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The Hudson Police Department will be hosting a Summer Fun Day on Saturday at Redwood Park. From 10 a.m there to noon there will be a bicycle safety workshop for kids followed by free entry to the

A vehicle caught fire Tuesday afternoon around 2 p.m. in the parking lot of 1718 U.S. Highway 70 SE, near Chipotle and the Guitar Center, in Hickory. No injuries were reported, and The Hickory Daily Record reports

A Morganton woman was charged again Tuesday afternoon in connection with a shooting, stabbing and high-speed chase that left three people injured earlier this month. Kristen Ellis was previously charged on May 19 in the incident with

A Lenoir man is accused of helping a woman avoid investigators seeking to arrest her on a charge stemming from a fatal wreck. Tommy Sluder was arrested after The News-Topic reports deputies found his girlfriend, Amberlee Ingram

The Caldwell Senior Center is having a yard sale to raise money for the operating costs of the center on Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A fire that destroyed a family’s home in the Little River community is thought to have been intentionally set. Patricia Fox was in her house on Log Cabin Place about 3 a.m. yesterday when The News-Topic reports

A man and woman are wanted by the Hickory Police Department in a fraud investigation stretching from Asheville to Hickory.  WSOCTV reports the woman changed clothes and even wore different wigs as she withdrew thousands of dollars

A Hildebran gas station was robbed by two men at gunpoint Wednesday. Two men entered The Cubbard Express No. 3 off Interstate 40 Exit 11 and The News Herald reports left on foot with an undisclosed amount

American Legion Post 29 will host a Memorial Day Ceremony Monday, May 27, 2019, on the stage in Downtown Lenoir. The ceremony starts at 10:00 am. 

A SWAT team member shot a convicted felon Wednesday inside a home in Burke County after a nearly 30-minute standoff. The shooting happened just after noon at a mobile home on Airport Rhodhiss Road after WSOCTV reports