"Rocket" is groomed by Henry Shook, 11, while his older sister, Mackenzie Shook, 17, holds the reins at Bit of Hope Ranch south of Gastonia on Thursday morning, Jan.

Yadkin County's teen pregnancy rate for 2010 decreased slightly from 2009, while the North Carolina rate plummeted to the lowest level in the state's history, according to new data released last week.

Surry County's teen pregnancy rate for 2010 jumped 25 percent last year to its highest rate since 2007, while the North Carolina rate plummeted to the lowest level in the state's history, according to new data released last week.

The boyfriend of the North Carolina woman who shot and killed five children, wounded a former lover and killed herself says he doesn't why she did what she did.

The man -- James Edwin Brown Jr., 38, of Stokes -- is accused of shooting another man over a card game.