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Five Caldwell County Schools received lower scores on the state Department of Public Instruction annual report card. The Middle College, Hibriten, William Lenoir, Gamewell Elementary and West Lenoir Elementary schools all received one grade lower than last

A 3rd overdose has led to murder charges in Caldwell County. Kelvis Blake Dula of Lenoir is being indicted on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Madison Leigh Workman who was found dead in

Two Burke County Schools will soon offer supper to children and adults in need. Mountain View Elementary and Walter Johnson Middle School will be adding a late afternoon or early evening meal to its breakfast and lunch

Regular bus routes are expected to start soon in Burke County.  Greenway Public Transportation will roll out four bus routes on October 1 that will cover from Rutherford college to Morganton. The News Herald reports routes will

One lane of Interstate 40 in Catawba County was closed part of Monday morning. An accident closed the road near mile marker 123. WSOC-TV reports a second accident involving a tractor trailer caused fuel to be leak

A drug bust led to the arrest of four people last week. Meagan Lynn Whaley, Lori Lynette Goodman, Kyle Eugene Woodard and Brooke Sierra Davis were charged after investigators discovered they were involved with the distribution and

Three people were charged after a SWAT team raid at a Morganton home on yesterday afternoon. Clifton Dale Butler, Treyvon Thomas Eugene Goode, and Lea Sheree Jolly were found in possession of different drugs. The three are

Hickory Police are searching for a suspect in connection to a breaking in at a Walgreens Tuesday Night. The Suspect is a black male who is 6 feet tall, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with dark pants

A Gamewell area man is accused of shooting into another man’s apartment during an argument. David Brandon Land was arguing with Joseph Andrew Prestwood outside of Prestwood Apartment Monday when the News Topic Report Land pulled up

A Morganton man was arrested on child sex charges. Nathan Wayne Conley was charged after The grand jury found that Conley had duplicated photographs and videos that depicted children from 4 to 8 years old engaged in