Local News
The sheriff’s deputy wounded in a shooting last week was released from the hospital yesterday. The News Topic reports Jordan Sherrill was escorted by a long train of marked and unmarked vehicles. According to Captain Aaron Barlowe,
According to the News Topic a Gamewell man was arrested after neighbors called 911 Saturday morning. Joshua Ray Bishop is accused of going door to door armed with a rifle and then shooting a neighbor’s dog. Bishop
A truck went airborne on I-40 Sunday afternoon. The truck was part of a three vehicle wreck near mile marker 109. The truck was hit by another vehicle causing it to spin out and land on top
Freedom High School’s men’s soccer coach received multiple charges Thursday Night including assault on a female according to the News Hearld. Juan Mateo Pedro allegedly grabbed a woman’s cell phone from her hand, dragged her by the
According to the Morganton News Herald Seven units at the I-40 Flea Market in Valdese were damaged in a fire Saturday Afternoon. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames after about 15 minutes according to Burke County
A Granite Falls man died from his injuries after veering off the road causing his car to overturn multiple times Friday afternoon. The News Topic reports Gary Wayne Hicks was taken to the hospital where he passed
A second person has been charged in the shooting of a Caldwell County Deputy last week. According to the News Topic James Edgar Roberts of Lenoir is accused of providing a get-away vehicle to Kerry Edwin Townsend.
A former Caldwell County high-school star athlete will be a convicted felon and may end up in prison instead of playing basketball. Mekhi Aundrel Dula of Dulatown Dula pleaded guilty shooting another man in the abdomen to
The National League of Junior Cotillions is looking to start a chapter in Caldwell County again. The organization is looking for a director. The organization gives middle school students a formal way to learn proper table manners,
Granite Falls is getting affordable housing as early as next fall. According the Lenoir News Topic United Property Management is building 66 apartments on Woodlane Street just south of Falls Avenue. Construction is set to begin in
