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A woman was killed in a house fire in Drexel Monday afternoon. April Dale was trapped in the basement when firefighters arrived on the scene around 1:20. The News Herald reports firefighters pulled Dale from the home

  A portion of Second Avenue NW in Hickory between 14th Street Place NW and 12 Street NW could be closed for up to a week as The Daily Record reports, workers replace a collapsed sewer line. 

A motorcyclist was flown to a Charlotte hospital with serious injuries after he was thrown about 30 feet in a wreck on Taylorsville Road Friday afternoon. Ricky Wallace was struck around 2:20 p.m. by Honda whose driver

Caldwell County has named a new public information officer. The Hickory Daily Record reports Paige Counts brings 20 years of marketing and public relations experience to the public information position.

The City of Lenoir’s website got a new look over the weekend. The News-Topic reports the change also brings an improved notification system for citizens.

The Morganton News Herald reports that Nara Japanese Restaurant in Hickory was ordered to pay $28,779 in back wages to 20 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer

Good news from Claremont yesterday, a horse was rescued after falling and becoming trapped in a pond, according to the Daily Record. The horse was older and owners said it was partially blind, which may have led

Construction on City Walk in Hickory is expected to begin in late October or November, Hickory Public Services Director Kevin Greer told members of the Bond Implementation Commission Wednesday, reported by the Hickory Daily Record. The bond

Quite a surprise yesterday, a rare silver fox was sighted near the MLK Center in Lenoir yesterday, reported by the News Topic. Officer Jon Kiger of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, who came to Lenoir to investigate,

According to the News Topic, Sawmills town officials say that changing the town’s form of government would not change how it operates, at least one Sawmills resident opposes it. That citizen spoke at a public hearing Tuesday