| Additional Charges for Former Morganton Teacher and Youth Pastor. A former Morganton teacher and youth pastor is facing new charges involving sex crimes with children. Aaron Mirtsching has been charged by the Burke County District Attorney’s office with 15 additional counts of indecent liberties with a minor. Mirtsching was arrested by Burke County Sheriff’s Deputies in August of this year and was charged with 10 counts of indecent liberties with a minor. Mirtsching is currently being held at the Burke County Detention Center under a $325,000k bond. |
The newly elected council members will be sworn in at the Monday, December 4th council meeting at 6:00 P.M. The meeting will be livestreamed on YouTube and take place at 102 Massel Avenue SW Valdese, NC. All meetings are open to the public.
Meetings will be held at 6pm at Valdese Town Hall Council Chambers (unless otherwise noted)
102 Massel Avenue South West Valdese NC 28690. All meetings are open to the public. **December council meeting will be live streamed on YouTube.
Heather Ward: Ward 5, Glenn Harvey: Ward 1, Gary Ogle: Ward 4
Catawba County Sheriff’s Office
Didn’t get the call from Sheriff Brown? Here is how to sign-up: https://www.catawbacountync.gov/online-services/community-alert-system/
Catawba County, North Carolina – Government provides an emergency notification and alert system to allow the public to be contacted by phone, text, and e-mail in case of a large-scale emergency. The system may also be used to let you know of important and urgent situations such as utility service interruptions, public water contamination, safety related notifications.
The message would include information about where to go and what to do.
Catawba County has contracted with OnSolve to use the CodeRed from OnSolve system. To understand the Community Alert System, its purpose and how it works, you should read the Frequently Asked Questions before you register.
We encourage residents with functional needs or disabilities to also sign up for our Special Needs Registry ( https://www.catawbacountync.gov/county-services/emergency-services/forms/special-needs/ ) in addition to the Community Alert System. This way, we will have additional data about your needs in our system in the event of an emergency.