State Road News

A Tuesday morning fire at 137 Northwood Drive in Elkin destroyed the home where Dawn Martin and her family were living.

William Frederick Cosby, Jr., of State Road, was arrested Saturday, and charged with one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor.

A Mount Airy man was accused Sunday of starting a fire in a house on Shoals Road after he confronted his estranged wife and threatened her, authorities said.

An Elkin business owner and volunteer with the Elkin Rescue Squad has been arrested and charged with statutory sex offense with a 14-year-old and solicitation of a child by computer to commit a sex act, both felonies, according to the Elkin Police Department.

More than 20 dogs and their owners turned out on Saturday for the first Bark For Life held at Fisher River Park.

Elkin has lost one of its most well-known community and business leaders. Johnsie Hudspeth, 59, a longtime Elkin resident, broker and owner of Century 21 Hudspeth Properties passed away Friday evening in an apparent diving related accident.

Adam McComb will take over as Elkin's new recreation and parks director on November 16.

Had two half day trips today and we decided to stay on the Oak Island beaches. After hearing that the Spanish were not wanting to show their faces on the beach, Capt.

A jury has found Ricky Dean Norman guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the collision that killed Harley Carter, 82, and his wife, Helen Luffman Carter, 73 of Elkin on March 26, 2007 in the State Road community on U.S. Hwy 21.

A jury has found Ricky Dean Norman guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the collision that killed Harley Carter, 82, and his wife, Helen Luffman Carter, 73 of Elkin on March 26, 2007 in the State Road community on U.S. Hwy 21.

The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a citizens' informational workshop on Tuesday, July 28, regarding the construction of an additional North Carolina Railroad track between Reid and North Kannapolis.

Hodges Funeral Home in Elkin has agreed to surrender its operating permit to a state agency that took disciplinary action against the funeral home's owner and its funeral director last month.

Published: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 3:15 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 3:15 p.m. A family with deep roots in Lexington is mourning the loss of a beloved U.S. Army captain who died of injuries from an explosion in Afghanistan on July 6. 'He always had a warm smile and a good heart,' said Barbara Sink Myers of her late son-in-law, ...

The remains of seven military service members killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan have been returned to the United States.

As of Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at least 647 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

The remains of seven military service members killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan have been returned to the United States.