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Andrew Lee Fox of Morganton was arrested after being released from the hospital following a high speed chase on Monday. According to the Morganton News Herald NC Highway Patrol was conducting a checkpoint on June 19th when
Thomas Jorell Howell of Lenoir was arrested after the Lenoir Police Department’s narcotics unit and special response team found 10 ounces of high grade marijuana and almost 14 grams of cocaine in his apartment. The drugs seized
Alexander County Health Department officials received nearly 45 reports of sickness including one confirmed cases of E. coli by customers of Mexico Viejo in Taylorsville according to the Hickory Daily Record. One person was hospitalized but the
John Paul Hammer of Taylorsville was arrested after someone at an Alexander County residence accidentally called 911. According to the Hickory Daily Record when Alexander County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the call, a meth pipe along
A home on Fieldcrest Drive in Mountain View was classified a total loss after catching fire early morning Wednesday. Fire Chief Tim Matthews told the Hickory Daily Record when they arrived around 2 AM flames were shooting
According to the Morganton News Herald a truck was ruined after the trailer it was hauling caught fire at the top of Burkemont Mountain Wednesday morning. The driver was on his way to work on roofing at
Carrie Howell of Alexander County was killed in a crash Monday while driving her kids to the splash pad in hickory according to the hickory daily record. Troopers told WSOC-TV they believe Josh Bowman, the driver of
Timothy Calloway of Caldwell County was released from Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee after being flown to the hospital for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. According to the Lenoir News Topic The wound came
Elizabeth Conway Vetetoe of Hickory was driving eastbound on I-40 when she hit a crash barrier near the new bridge on Thursday evening. Vetetoe suffered minor injuries but refused treatment on site and was charged with failure
Three people were rescued from the Catawba River near Lake James Monday evening according to the Morganton News Herald. Michael Day and Barbie Beck of South Carolina were both in kayaks while Jahmar Efird of Georgia was
