Local News
The now former Caldwell County Superintendent was surprised with a state award on Thursday. According to the Lenoir News Topic Dr. Steve Stone was awarded the Order of the Pine Leaf, North Carolina’s highest civilian order. The
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office seized a truck connected to the murder of Robin Berry Teague of Connelly Springs on June 17 after a search of a Caldwell County Residence on Tuesday according to the Morganton News
Two women were able to get out a truck before it caught fire on Tuesday afternoon on Hwy 10 in Hickory. According to the Hickory Daily Record the truck began smoking around 3 pm and eventually burst
A man was rescued and flown to a hospital after a mountain biking wreck on a trail at Table Rock on Saturday afternoon according to the Morganton News Herald. The man was found unconscious about 8 miles
Edgar Mendoza Picazo of Dudley Shoals ran to a neighbor’s house after being shot Monday evening. Picazo’s neighbor called 911 but Picazo died of his injuries before rescue workers could arrive. According to the Lenoir News Topic
Richard Lee Morris of Conover and Emily Rose Snyder of Newton were arrested Sunday after police received complaints of a distressed dog inside a vehicle on highway 70. When Officers arrived the dog appeared to be fine,
Daniel Ray Farnsworth of Newton had been charged with second degree kidnapping, assault on a female, and assault by strangulation according to the Hickory Daily Record. Farnsworth was charged after a female came into the Newton Police
Andrew Lee Fox of Morganton was arrested after being released from the hospital following a high speed chase on Monday. According to the Morganton News Herald NC Highway Patrol was conducting a checkpoint on June 19th when
Thomas Jorell Howell of Lenoir was arrested after the Lenoir Police Department’s narcotics unit and special response team found 10 ounces of high grade marijuana and almost 14 grams of cocaine in his apartment. The drugs seized
Alexander County Health Department officials received nearly 45 reports of sickness including one confirmed cases of E. coli by customers of Mexico Viejo in Taylorsville according to the Hickory Daily Record. One person was hospitalized but the
