Local News
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
The News Herald reports a man received serious but non-life threatening injuries after his motorcycle crashed into a car in Icard Tuesday morning.
The Valdese Farmers Market will open Friday, May 24, on the Old Rock School front lawn. The Market will be open from 11 a.m to 4 p.m.
A portion of West Union Street in Morganton was shut down after firefighters were called to Benjamin’s and Libba’s after there were reports of smoke in the building Monday. It was found that an HVAC unit located
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute has purchased a building on U.S. 321 that once was a drug store to house the college’s new training center for advanced manufacturing, machining, and engineering programs. The News-Topic reports building
