Local News
A baby from Hickory was chosen as Gerber’s latest Spokesbaby. Gerber announced Kairi Yang was chosen from over 500,000 entries on Instagram. The Daily Record reports Kairi will be Gerber’s Spokesbaby for a year and will be
Police in Lincoln County found $1400 in counterfeit bills after a Lenoir woman led them on a high-speed chase yesterday. The News Topic reports police pursued Stacie McGuire for about 10 miles until stop sticks were used
A Catawba County woman won the state Cash 5 Jackpot. Jimmie Smith of Vale purchased the ticket through the Online Play. The Daily Record reports after taxes Smith was able to take home almost $78,000 of the
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
