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A fire that destroyed a family’s home in the Little River community is thought to have been intentionally set. Patricia Fox was in her house on Log Cabin Place about 3 a.m. yesterday when The News-Topic reports

A man and woman are wanted by the Hickory Police Department in a fraud investigation stretching from Asheville to Hickory.  WSOCTV reports the woman changed clothes and even wore different wigs as she withdrew thousands of dollars

A Hildebran gas station was robbed by two men at gunpoint Wednesday. Two men entered The Cubbard Express No. 3 off Interstate 40 Exit 11 and The News Herald reports left on foot with an undisclosed amount

American Legion Post 29 will host a Memorial Day Ceremony Monday, May 27, 2019, on the stage in Downtown Lenoir. The ceremony starts at 10:00 am. 

A SWAT team member shot a convicted felon Wednesday inside a home in Burke County after a nearly 30-minute standoff. The shooting happened just after noon at a mobile home on Airport Rhodhiss Road after WSOCTV reports

The property tax rate in Hudson will remain unchanged, but sanitation fees will increase 20 percent under the proposed budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The proposed sanitation fee increase would raise residents’ monthly bills to $9

The Hickory Daily Record reports a Taylorsville man wanted for several felonies was arrested following a car chase and manhunt near Wayside Church Road in Alexander County yesterday afternoon.

A 90’s dance party will be held to help stamp out hunger in Catawba County tomorrow at the Henry River Mill Village. The fundraiser will take place from 7 to 11 pm and will benefit the Hickory

The City of Morganton has received plans for a LongHorn Steakhouse to be built where the former Abele’s Family Restaurant building currently sits. Plans for the restaurant have not been approved yet, and The News Herald reports

A Newton man will spend 18-23 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2015 murder of Phillip McLean. The Hickory Daily Record reports witnesses saw Lakeith Lawrence take out a gun and shoot McLean in the