Mask Policy
The Hickory Public School Board voted earlier this week to require masks indoors for students pre-k through 12th grade as well as staff and visitors. Mask requirements will be reviewed monthly. Other area school systems are considering
Bond Set at $125,000
A Granite Falls man is facing charges. Monte Eugene Eaker 26, faces felony counts of fleeing to elude arrest among other charges. He was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility under a bond of $125,000. A