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The Schaefer Center Presents… An Evening with Sarah Jones Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts with with livestream option. Called “a master of the genre” by The New York Times, Sarah Jones is a Tony Awardwinning performer,
At the Board of Education regular business meeting newly appointed board member BJ Fore took the Oath of Office, administered by Dan Kuehnert, Superior Court Judge for the 25th Judicial District of the NC 5th Superior Court
The Hickory Crawdads played their last home game this past Sunday. While a few road games remain, the team announced the schedule for the 2022 season. The Crawdads will return to a 132 game schedule. The first
A Granite Falls man is under a $100,000 bond. Jimmy Ray Nichols 42, faces possession of a firearm by a felon as well as several drug charges. He was placed in the Caldwell County Detention Center after
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has upheld a Burke County ruling. Jim Jacumin will remain on the ballot for the mayoral race in Valdese. At issue was residency. Jacumin has a residence now in Valdese
Felony drug charges were brought against 2 men in Caldwell County. John Leslie Frasse 54, and Jason Dwight Dickson 38, were arrested by Caldwell County Sheriff’s Officers. Frasse faces possession of methamphetamine and felony manufacturing marijuana among
A fatal wreck occurred Thursday afternoon on I 40. Marcus Deal 34, died after hitting a parked tracker trailer that was off the side of the interstate near mile marker 102 in Morganton. It was in the
A Morganton man is facing meth charges. Thomas Joseph Jenkins 56, was charged after a vehicle stop by the Burke County Sheriff’s Office due to a fictitious tag. The car was stopped on Spainhour Rd. He also
The Burke County Board of Elections voted 3-2 recently to allow mayoral candidate Jim Jacumin to remain on the ballot for Valdese. The decision was appealed to the North Carolina Board of Elections by Steve Kiddy. At
Bond was set at $80,000 for a Lenoir man. Alexander Lee Huffman 24, was arrested by Granite Falls Police. He faces felony counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied property, burglary, larceny and breaking and entering
