Seven Springs News

Jonathan Spencer Jones' eyes began to well with tears this week in Lenoir County Superior Court when he admitted - on his "own free will" - to statutorily raping one teenage girl and sending a nude text message to another.

For more than a dozen kayakers, their journey toward helping find a cure for cancer started in the Piedmont and ends at the coast.

Robert Earl Sutton, 74, of Seven Springs, died Friday, April 6, 2012. A private service will be held in the mountains of North Carolina.

A convicted felon from Seven Springs with an extensive criminal history was arrested over the weekend for allegedly conspiring with a well-known drug dealer in Wayne County to sell cocaine.