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A Connelly Springs man is facing multiple charges.  Tommy Dean Smith 30, was charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense, shoplifting and assault on a government official.  Smith was arrested at Walmart on Hwy 70 after

The Town of Valdese will soon have a Charters of Freedom display.  Foundation Forward Inc of Burke County is working with the town.  Replicas of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights will be

A Lenoir man was charged with cocaine and heroin possession.  Jason Chantel Gibbs 32, also was charged with maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for controlled substance.  He was placed in the Caldwell County Jail under a $10,000

Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina received a $100,000 grant from the North Carolina Division of Parks & Recreation Recreational Trails Program (RTP) to build 3.5 miles of mountain biking trail at the Catawba River Greenway in Morganton.

Animal shelter repairs are coming in Lenoir.  The Caldwell County Commissioners were told by state inspectors that repairs must be made at the facility.  The board committed $20,000 toward the renovations.

A cocaine possession charge was brought against a Lenoir man.  Charles Ray Lindsey Jr 45, was arrested by the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office.  He faces a felony cocaine possession charge among other charges.  Lindsey was released on

32 new cases of Covid 19 were reported in Catawba County on Sunday.  There were 57 new cases in Caldwell and 33 in Burke County.  Hospitalizations were listed at 43 in Catawba, 30 in Caldwell and 10

A man is dead after a shooting in Catawba County.  Jordan Olajuwon Ramseur 34, was identified as the deceased after the Caldwell County Sheriffs responded to a fight at the Stump Event Center in the Mountain View