Students got some outdoor education during the annual fifth grade fishing day on Thursday.
On Wednesday the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to 1133 Old US Highway 74 reference to a domestic dispute.
Michael James Martin, 34, of Nebo, was arrested Monday evening on warrants spanning across three counties, including Rutherford, McDowell and Burke.
Matthew Scott Lail, 19, was killed and C.J. Sappenfield, 20, was critically injured in a single vehicle crash at 2:08 a.m. Wednesday on Bostic-Sunshine Highway.
Gardner-Webb University honored the memory of two former students, who passed away far too soon, as they awarded posthumous honorary degrees to the families of Ariane Patterson and Glenda Weaver during spring graduation ceremonies on May 13.
Matthew Scott Lail, 19, was killed and C.J. Sappenfield, 20, was critically injured in a single vehicle crash at 2:08 a.m. Wednesday on Bostic-Sunshine Highway.
Local and state law enforcement officers continue to receive calls from Bostic residents concerning extra traffic and drivers speeding on Bostic Sunshine Highway due to the closure of the Cherry Mountain Street bridge.
The town of Bostic held its first spring festival on Saturday in celebration of the five-year anniversary of the opening of the Bostic Lincoln Center.
An ordinance allowing the sale of malt beverages, wine and mixed beverages in Chimney Rock Village, was passed Tuesday night during the council’s regular business meeting.
Two weeks after Chimney Rock Village voters passed a referendum to permit the sale of malt beverages, wine and mixed beverages in the Village, Council members will introduce an ordinance regarding the matter.
A bear cub rescued a month ago from Chimney Rock State Park near Rumbling Bald continues to recover and gain strength said Matt Popowski, public relations and events manager at the park.
For several years Ellenboro Elementary school has been doing its part to combat cardiovascular diseases and stoke by participating in Jump Rope for Heart. But one student has gone above and beyond.
“Roll camera.... Action!” called a producer of a new television reality show being filmed at Walnut Grove Rangers Gun Club off Hollis Road near Ellenboro on Tuesday.
A local educator is hoping to bring learning to life in her classroom after an educational trip out of the country.
As a critically injured man was being flown to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Wednesday afternoon, Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedics rolled the stretcher back to the waiting ambulance.
When alumni, friends, teachers and principals gathered Saturday night at the Old Dunbar School Center for the heritage banquet, former Rutherford County resident Dr. Janet Sims-Wood addressed the alumni.
"We're here for everybody when they need it," Kaleb Johnson said. "The person with the chest pain or the grandmother on the floor."
Early Tuesday morning, Corporal Cory Hill and Reserve Officer Ryan Bailey with the Lake Lure Police Department conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle being driven by James Jasper Beach Jr., 35, of Carson Drive in Gaffney, and his passenger, John David Witherspoon, 37.
Michaila Cosmus is not your average teenager. Seven days a week, she wakes up around 5 a.m. to start crafting up yummy baked goods in the restaurant that she owns.
The Lake Lure Chimney Rock Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) and the Lake Lure Chimney Rock Traffic Study were adopted by the Lake Lure Town Council Tuesday night after being presented by North Carolina Department of Transportation.
For the first time since 1978, a member of the Goode family has not served on the Ruth Town Board with Mayor Don Baynard.
All that changed Monday night during the regular business meeting when Chris Adkins was sworn into office to fill the unexpired term of Commissioner Jim Goode, who passed away on Jan. 18.
When the Ruth Commissioners meet at 5 p.m. Monday for the regular meeting, it will not be business as usual.
The National Weather Service at the Greenville/Spartanburg International Airport has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Rutherford County and western North Carolina. The flash message is as follows:
The Rutherford County Economic Development Commission (EDC) Advisory Board remains in the midst of reorganizing itself to be more suitable in an advisory capacity.
The former Shiloh Elementary will soon become a livestock education facility.
Citing an increase in mandated operational costs and a proposed increase in energy rates, the Isothermal Community College Board of Trustees asked for a 10.5 percent funding increase from Rutherford County Commissioners Monday.
Hannah Scruggs, rising senior at Rutherford Early College High School, has been selected to attend Governor's School of North Carolina.
Spindale Elementary school was full of proud parents on Monday.
SPINDALE — The Spindale Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to issue a tentative award of contract to Landsdown Earth & Pipe, Inc. for the State Revolving Fund (SRF) Sewer Replacement Project at its meeting Monday evening.
