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Three people were displaced after a Friday afternoon fire in Burke County. The fire spread from the mobile home to a car parked in a yard in Connelly Springs around 5 p.m. The News Herald reports the

Emergency workers will now be better equipped to save the lives of pets that firefighters rescue from burning homes. Invisible Fence Brand donated six pet oxygen masks to Caldwell County Emergency Services that The News-Topic reports can

15 roads in Catawba County are still in need of repairs after being damaged by flooding in June. The Hickory Daily Record reports Mitchell Drive still has a giant hole which won’t be fixed until May 2020.

Three police departments are investigating numerous thefts of commercial vehicle batteries from various companies in Caldwell County. The News-Topic reports 12 commercial batteries and three small car batteries were stolen from Hydroforce Inc., four batteries from two

A Hickory woman reported missing on Friday was found dead in a vehicle at the Conover Walmart at around 8:30 p.m. Monday. The Hickory Daily Record reports the woman was identified yesterday as Emily Childers. The cause

The owners of two more properties in Granite Falls are asking the town to change the sites’ zoning to allow apartments to be built on them. The News-Topic reports the rezoning was endorsed by the Granite Falls

Two dogs were found dead behind L.P. Frans Stadium Saturday. The Hickory Daily Record reports the dogs were found by Roger Aker, who posted a photo on Facebook to get more information. Aker met with police on

A crash involving a tractor-trailer and Ford Focus reduced westbound traffic to the shoulder near mile marker 135 on Interstate 40 near Claremont Tuesday afternoon. The Hickory Daily Record reports N.C. State Highway Patrol is investigating the

An international pharmaceutical company is considering Caldwell County for a new manufacturing plant that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. The News-Topic reports The company, whose name has not been revealed, would invest about

Main Street in Lenoir was temporarily shut down late Monday morning after a man was shot in the leg. The shooting followed an argument about 11 a.m. a short distance north of the Caldwell County Courthouse. Typhin