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According to the Lenoir News Topic a man intentionally walked into traffic on Blowing Rock Blvd on Monday. The man told the Lenoir Police Department he wished to harm himself. He was transported to Caldwell Memorial Hospital

Justin Miller Watts of Granite Falls was charged with driving while impaired Saturday evening after colliding with another vehicle while crossing into the left lane while trying to pass a slower vehicle. The two people in the

A Silver Alert has been issued for Michael Joseph Morin of Morganton according to the Morganton News Herald. Morin is described as 24 years old, 5 foot 11 inches tall, with medium length brown hair and brown

Marquis Lee Wilson of Hickory was taken into custody Saturday afternoon after being found with cocaine, $600 in cash, drug paraphernalia and a handgun in his vehicle according to the Hickory Daily Record. Hickory Police responded to

Milton Gregory Horton was identified by witnesses as the man who attacked Erika McLean outside of the Shuford Recreation Center in Granite Falls in May. Horton was arrested on Friday night by the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department

Chasity Star Davis was brought to the hospital by police early Thursday morning when she ran away before received medical attention. According to the Lenoir News Topic Davis, shed her hospital gown and made her way toward

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office found a body Friday believed to be the person of interest in the case of three people found dead last week according to the Morganton News Herald. Paperwork found suggests the body

Jeremy Lewis Leatherman of Burke County was sentenced 17 to 23 years in prison on Monday on charges of failure to register as a sex offender, being on a restricted premises and being a habitual felony. According

According to the Lenoir News Topic Rachel Breonna Grizzle of Lenoir was the second person to be arrested in a multi-agency undercover drug investigation. Lenoir police searched Grizzle’s apartment Wednesday and found 1 gram of methamphetamine and

Allen Lee Lane of Hickory rear ended a pickup truck on I-40 West near mile marker 114 Thursday afternoon according to the Morganton News Herald. The impact was so hard the pickup truck ran off the road