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A Connelly Springs man was flown to a Charlotte hospital with a head injury yesterday morning after a wreck in Granite Falls. Michael Hudson was driving on Falls Avenue toward Grace Chapel when a van turned into

A fire reduced a Lenoir man’s home to rubble Sunday morning. A passerby noticed the fire on Holden Place in Sawmills around 7 a.m. The News Topic reports Oscar Hoilman, the homeowner was staying with a friend

Part of the ventilation system at Profile Turf Products Group plant in Conover caught fire yesterday afternoon. Firefighters worked five stories off the ground to extinguish the fire. The Daily Record reports firefighters were forced to strip

A man accused of kidnapping a 22-year-old woman following a shooting and house fire in Catawba County turned himself in Friday. Derek Moser of Hickory was wanted after deputies found Amando Jimenez in an area on Fairway

Multiple wrecks caused major backups on I-40 on Friday. The first collision took place just before 6 a.m. near mile marker 115. The accident involved two vehicles and three tractor-trailers. A minor wreck also occurred 100 yards

A man and woman were arrested after a high-speed chase through Gamewell Thursday. Deputies attempted to stop Jordan Byrd and Tasha Kirby after their car matched the description of a vehicle that left the scene of a

A man who escaped from a patrol car Sunday has been arrested. Clarence Crutchfield was arrested after being found in a car near a reported breaking and entering when police discovered he had multiple warrants out for

A portion of a roof at a daycare in Conover collapsed yesterday morning. A handful of rooms were damaged, but no children were inside at the time of the accident. WSOCTV reports 6 trusses gave way due

The State Court of Appeals has rejected Caldwell Memorial Hospital’s attempt to block a surgery center in Valdese. Blue Ridge Healthcare System received approval to develop a surgical center similar to RiverCrest Medical Park which is currently

Investigators have determined that a Granite Falls man who died in January of gunshot wound accidentally shot himself. Cal Bills was with his fiancee and their young son in their apartment when a gun he was holding