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Settlemyer retires after 34 years
Having seen the city through the establishment of CoMPAS and city hall, attorney Steve Settlemyer is looking forward to having time off to indulge in his hobbies, spend time with his wife and see his grandchildren grow.
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Driver crashes into home, charged with DWI
Rita Byrd could not believe her eyes as she watched a silver station wagon careen down an embankment and into the side of her son’s Drexel Road home Wednesday morning.
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Police: Infant found at suspected drug den returned to mother
An infant found at a suspected drug dealer’s home was returned to his mother, according to police.
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Morganton wins N.C. Main Street awards
Storefronts are filled and foot traffic is up in downtown Morganton, and it’s not going unnoticed. The North Carolina Main Street program presented Morganton with two awards last week.
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NCSD students turn clay into bowls
With the hands they use to communicate to the world, students at the North Carolina School for the Deaf are crafting bowls that will be used to raise money for a deaf retirement community.
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Triebert, the cyclists' advocate
Rusty Triebert doesn’t recall anything that happened Aug. 15 after a car hit him while he was cycling and “left (him) for dead.” He had always wanted to ride in a helicopter, but he doesn’t remember being airlifted to Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville.
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UPDATED: Baseball bat burglar stole donation jar and soda, deputy says
A man who swiped a donations jar from a local convenience store in a smash-and-grab burglary returned to the store as investigators were talking with employees to turn himself in.
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Speeding ticket turns to 100 mph pursuit
A motorcyclist led police on a high-speed chase through eastern Burke County on Wednesday in what deputies believe was an attempt to dodge a speeding ticket.
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City elections top council's agenda
The future of city elections will be the first topic up for discussion Friday at the Morganton City Council’s annual January workshop.
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Burke DSS phones on the fritz
People who tried calling the Burke County Department of Social Services this week, might have gotten an unusual message.
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Metro area lands on list of worst areas to find work
The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton area isn’t in sunny California, but it joins seven metro areas in the Golden State on U.S. News and World Report’s “10 Worst Cities for Finding a Job.”
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Burke sheriff launches Project Lifesaver
Grants and individual donations have added up, allowing the Burke County Sheriff’s Office to offer the Project Lifesaver Program.
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Hallyburton graduates 72
Hallyburton Academy graduated 72 in a noon commencement Friday at Calvary Baptist Church.
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Former Marine looks back at service
Jeremy Allen may have traded in his fatigues for a trooper’s uniform, but his four years in the Marine Corps and two deployments to Iraq still define the highway patrolman and volunteer firefighter.
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Ten-mile chase down I-40 ends with arrest
A trooper’s stop-sticks ended a chase Friday that covered more than eight-miles with speeds topping 80 mph.
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Burke Arts Council finds new leader
Upstate New York native Deborah Jones has spent the past seven years vacationing in Burke County with friends.
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Perdue issues disaster declaration making aid available
Tornado victims are eligible for up to $30,400 in grants from the state after Gov. Bev Perdue on Wednesday issued a disaster declaration for Burke and Rutherford counties.
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State awards Broughton construction contract
Construction of the new Broughton Hospital facility is expected to begin in April and is tentatively scheduled to be complete in September 2014.
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Fla. fugitives caught at motel meth lab
A stolen tag and a room booked in a dead person’s name led investigators to two suspected Florida fugitives who were cooking meth at a local motel.
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Man charged in March home invasion
U.S. Marshals apprehended a Durham man suspected of robbing an elderly Morganton couple in a home invasion robbery 10 months ago.
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Symposium delves into Brown Mountain lights
Are the Brown Mountain lights just headlights from cars driving on winding roads? Or is it the ghost of a slave, looking for his lover? Are they balls of gas floating in the air?
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Tornado response winds down in eastern Burke County
The emergency response to Wednesday’s damaging twister has ended. The incident command post set up at Icard Fire and Rescue Station closed shop Friday night, and the state of emergency was lifted at 1:30p.m. Saturday.
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Questions remain about cleanup funds
The state of emergency in Burke County was lifted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, but officials are still working to determine who will pay to clean up after a rare January twister.
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Storm survivors feel 'blessed' after twister
Residents feel blessed, lucky to have survived tornado that tore through eastern Burke County.
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Officials: Response to vicious storm went 'smoothly'
A Wednesday night tornado upended homes, toppled trees and downed power lines in eastern Burke County.
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