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Bond was set at $60,000 for a Hickory woman.  27 year old Morgan Marie Canipe was arrested by Catawba County Sheriffs Officers.  She faces failure to appear on methamphetamine possession charges.  She was placed in the Catawba

Local railroads will receive grant funds for improvements.  Alexander Railroad Company will receive $218,660 for upgrades to crossties and track improvements.  Caldwell County Railroad which serves Catawba, Burke and Caldwell counties will receive $73, 125 for track

Bond was set at $850,000 for a Catawba County man.  41 year old Bobby Lee Fish faces felony trafficking in methamphetamine and heroin among other drug charges.  Several agencies including Hickory Police, Catawba County Sheriff, Longview Police

The Last of the Mohicans 30th Anniversary Event is coming.  Hosted by the Burke County Tourism Development Authority (TDA), and Sponsored by Lake James Real Estate, this one-of-a-kind event will celebrate the incredible impact the making of

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its annual national food drive on Saturday, May 14. The Letter Carrier food drive was first held in 1983 and is the country’s largest one-day food drive, provides

Bond was set at $10,000 for a Morganton woman.  47 year old Cynthia Louise Harris was arrested by Hickory Police.  She faces felony habitual larceny and felony counts of possession of schedule 2 controlled substance charges.  A

Burke County officers have arrested a suspect in a church break in.  24 year old Christian Thomas Hill is facing several charges for residential break ins as well as a break in at Missionary Ridge Baptist Church. 

A first degree murder charge was filed against a Hickory man.  35 year old Eddie Dantea Propst also faces assault on a female and assault by strangulation.  The charge is in connection with the death of 29