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A Morganton area woman was hit by a vehicle when she tried to cross West Fleming Drive on Wednesday afternoon. The News Herald reports the incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. in front of Advance Auto Parts and

The Main Street Program in downtown Morganton will hold its second public meeting this afternoon about redesigns for the Courthouse Square. The News Herald reports the meeting will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Collett Street Recreation Center.

A four-car accident Tuesday on I-40 sends two people to the hospital. The News Herald reports the accident started after a Food Truck lost a back wheel triggering the incident that included a Fed Ex truck and

Caldwell County Emergency Services has named Jason M. Pennell as the new director of the county’s 9-1-1 Communications Center. The Hickory Daily Record reports Pennell will oversee a staff of 24 telecommunicators who provide primary 911 call-taking

A traveling exhibit honoring the memory of 9/11 victims will make a stop in Morganton on Aug. 8-10. The 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial Quilt Project will be put on display in the downstairs meeting room of

A Granite Falls couple is arrested after a child is found in a hot car. The Hickory Daily Record reports the child was discovered outside KedPlasma in Hickory on Friday. Haley Leann Hargus was arrested and charged

The investigation continues into a deadly motorcycle accident on Saturday in Lenoir. The News-Topic reports Kevin Minton was riding his 2005 Harley Davidson on Old North Road when a Cadillac driven by Therese Parker-Thompson Hengst of Hiddenite

The News Herald reports I-40 bridge replacement over Berea Church Road should wrap up soon. The $8.5 million project should be completed by Sept. 1 according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The project replacing bridges

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