Local News Archives

A detour is in place around the intersection of Third Avenue NW and Fourth Street NW  in Hickory as workers remove a tree that could present a threat to travelers. The Hickory Daily Record reports the intersection

A conservation group has bought 26 acres adjacent to the Pisgah National Forest in northwestern Caldwell County and transferred it to state ownership. The News-Topic reports The Forest Service will manage the land as part of the

A Lenoir man was charged with robbery after The News-Topic reports he approached a woman and her children with a meat cleaver. Jody Stilwell took the woman’s keys and used them to get into her car, but

A man was killed when two personal watercraft collided over the Fourth of July holiday. The News Herald reports Hsaing Tak Tong was riding a personal watercraft on Lake James near Benfield’s Landing around 10 p.m. Tong

Burke County was warning residents Wednesday about a scam related to taxes. The NEws Herald reports people have received phone calls and text messages directing them to a particular website to pay their taxes online. County officials

More than 20 residents of a boarding house in Newton are in need of new accommodations this morning after a fire damaged the building. The Hickory Daily Record reports the fire was contained to a single upstairs

Two Catawba County Lowes Foods stores will close next month. The Hickory store located at 1405 29th Avenue NE and the Claremont store at 3035 Centennial Blvd will close in early August. The Hickory Daily Record reports

A Morganton man was charged Wednesday for firing his shotgun in the air when two boys rode their dirt bikes around the property near his. The News Herald reports Dennis Benfield told officers he fired his shotgun