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Plaintiff, Jonesville police settle out of court
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An official with the Yadkin County courthouse unofficially confirmed that a settlement has tentatively been reached between Vernetta Cockerham and the Jonesville Police Department. No details as to the amount of the settlement are known. More information will be made known when learned and confirmed.
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Betty Martin (left) and her son, Jeff Martin, look over the memorial dedicated to son and brother, Sgt. Greg Martin, who laid down his life in the line of duty the early morning hours of Oct. 5, 1996. They hope and pray that there will soon be a break in the case and that his murderer or murderers will be captured and brought to justice. ‘Please come forward. We need closure’
For almost 13 painful years, members of the Jonesville Police Department, the State Bureau of Investigation and several now-retired law enforcement officials meet. They go over clues, hoping someh...
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County tax rate drops to 74 cents
The original overall expense budget amount for 09/10 fiscal year for Yadkin county was $37,306,538, with a tax rate of 76 cents. After last nights vote the amended amount is $37, 307, 538 with a t...
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YADKIN RIPPLE/Eric Lusk • Kyle Hutchens, who coached Starmount’s girls basketball team to 19 wins this past winter, was one of 36 first- and second-year teachers in Yadkin County not asked back for the 2009-10 school year. Hutchens and others may be rehired this summer, but nothing is certain due to funding concerns. Sports programs left hanging by budget
Starmount, Forbush varsity coaches among those told their teaching positions were cut for 2009-10.
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Corey Martin promoted to Class A Boise
It didn’t take long for Yadkinville’s Corey Martin to get his first promotion as a professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher, drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 27th round last month,...
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Courtesy photo • West Yadkin’s baseball team is, from front row, left to right: Joe Walker, Zach Crabb, Jeremy Whitaker,  Jacob Driver, Hunter Myers and Charlie Nicholson. Second row kneeling: Nathan Williams, Eli Shore, Zack Worley, Johnson Long, Tanner Mathis, Samuel Stone and Michael Wood. Third row standing: Matthew Norman, Coach Luke Storie, Coach Donnie Livengood, Coach Brian Hinkle, Luke Shore, Jon McCaig. Perfect season 2.0
West Yadkin School’s seventh and eighth grade baseball team completed its second straight perfect season this spring. The team posted a 13-0 record, scoring 139 runs while holding opponents to onl...
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Campbell wins Boys 18 division at Mount Airy tennis tourney
The rising senior at Starmount High beat top-seeded David Hill of Winston-Salem in the final of the Mount Airy Junior Futures event over the weekend.
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Newspaper should have been there
On Monday, May 25, the Yadkin County Veteran’s Council held its annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Veteran’s portion of the Yadkin County park. This year the attendance was the largest we ever h...
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Soapbox moments
It seems that a large portion of the general public expects perfection from everyone except themselves
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Lessons in respect needed in Yadkin County
Respect appears to have lost its meaning and its rightful place in Yadkin Cou
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