Fifteen-year-old Katelyn Wooton from Beckley is no stranger to the spotlight — and soon, she’ll be shining on the world stage. The Woodrow Wilson High School student has been twirling batons since she ...

When Julia Arciola steps onto the field at Kenan Stadium, she is alone. Not in the literal sense of the word — she’s usually surrounded by the 300-odd members of the Marching Tar Heels, not to mention ...

Inside a school gymnasium, classes of black-clad baton twirlers on a recent day were throwing their metal rods high and catching them, working on marching, practicing graceful body movements and ...