Wilkesboro News

Margaret Bess PAGELAND, S.C. - Margaret Oleen Bess, 56, died Thursday . Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Gordon Funeral Service of Monroe, with burial in the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church cemetery.

This week marks the four-year anniversary of the murder of local man Timothy Shatley and authorities feel that they are a step closer to solving the case once and for all.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products.

Before Harley Hendrix was paralyzed from the chest down in a wrestling tournament, he would have sprinted to his car when a sudden storm arose.

People who run Christmas programs in Wilkes County that provide presents to children in need know that the next few weeks will be rough.

Zack Rearick , who is getting his Master's in English at UNCW , has come to a couple of Sunday open mics at downtown Wilmington's Brown Coat Pub & Theatre and wowed people with how well he reads poetry.

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Wilkes County Sheriff Dane Mastin said they are investigating a shooting death that happened early Wednesday morning.

Junior Johnson was there, and Bobby Allison and Ned Jarrett and other former drivers.

A mother and her 5-year-old daughter were killed in a head-on collision on the way to school Tuesday morning in Wilkes County, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

With faces that made racing famous in the crowd, a group of investors announced Tuesday that racing would return to North Wilkesboro Speedway next fall.

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Don Alexander, the director of the Wilkes Economic Development Corp., had heard dozens of proposals for redeveloping North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Statesville's fire chief will be among the guests at the annual holiday open house celebration at GG's Art, Frames, Gifts on Sunday.

Those municipal elections will be on November 3rd in Wilkesboro, North Wilkesboro and Ronda.

Some were taking photos at Lowe's Motor Speedway, while others were wiping down their vehicles, but most who came to the Goodguys 16th Southeastern Nationals on Saturday were doing what they came to do, see and talk about cars.

The president of the Parent Teacher Organization at C.C. Wright Elementary School was arrested Monday on a charge connected to the theft of $6,294 from the organization, authorities said.

Wilkes Steel is expanding. Owner Bert Hall tells the Journal Patriot the North Wilkesboro-based company is reaching out to more customers than ever before.

Ashvegas reports: Here's the latest big announcement from the Avett Brothers. Great news! We are honored and excited to announce that our only NC performance in the first six months of 2010 will be on Sunday, May 2nd at 3:30PM. We will be closing the 23rd annual edition of MerleFest, on the Campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NCand ...