No Charges
The District Attorney’s Office confirmed no charges will be filed in a death at the jail in Burke County. 61 year old John Howard Lambert was pronounced dead after a routine check of his cell on December
$38,000 Bond
Caldwell County officers arrested a Morganton man on drug charges. 30 year old Jonathan Robert Triplett faces felony possession with intent to manufacture sell and deliver schedule 2 controlled substance. He also faces resisting an officer charge.
One School Closed in Burke
The Burke County Public Schools announced that Hallyburton Academy in Drexel will be closed this week through Wednesday. Covid cases, isolations and quarantines especially among the staff was the cause. The principal Jonathan Clontz, said he hoped