Walnut Cove News

The Walnut Cove Police Department was told in 1997 about allegations of sexual abuse involving a part-time police officer, a sheriff's official said this week.

The prospect of a stand-alone community college in Stokes County inches closer. On Monday night, Stokes County Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase property on which to locate the proposed facility.

A former part-time Walnut Cove police officer was arrested and charged in connection with a series of sex crimes that date back to 1990.

Investigators with the Stokes County Sheriff's office is investigating a former part-time police officer in Walnut Cove.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Dec. 14 - 18: Asheville * Lot 13 of Twin Springs, $138,500, Amber Hawkins to Zane and Taunia Harter * 68 Waynesville Road , $145,000, Matthew S. and Mary Clark Hauser to Nelson Philip and Lauren Carson Roberts * 40 Piercy St., $180,000, Sarah H. Brown to Jonathan Patrick Stansell ...

With its new Web site, Hemlock Golf Club in Walnut Cove has announced its presence to a global audience.

Army Pvt. Christopher A. Triplett has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Triplett is the son of Danny Triplett of Barn Road, Walnut Cove and Sharon Triplett of Mitchell Road, Axton, Va.

O n the Sunday after Thanksgiving, when many people are zonked out on turkey leftovers and football, members of the Fulp Moravian Church gather to plan their float for the Walnut Cove Christmas parade.

A fire Monday night displaced two adults and two children and caused $100,000 in damage to a house at 357 Natalie Drive, authorities said yesterday.

A citizens committee appointed to study the town's animal-control problem is in limbo until at least the first of the year, as the town grapples with how to deal with its growing number of stray cats and dogs.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Nov 9-13: Alexander Lot 31 of The Hills of French Broad, $132,000, Jeri S. and Patrick Davis to Richard A. and Lydia Stewart 63 High Valley Drive, $238,000, Daisy M. and Scott P. Settle-Chesser to Kim Evetts Merck Arden Lot 2 of Baldwin Cove, $207,500, G. Jean Graham to Susan S. Lee ...

Mike Joyce, the sheriff of Stokes County since 1990, will not seek re-election next year, he said yesterday.

The office of the Stokes County fire marshal has started a fire-safety program to help people with physical challenges, the need for which was underscored recently when an elderly blind woman died in a fire at her house in Walnut Cove.

Hundreds of supporters gathered at downtown's Central Station Sunday evening for Harvest Celebration , the Memphis Farmers Market annual fund-raiser. It was quite the culinary event: tasting stations from 20 of the city's leading restaurants, lots of wine , and a unique auction for fun food stuff like pick-your-own strawberries, a party patio at ...

In 2008 Burt Myers proved that Southern Modified drivers had what it took to beat out their Northern brethren.

They are the two guys that most around Northeast racing would agree are the best two Modified drivers without full-time Whelen Modified Tour rides.

Parents of children who attend Cook Elementary School were happier last night after learning that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is backing off a plan that would require some Cook students to change schools next year.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Oct. 19-23.: Arden * Lot 2 of The Glen At Mills Gap, $410,000, Stephen M. and Melissa A. Banikes to Sharon C. and Robert John O'Neal Asheville * 38 Davenport Road, $155,000, Jane and Robert E. Dame III to William M. and Patricia Anna Dickson * 3 of Willoughby Run Drive, $144,500, ...

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.