Local News
Local AT&T employees take part in a strike by workers in the entire southeast region. The News-Topic reports the strike is in protest of the representatives AT&T sent to negotiate a new contract with union officials. About
Former teacher forced out as a volunteer coach after report surfaces of previous conviction. The News-Topic reports that Robert Dula, a former masonry teacher at Hibriten, is no longer serving as a volunteer middle school assistant coach
More than 50 officers from area agencies participated in raids at four illegal gaming locations in Burke County. The News Herald reports there were two locations in Valdese and two in Morganton that were raided and shut
The Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention opens Friday at 7 p.m. on a field alongside the Yadkin River off of Highway 268 in northeastern Caldwell County. The festival runs through Sunday and features music and non-music activities throughout
Terri Parker-Thompson Hengst faces charges of misdemeanor death by vehicle, failure to wear a seat belt and reckless driving to endanger. The News-Topic reports N.C. Highway Patrol stated Hengst veered left of center, directly into the path
A Granite Falls home was destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon. The News-Topic Reports the home owned by Clyde Penley was heavily damaged by fire and smoke. Penley and his wife also lost their family puppy in
An arrest has been made in a case involving five law enforcement car break-ins. The Hickory Daily Record reports N.C. State Bureau of Investigation announced in a release that Jermichael Junior Hunt, III was arrested and charged
A Granite Falls man appeared in Superior court on Wednesday. Eric Terril Yount of Granite Falls is accused of shooting and killing Richelle Scott Lail and Cody William Watts at the McDonald’s restaurant on Highway 321 in
Hudson Police Department officers are now better equipped to save lives. The News-Topic reports thanks to a donation by the CEO of Project Lazarus, 28 doses of Narcan — a drug that can counter the effects of
The 38th Annual Morganton Festival is headed to downtown Morganton, NC on Friday, September 6th and Saturday, September 7th. Everyone is invited to come to play in the streets and enjoy over a mile of handmade craft vendors,
