Stokes County News

Two suspects were being sought Monday in connection with an armed robbery at a Pilot Mountain store, which occurred when one of the two distracted an employee while the other grabbed cash from the register.

Mike Joyce, the sheriff of Stokes County since 1990, will not seek re-election next year, he said yesterday.

Stokes County Sheriff Mike Joyce has announced he is not running for re-election. Joyce has served as sheriff since 1990.

An investigation into illegal narcotics being brought into Surry County for distribution has resulted in the arrests of 12 people at four separate locations.

Nostalgic paintings by Stokes County artist Tony Craig are being featured in an exhibit, "Stepping Back In Time," at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash from Monday, Nov.

Normally, I love rain. Love the way it feels, love the way it sounds, love the way it smells, love the way it looks.

The office of the Stokes County fire marshal has started a fire-safety program to help people with physical challenges, the need for which was underscored recently when an elderly blind woman died in a fire at her house in Walnut Cove.

Britt Harper Uzzell lives in the shadow of Pilot Mountain, and lately he has begun hiking to the top several times a week.

The genesis of a photographer I have been a photographer ever since I was a kid.

After two disabled Stokes County residents died in house fires within a week, firefighters are placing an increased emphasis on a year-old program that helps emergency workers identify homes occupied by the disabled.

Wendi Uselton, a write-in candidate, won one of two seats on the Danbury Town Council.

Since 1986, Crisis Control Ministry has operated a licensed free pharmacy, the first in North Carolina.

Police said a King woman who had been placed under arrest slipped out of her handcuffs and punched a King police officer in the face.

Relief may be on the way for people in Stokes County who are on the wrong end of the digital divide.

On Friday, October 16, after a busy week in Washington, United States Senator Richard Burr visited West Stokes High School.

Many paddlers would agree that the prettiest sections of the 200-mile-long Dan River are in Stokes County.

King has a new fire chief. Less than a month after the Sept. 11 retirement of former King Fire Chief Randy Williams, King City Manager John Cater has released the name of Williams' replacement.

Police are searching for a Sandy Ridge teenager, who has been missing for more than two weeks.

Musicians picked and rosined up their bows at the third annual Stokes County Fiddlers Convention and The Old Timers Cup at the Jomeokee Campground last night.

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda.