Local News
The Southbound Lanes of US 321 were closed in Granite falls for four hours yesterday due to an overturned tractor trailer. The Lenoir News Topic Reports, the truck, driven by Joseph Marshall Collins was carrying scrap metal
Sandra Powell Searson of Valdese was charged with driving while impaired, driving left of the center and reckless driving on Friday evening according to the Morganton News Herald. Searson was charged after a head on collision on
According to WBTV a 16 year old drove himself to the hospital in Shelby on Sunday afternoon with a gunshot wound. Shelby Police Department told WBTV the shooting happened at Logan Street and Highland Avenue during an
The South Caldwell Softball team finished runners up in their first appearance in the state tournament The Hickory Daily Record Reports. The Spartans fell 6 to 3 to Jack Britt in the third game of the championship
According to the Hickory Daily Record Dominique Jesse Wright of Hickory stole lottery tickets valued at $296 from the Speedway Gas Station on Highway 70. Wright has been charged with one count of felony larceny. North Carolina
The Morganton News Herald Reports Justin Kyle Choate of Dallas was killed after his motorcycle crashed into the guardrail near the Enola Road exit in Morganton Thursday afternoon. Choate was reported by witnesses to be driving in
A Tractor trailer overturned spilling cinder blocks along Highway 181 Thursday morning according to The Morganton News Herald. Marcaus Liles tried to make a curve after his brakes failed but the weight of the cinder blocks flipped
Waterfalls Road in Northern Caldwell County is closed after a large landslide according to the Lenoir News-Topic. Power outages have been reported due to trees bringing down power lines.
According to the Lenoir News Topic Justin Coffey of Lenoir cut a hole in the ceiling of the Sawmills apartment where he was staying and then walked over to the neighboring apartment. Coffey then cut another hole
Caldwell County’s unemployment rate dropped .06 percent to 3.6 percent according to the North Carolina Labor and Economic Analysis Division. The Lenoir News Topic reports this is the first time since December of 200 that Caldwell County’s
