Residents of North Carolina are being warned about an increase in EBT card skimming and cloning scams. The North Carolina Department of Justice has reported that criminals are attaching skimming devices to card readers in […]
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On January 11, 2023, the Burke County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of the NC State Bureau of Investigations, conducted another search in a remote wooded area near Kayla’s Ridge Road in Connelly Springs. Investigators […]
Catawba County Schools board has requested an additional $2 million in funding from the county commissioners for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. Of the requested funds, $626,000 would be allocated to creating 10 more teaching […]
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Jurors have reached a guilty verdict in the federal death penalty case of a 34-year-old man who killed eight people on a Manhattan bike path five years ago. Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek national living in New […]
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy announced Thursday that the five former Memphis police officers who were fired for their actions during the arrest earlier this month of Tyre Nichols – a 29-year-old Black man […]
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Burke County announced that several county buildings, and the Historic Morganton Courthouse will be illuminated green as part of Operation Green Light, a new initiative between Burke County, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, […]