Covid Vaccine
Catawba County reports 115 current hospitalizations for Covid 19 while Caldwell reports 52 and Burke County has 30 in the hospital for the virus. The Caldwell County Health Department has begun vaccinating people over 75 by appointment
Fugitive Arrest
A Virginia woman was arrested on fugitive charges. Cynthia Leigh Ritchie 59, was arrested by the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office. She faces felony fugitive charges from another state. She is wanted on unspecified charges in Virginia. Ritchie
Name Released in Shooting Death
The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the man that died in the shooting in Sawmills. Cedrick Jovon Harshaw 18, of Granite Falls. The incident took place at the Market Basket on Hwy 321 A.