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A Granite Falls woman is facing animal cruelty charges follow an investigation by Caldwell County Animal Control. Assisted by Caldwell County Sheriff’s Deputies, animal control seized 33 dogs and 1 kitten at the home on Petra Mill Road, Granite
A police chase in Morganton Tuesday night ended when the car being chased crashed into a house on Salem Road. Luckily, no one in the home was injured. Police arrested Austin John Frisbee and Jadyn McKenzie Moorefield,
…FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA… .Developing coastal low pressure will interact with a cold and dry airmass across western North Carolina tonight. Temperatures will fall below freezing in some areas, which will
N.C Department of Transportation staff has been preparing for winter weather, and crews in the mountains put their preparations into action after an early snowfall this week. Every fall, maintenance engineers conduct dry runs, test equipment and ensure
The identity of a man shot and killed in Alexander County Tuesday has been released. Walter Minton was found shot to death outside a home in the Stony Point Community. The suspect, Joshua Lee Branch was still at
UPDATE: One person has been arrested in connection to a home invasion and kidnapping that happened in Hickory last month. Donald SImpson of Lenoir is charged with first degree kidnapping, first degree burglary, and larceny of a
A deputy with the Cleveland County Community Interdiction Team stopped a tractor trailer this past Saturday traveling south bound on Interstate 85 for failure to maintain lane and impeding the flow of traffic. Following a K-9 alert,
Lenoir-Rhyne Athletics has announced that head football coach Drew Cronic has resigned to become the head football coach at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Cronic, the American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year in 2018, has guided
An Alexander County Man is behind bars charged with murder after a shooting in the Stony Point Community Tuesday afternoon. Joshua Lee Branch was still at the scene on Spring Point Drive when deputies arrived and arrested
Here is a pic of the suspect in a car jacking/child abduction from Monday night in Hickory. A vehicle theft in Hickory Monday took different urgency after it was learned
