Substantial losses in scams are among recent crimes reported to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office. A 79-year-old North Wilkesboro woman reported on Oct. 16 that she was scammed out of $10,000 by someone ...

Wilkes County teachers in their first three years in the classroom were recognized for successfully completing the Wilkes School District’s three-year Beginning Teacher Induction Program during the ...

A 65-year-old woman has died in a shark attack on South Africa's southeastern coast. Police and municipal authorities have confirmed the incident occurred Tuesday at Orient Beach in KuGompo city.

Three communitywide Halloween season events with free admission are coming up.

A water line from the new raw water intake facility being built along the south side of the Yadkin River to the North Wilkesboro water treatment plant will be attached ...

A commercial building in Wilkesboro received substantial damage in a blaze that Wilkes Fire Marshal Robbie Bolin said resulted from "thermal runaway” with a 3-volt lithium battery, referring to it ...