Bj Drye

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In late 2018, Victor Patel brought a burger chain to Albemarle. Now, he has flipped his restaurant’s style and flavor. In the building formerly occupied by Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries in the Olive Place Shopping Center, Patel has opened Good Eats. The restaurant serves homestyle meals that […]

Thousands of students in Stanly County Schools will not go hungry as the school year begins.

How did Meredith Howell spend her summer vacation? For part of it, she was in South Korea.

“We were lucky …,” is how Stanly County Emergency Services Director Michael Roark put it Friday morning.

Dinner on Main, a farm-to-table collaborate between local restaurants and the Stanly County Chamber of Commerce, will return Sept. 21 to downtown Albemarle.

Stanly County Sheriff's Office has charged a “local religious leader” with failing to report crimes against juveniles.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Albemarle Police Department invites residents to take the “Community Survey on Public Safety & Law Enforcement.” The survey takes a few minutes to complete, and the responses are kept confidential. Participation can help APD improve its services and processes. The survey gathers opinions and experiences from members of […]

RALEIGH — Four years ago, communities in North Carolina and beyond were reeling from the COVID-induced Great Suppression.

Tony Craig spent many years as an artist for Warner Brothers and Disney, but it is fond memories of his childhood in Stanly County that have inspired his latest creation.

Emory and Kari Womack each began using drugs at age 13. “He was an opioid user and I was a stimulant user, but he preferred downers more than uppers and I preferred uppers more than downers,” Kari Womack said.