high levels of a toxin in wheat samples from central and northeastern North Carolina.

As a result of an investigation into a reported beating of a three-year old child, the King Police Department arrested a female of King and her boyfriend of Sparta, NC on Friday, June 19, 2009.

An 18-year-old North Carolina man was charged after police found a shotgun and alcohol in his vehicle when they stopped him for having a broken windshield, according to a Myrtle Beach police report.

The School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently awarded Ashley Weekes her Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree.

Connelly Springs - Don Clark is in a niche market where customers are often willing to pay more for a product made in America.

SALEM SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS will hold auditions for the 2009-2010 season, May 30-31, in the Scales Fine Arts Center at Wake Forest University.