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Conover police confiscated more than 45 computer monitors, hard drives and servers Thursday while executing a search warrant at a gaming business on Fairgrove Church Road, reported by the Daily Record.

The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina has purchased 36 acres in the Linville Township of Burke County for addition to Lake James State Park.  The land includes a section along Paddy’s Creek that will eventually be managed

An Elite Comfort Solutions employee in Conover was transported to the hospital via helicopter after he was trapped and injured in a compression machine Wednesday afternoon reported by the Daily Record. The man’s legs were trapped between

A man was charged with driving while impaired after his car flipped, went airborne and landed inside a house. According to the News Herald, Greg Allen Rogers was driving in a curve near the 1600 block of

Heavy rains this year started to wash away the road going to the Lenoir Police Department’s firing range off Zack’s Rock Creek Road, the News Topic reports. The road has been eroding for years and the city

Hickory police officers confiscated skill games at the Lucky Stop convenience store on First Avenue SW yesterday, reported by the Daily Record. In a ruling signed April 26, Mecklenburg County Superior Court Judge George Bell partially rejected

A Caldwell County deputy was attacked by a dog yesterday afternoon while responding to a call, according to the News-Topic. When the dog latched on, it struggled with the deputy before having to be shot, killing it.

In a press release, CoMMA Director W. Jim Smith resigned yesterday effective immediately. This comes after the News Herald in March reported that he had lied about his education on his city application.

Western Piedmont Community College Main Campus in Morganton will host an active-shooter drill today beginning at approximately 1:30 p.m.

A Conover man was arrested and charged in connection to a breaking and entering Bethlehem last week. A witness observed someone climbing through a window of a house off Icard Ridge Road and a dark-colored four-door car