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Resurfacing is taking place this week in Burke County.  Portions of Hwy 70 in Drexel and Valdese, Messer Rd in Valdese and the entrance to Freedom Park from Independence Blvd in Morganton.  The park will be closed

A Hickory man is facing fleeing police charges.  Robert Lee McAfee was arrested by Catawba County officers, he also faces assault on a government official.  The Department of Probation and Parole charged him with a parole violation. 

Bond was set at $50,000 in a Catawba County arrest.  Jordan Holsclaw Hayes 31, faces felony possession of methamphetamine among other drug charges.  Hayes was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility. A court date is set

No show in court among many charges in Catawba County.  Perry Alan Bradley 25, faces failure to appear on heroin charges, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and other related charges.  He was placed in the Catawba

Trespassing and theft charges were brought against a Hickory woman.  Shamekia Rena McCombs 28, also faces possession of stolen goods charges.  She was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility under a $50,000 secured bond.  Court dates

A man from Burke County died in prison in Pender County.  The North Carolina Department of Public Safety reported Brandon Campbell 32, was found unresponsive in his cell at 1204 am on Monday.  He was serving a

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners have appointed a new attorney.  Jodi Stewart will serve as the county attorney.  She had served as a deputy attorney in Catawba County for 9 years and has 15 years of

City workers restriped and reconfigured the City parking lot located on the 100 Block of Mulberry Street NW between Mulberry Street and Main Street in Downtown Lenoir.  Staff moved one accessible parking space from the eastern side

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is replacing the West bound exit ramp at exit 112 of I-40.  Work has been ongoing in the area and transportation officials said by fall it should be complete.  Both bridges

6-8 years, that is the sentence for a Granite Falls man.  Adam John Wheeler 44, was convicted of trafficking opium or heroin.  He pled guilty in Superior Court.  He was also assessed a mandatory $50,000 fine.  He