A man charged with 18 felony counts of exploiting an elderly/disabled person and 17 felony counts of obtaining property by ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office charged a man with one count each of financial card theft, buying/selling/distributing food ...

Wilkes County high school juniors and a few other high schoolers tried their hands at everything from operating an 18-wheeler ...

Rep. Blair Eddins of Purlear was elected freshman whip when the N.C. House Republican Caucus chose its leadership for the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff formerly was married to a Wilkes County native.

As of Nov. 16, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had approved $238 million to eligible households and ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating numerous recent thefts and other crimes. Theft of two E-Z-Go golf carts worth $2,500 apiece from Rock Creek Golf Course on Little Mountain Church Road, ...

A burglary, breaking and entering and simple assault incident was reported recently to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office.

The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat formally requested a recount on Tuesday, with barely 600 votes separating him from the Democratic ...

Food inflation continues to slow, but budgeting for Thanksgiving might be challenging for consumers still acclimating to historic food price increases.

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff formerly was married to a Wilkes County native.

History is often recorded physically, yet much can be learned through the old-fashioned tradition of storytelling, said Mark Coltrain, Appalachian State University oral historian and associate ...