Stokes County News Archives

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.

The Stokes County Economic Development Commission has received a $15,000 grant to assist in building Web sites for local businesses that are not on the Internet.