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New year brings new laws to North Carolina
A new year brought some new laws to North Carolina, with changes in store for teenage drivers, county jails and people buying certain kinds of cold medicine.
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Couple weds in hastily-assembled ceremony at cancer center
Sherry McDonald got the worst news she could imagine the morning of her wedding day.
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Law enforcement pioneer hangs up badge
The woman who taught Burke deputies and sheriffs that men aren’t the only ones who can don badges and guns is retiring.
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Schools faced ups and downs in 2011
2011 was a tumultuous year for education in Burke County. And most of it was directly related to the economy.
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County focused on economic development
The county had such a great year, it might be hard to repeat, says Burke County Manager Bryan Steen.
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Public Safety gets $34K fire grant
Some of the Morganton’s Public Safety’s turnout gear, the fire resistant clothing that protects firefighters, is tattered and frayed and exposes public safety officers to flames.
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November elections shake up boards, councils
Tighter budgets and a tough economy didn’t stop Burke’s municipalities from bucking up and getting work done this year.
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Christmas Eve blaze leaves family of five homeless
An early-morning blaze left a family of five homeless less than 24 hours before Christmas. The family was not home at the time.
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Police: Meth lab found in apartment
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Taylorsville man with manufacturing methamphetamine.
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One dead, two injured in knife fight
A Connelly Springs man is dead and two others are injured after a knife fight Wednesday night.
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Attorney: Is Brittain competent for trial?
An attorney is questioning whether an 85-year-old woman is mentally fit for trial after she was charged with killing her husband.
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85-year-old charged with killing husband
An 85-year-old is in Burke-Catawba District Confinement after investigators say she admitted to killing her husband.
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Board OKs job ad
The search for the Burke County Public Schools Superintendent is moving forward as the Burke County Board of Education approved the advertisement and application Monday night at a special called meeting.
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1,200 affected by power outage
About 1,200 customers were without power for almost an hour Friday afternoon when a City of Morganton electricity substation went down.
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Police: Gunman nabbed after heist
A convicted armed robber was jailed Thursday after police say he committed a new heist.
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CoMPAS may lose three channels
Three CoMPAS Cable channels may go dark on Jan. 1 if the station owners and city can’t reach an agreement on retransmission consent fees.
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New women's shelter hosting one to two a night
Burke Women’s Shelter is open and receiving women and their children who need a place to sleep at night.
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Hazing occurred on activity bus
The hazing incident that resulted in seven Draughn High School wrestlers being thrown off the team and suspended from school took place on an activity bus.
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Former fundraising chief enters plea
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's fundraising chief for her winning 2008 campaign has entered an Alford plea to a felony obstruction charge for using his company to hide payments from a donor and pad another campaign worker's salary.
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Burke shooting victim released from hospital
The man police say was shot by an officer’s service weapon has been released from the hospital.
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AUDIO: 80-year-old victim tells 911 that he's been shot
This is a 911 call made by Edward Leroy Lail, 80, of 2864 Doc Pugh Road, Icard on Friday night to report that he'd been shot.
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Fire razes vacant home
Fire officials are investigating a blaze that leveled an uninhabited house in eastern Burke County.
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Archaeology center to take shape in spring
Take a walk through Catawba Meadows Park in the spring and you might see 16th century Native American buildings and a garden.
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Photographers take then give photos
MORGANTON — Two area photographers were busy Saturday taking pictures and then giving them away.
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UPDATED: Valdese officer's weapon used in shooting, sheriff says
A Valdese reserve officer is on administrative leave after his gun was used to shoot an 80-year-old, according to Burke Sheriff Sheriff. Valdese Police Chief Jack Moss asks people to refrain from hasty judgments before the facts are known.
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