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The Duke Energy Foundation has donated a grant of $200,000 to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.  The funds will be used to support the curriculum at the Morganton campus.  The facility will be opening

A Connelly Springs man faces felony stolen vehicle charges.  Ricky Jared Gragg 29, also faces misdemeanor drug charges.  Hickory police made the arrest.  Bond was set at $10,500, his next court date is July 1st in Caldwell

A Hickory man is facing charges of obtaining property by false pretense.  Leonard Neal Smith 58, was arrested by Hickory Police officers after a report that prepaid debit cards were fraudulently taken by a volunteer.  The theft

Freedom Park in Morganton is closed today through Thursday.  Resurfacing will be done at the entryway from Independence Blvd.  The park will reopen on Friday June 18th after the work is completed.  There will be no access

Hickory man is facing multiple charges.  Charles Sonny Hill Jr 39, faces felony possession of methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine amid several other charges.  Hill was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility under a $16,000 secured bond. 

A court date is set for today for a South Carolina resident.  Taylor Brooke Small 23, was arrested in Caldwell County.  She faces felony possession of methamphetamine.  She was placed in the Caldwell County Detention Center under

Identity theft charges were filed against a Hudson woman.  Phyllis Ann Fleming 30, faces bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.  She was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility under a $50,000 bond.  No court date was

All new playground equipment has been installed at Martha’s Park in Morganton.  The funds were provided by the Morganton Service League and the city.  The 1.4 acre park has a new main playground structure, Americans with Disabilities

The Drexel Community Fair will be back in action this upcoming August 16th-21st . Admission will be free to the fair. There will be  live music, amusement rides, the exhibit hall, classic fair food, the livestock barn,

A Lenoir man is facing weapons charges.  Joseph Harold Crook 38, faces felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and manufacturing marijuana charges.  He was taken to the Caldwell County Detention Center under a $20,000