WALLBURG – No. 5 seed Ledford defeated No. 18 seed Ashe County 6-2 on Tuesday at Ledford in the opening round of the NCHSAA 3A West softball playoffs. The Panthers (16-7) will visit second-seeded ...

Regional final baseball commenced Monday night, while softball regional quarterfinals and state track starts midweek. Click ...

Robert K. Tripp has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office. Before the appointment, Tripp was a supervisory inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI headquarters ...