Sparta News

Del Reeves enjoyed a run of success on the country charts during the latter half of the '60s, often penning his own material as well.

I've never been more sure. If we want to make a real difference in meaningfully educating our children, we must let race and ethnicity concerns go.

I love Christmas, it is one of my favorite times of year. In our family it is all about tradition, every year, the day after Thanksgiving to be exact, my husband drags the entire family up the mountain to pick out our Christmas tree, like the Griswold's in the movie, " Christmas Vacation ". Some years it is freezing, others, like this year, are ...

The New Bern Civitan Club's annual Christmas tree and wreath sale has been bringing double holiday cheer for nearly 30 years.

Christmas tree farmers in Alleghany County said Wednesday they expect this season, like in years past, to provide the business boon they rely on.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, the Sparta mountain claimed the lives of a father, mother and young son.

A family from Sparta, NC died Monday evening after getting into a wreck. NC Highway Patrol says a family was driving down Highway 21 in Allegheny County around 5:20 Monday evening when their pickup truck crossed over the center line and hit a commercial box truck head on.

The Virginia Carolina Water Authority has awarded the final five contracts to finish a regional water system between the towns of Independence and Sparta, N.C. The bids - which put the project $784,385 over budget - were approved during the authority's regular meeting Nov.

Christmas will be here in a matter of weeks, meaning you're probably already getting things prepared, beginning your shopping and even trying to make a decision on what type of Christmas tree you will have this year.

Angel Food Ministries offers families and individuals an opportunity to get more food for their money, something especially helpful in these economic times.

Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 2:40 a.m. Luther Fritts remembers getting the bug to return to farming when he was working for KMart in the Atlanta area.

Medical and dental services in Alleghany, Ashe and Surry counties are among 24 grant recipients getting a portion of $3.8 million in the first phase of Rural Hope, a rural health-care initiative designed to create jobs and improve health care through the construction and expansion of rural health-care facilities, Gov.

A Sparta North Carolina baby needs a lifesaving multiple organ transplant. COTA, the Children's Organ Transplant Association says three month old Landon Jones was born with short bowel syndrome and doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston say to save his life, the infant needs a multi organ transplant.

A Sparta North Carolina baby needs a lifesaving multiple organ transplant. COTA, the Children's Organ Transplant Association says three month old Landon Jones was born with short bowel syndrome and doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston say to save his life, the infant needs a multi organ transplant.

Alleghany County Fiddlers Convention will be held tonight and Saturday, July 18, in Sparta, NC, at the Higgins Agricultural Fairgrounds.

North Carolina agriculture leaders urged farmers yesterday to have their wheat tested after officials found high levels of a toxin in wheat samples from central and northeastern North Carolina.

As a result of an investigation into a reported beating of a three-year old child, the King Police Department arrested a female of King and her boyfriend of Sparta, NC on Friday, June 19, 2009.