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The Burke County Public Schools announced North Liberty will close until Tuesday January 18th due to Covid 19 cases and quarantines.  The school has 64 students and 36 staff.  The board voted last night for masks to

A Hickory man is facing ID theft among other charges.  39 year old Joshua Aaron Gibbs was arrested by Hickory Police, he also faces felony possession of heroin, possession of a counterfeit instrument and resisting an officer

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

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. 

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

A Hickory woman was sentenced to 2 years in prison.  39 year old Jessica Anne Miller had stolen more than $68,000 from a workforce development program from 2016 to 2019.  Over 40 individuals were defrauded in the

Court dates are set for January 26th for two Hickory residents.  36 year old Nathaniel Richard Spears and 36 year old Lori Ann Davis are both facing felony possession of schedule I controlled substance among other charges. 

A shooting victim has died after a hospital stay.  26 year old Michael Emmanuel Tucker Jr was shot on December 8th and found in the driver seat of a vehicle on 1st St SE in Hickory.  He

A Connelly Springs man is facing drug charges.  40 year old Jessie Alan Clark is charged with felony trafficking methamphetamine and heroin among other charges.  He was arrested by the Morganton Department of Public Safety.  Bond was

The Catawba County Manager has announced his retirement.  Mick Berry will retire at the end of the county’s fiscal year which is in June.  Berry has been the county manager since 2016 and has served in Catawba