Sparta News

A Pisgah High School varsity cheerleader will get to continuing her cheerleading career after she made the final cut of an intense two-day tryout.

That's because Elkin and Jonesville are participating in 'Take a Break from the Interstate," a tourism initiative that encourages motorists to travel the two-lane roads that Model-T drivers blazed through over a century ago, say organizers.

East Carolina's baseball game against UNCG on Tuesday, Mar. 5 has been moved up to a 3 p.m. start due to potential rain in the area ECU officials announced Monday.

North Surry High School's annual Destination FFA Cattle Sale is an almost perfect backdrop of solutions and issues facing farming - coming at a time when many farmers are aging out of the profession and interest in local produce and livestock is on the rise.