Local News
Three police departments are investigating numerous thefts of commercial vehicle batteries from various companies in Caldwell County. The News-Topic reports 12 commercial batteries and three small car batteries were stolen from Hydroforce Inc., four batteries from two
A Hickory woman reported missing on Friday was found dead in a vehicle at the Conover Walmart at around 8:30 p.m. Monday. The Hickory Daily Record reports the woman was identified yesterday as Emily Childers. The cause
The owners of two more properties in Granite Falls are asking the town to change the sites’ zoning to allow apartments to be built on them. The News-Topic reports the rezoning was endorsed by the Granite Falls
Two dogs were found dead behind L.P. Frans Stadium Saturday. The Hickory Daily Record reports the dogs were found by Roger Aker, who posted a photo on Facebook to get more information. Aker met with police on
A crash involving a tractor-trailer and Ford Focus reduced westbound traffic to the shoulder near mile marker 135 on Interstate 40 near Claremont Tuesday afternoon. The Hickory Daily Record reports N.C. State Highway Patrol is investigating the
An international pharmaceutical company is considering Caldwell County for a new manufacturing plant that could bring up to 200 jobs to the area. The News-Topic reports The company, whose name has not been revealed, would invest about
Main Street in Lenoir was temporarily shut down late Monday morning after a man was shot in the leg. The shooting followed an argument about 11 a.m. a short distance north of the Caldwell County Courthouse. Typhin
A Morganton man has been charged with murder in an early morning shooting death yesterday. Andrew Smith was charged after deputies responded to a call of someone on a four-wheeler was running over two people at 1:58
A woman was killed in a house fire in Drexel Monday afternoon. April Dale was trapped in the basement when firefighters arrived on the scene around 1:20. The News Herald reports firefighters pulled Dale from the home
A portion of Second Avenue NW in Hickory between 14th Street Place NW and 12 Street NW could be closed for up to a week as The Daily Record reports, workers replace a collapsed sewer line.
