Montgomery County News

It took school board members two weeks to narrow 50 applicants to one -- Brenda Blackburn of Brevard County, Fla.

Nearly two weeks after U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell bucked his party and voted against health care legislation, June Mabry's phone line is still burning up with calls from angry Democrats.

Water is gold. It is coin of the realm that is our shared future. Without water, nothing can grow -- not crops, not population, not the economy.

Robbins might as well give up on water negotiations with Moore County, town commissioners were told Thursday night.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:53 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:53 p.m. 'Let the games begin!' echoed in the air Friday, signifying the start of the 2009 Special Olympics of Davidson County Winter Games.

Karl started a career in law enforcement with a major metropolitan police department where he was a police cadet, patrol officer and detective.

A South Carolina man is facing 45 years in prison in the killings of two men at a party prosecutors say was organized so one of the victims could settle a score with another man.

Danny Thompson is one of Greensboro's newest At-Large City Council members. In the 80's he served as a Deputy Campaign Manager for Senator Broyhill.

Alamance County deputies were hoping for a happy ending to the search for 87 year old Hugh Clark.

Authorities say a hunter found the body of a missing 87-year-old North Carolina man.

An elderly man who disappeared from his Mebane home a week ago has been found dead, according to the Alamance County Sheriff's Office.

Hannah Ammons of Laurinburg poses with the platter she designed that was awarded third place at the South Central 4-H Activity Day contest held in Montgomery County.

Some gas stations in North Carolina will be paying up after state officials caught them overcharging customers.

Carolyn Ashburn remembers the last time she talked to her dad, more than 30 years ago.

Finally able to treat his wife to a sight she's been yearning to see for decades, Montgomery City Councilman Jim Spear is reviewing his work schedule to accommodate a road trip through North Carolina and up the East Coast.

Wake reports 139,599 students this year Submitted by KeungHui on 09/29/2009 - 16:44 Wake County school officials announced today that the school systema s official enrollment grew by 1,893 students from last yeara s total.

A Heritage Pow Wow was held Saturday at the historic site north of Ellerbe off N. C. 73 in Richmond County leading into Montgomery County.

Emergency crews are working to fix a watermain break in Montgomery County. Montgomery County Emergency Management says the break happened Tuesday morning somewhere along Highway 211.

My maternal great grandmother was Delilah Ledoskie Lisk and she was married to Miles Alexander McLendon in Montgomery County, North Carolina.

The Washington Post had a great graphic the other day showing the changes in Indian or Indian-related mascots at area schools as part of the movement to rid sports teams of symbols that have been dubbed "hostile," "abusive," or racist, including by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and some Native Americans .