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This week’s TGIF in Morganton has been canceled due to inclement weather. The event will not be rescheduled. The next concert will take place next Friday, June 14.

A Valdese man admitted to shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend in Burke County on Monday night. The News Herald reports Jeremy Baldridge was arrested in connection to the murder of  Caitlyn Truax on McDuffy Road in Connelly

A man reported missing to the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office in the Jacob Fork River area on Tuesday has been found safe.  The Hickory Daily Record reports an N.C. Highway Patrol helicopter saw him in the Highway

The Hickory Daily Record reports that a Hickory man is facing statutory rape charges. Roberto del Pilar was arrested Monday and given a $200,000 secured bond.

Head to Downtown Lenoir Friday for a night of music, dancing, and fun during the Swingin’ Wingin’ Moon in June concert! Entertainment will be provided by Chad Triplett & Two Lane Blacktop and Throwdown Jones.  There will

A Cajah’s Mountain man is accused of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from Robert M. Gragg & Sons Nursery. Richard Clark is accused of using his position to hide money that The News-Topic reports he could

Two people involved in a drug trafficking ring pleaded guilty Monday to giving deadly opiates to two young women. The News-Topic reports Erica Sierra Haas and Kelvis Blake Dula are the first in Caldwell County to be

A Hickory police officer saw a person’s arm sticking out of a metal donation box outside Hobby Lobby on Sunday. The Hickory Daily Record reports the person, whose name, age and gender have not been released, told

The Newton Fire Department will conduct a controlled burn on Northwest Boulevard on this morning. The fires will be set in a vacant building in the 2600-block of Northwest Boulevard. 

Westbound traffic is shifting on I-40 in Valdese. A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation began shifting westbound traffic on Interstate 40 at exit 112 in Valdese starting at 8 p.m. on Friday. The News Herald