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Two men are charged by Lenoir police.  William Ray Price 33, faces felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.  Ronald Christopher Baucom 31, was charged with felony accessory after the fact.  Price was jailed under

A fleeing police charge is filed in Burke County.  Tito Cameron Fuentes 18, faces felony counts of speeding to elude arrest among many other charges including driving while impaired.  He was placed under a $34,000 secured bond. 

A fugitive arrest was made in Lenoir.  Eddie Wayne Hyslope 38, is wanted in Columbia County Florida, on larceny and illegal use of a credit card charges.  He was placed in the Caldwell County Detention Center under

Public Utilities will be closing Sixth Street NW, between Twelfth Avenue NW (Geitner Rd) and Thirteenth Avenue Place NW, for infrastructure installation.  The work will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will last until 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday,

Breaking and entering and drug charges were brought against a Morganton woman.  Ashley Nicole Wright 34, was arrested by Maiden Police.  She faces possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver methamphetamine and larceny after breaking and

Bond was set at $225,000 for a Hickory teen.  Jkobe Treshon Ramseur, was charged with 6 counts of assault with a deadly weapon and 3 counts of discharging a firearm into a vehicle.  The incidents occurred Saturday

A Granite Falls man and an Asheville man face drug charges in Caldwell County.  Donald Shaun Bridges 46, of Granite Falls faces felony trafficking methamphetamine among other charges.  Dion Lamont Lowman 45 of Asheville also faces trafficking

200 jobs are coming to Hickory by 2025.  Corning Optical Communications will expand in Hickory.  A manufacturing facility will be added at the Trivium Corporate Center with a  $150 million will be investment.  State and local incentives

Caldwell County has a new manager.  Donald Duncan had served as Conover City Manager and will now serve over Caldwell County starting November 1st.  Duncan takes over after the firing of Stan Kiser.  The Caldwell County Board

A man was hit by a vehicle and died in Connelly Springs.  Eric Lee Teague 41, of Hickory was killed while walking near Warlicks Church and Wilson Roads.  It happened around 5 am Monday, as a truck