Young man Arrested for threatening Hickory Public Schools

On Monday, February 20, Hickory Public Schools received messages threatening violent acts. In response, the schools were immediately placed on lockdown, and the Hickory Police Department (HPD) was called in to investigate. Officers responded to each school

Man caught Smuggling Fentanyl

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Jonathan Lynn Sorrels, 35, of Conover, NC, was sentenced to a prison term of six to eight years following his conviction for trafficking opiates in Catawba County Superior Court.  The Honorable Nathaniel