Local News Archives

Election filing for 2022 begins today at noon.  Various seats for federal, state and local offices will be contested, including a statewide race for the US Senate seat.  The general election is November 8th, 2022.  The last

The unemployment rates for the month of October have been released.  The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area rate is 3.5%.  The rate for Catawba County is 3.4%, Burke County 3.3% and Caldwell County 3.7%.  All rates are down slightly

A Lenoir woman is facing methamphetamine charges.  52 year old Bonnie Jean Crane was arrested by Caldwell County Sheriff’s Officers.  She faces felony possession of meth among other charges.  She was placed under a $10,000 secured bond

The identity of a fatal crash victim has been released.  37 year old Brandon Scott Smith died at the scene after his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck on Hwy 127 N near Rink Dam Rd. 

The city of Morganton will receive $2 million in grant money from the Dogwood Health Trust.  The funds will be used for housing development.  $450,000 will be used for water and sewer infrastructure at the old Drexel

An attempted ATM theft is under investigation.  Hickory Police found a stolen Ford F250 with a logging chain connected to the ATM at BB&T / Suntrust Bank on N Center St.  Two males were seen fleeing the

An attempted murder suspect was arrested in Lenoir.  37 year old Elijah Adam Taylor is wanted in Carter County Tennessee.  He faces 2 counts of attempted murder.  The shooting incident took place November 26th sending one person

A counterfeit charge was filed in Hickory.  31 year old Elisha Scott Gray of Hudson, is facing felony forgery of bank notes among other charges.  He was arrested by Hickory Police and placed under a $10,000 unsecured

A Burke County School Board member passed away Saturday.  RL Icard was 69 and died after a brief illness.  He had served on the board for several terms and cofounded the Foothills Service Project, which is known

A fugitive from Tennessee was arrested in Hickory.  29 year old Aaron Daniel Sorrell is wanted in Carter County Tennessee on felony assault and public intoxication charges.  He was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility under