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vet memorial
World War II veteran Jim Billings looks through his World War II memorabilia.
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Miss Race City queens crowned
During the recent Race City Festival in downtown Mooresville, the 2010 Miss Race City USA Queens were crowned.
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Trooper's vehicle strikes pedestrian
A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper struck a pedestrian Thursday morning with his patrol vehicle while exiting Interstate 40.
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1 dead in crash
Accident near LR claims 70-year-old
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Autopsy: 'Close-range' shots killed woman
Preliminary autopsy reports show the Burke County woman found dead in McDowell on March 26 suffered multiple gunshot wounds and sexual injuries.
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Burke woman found dead
A landscaper who stopped by a creek near the McDowell County line on Dysartsville Road on Friday found the dead body of a woman in the creek.
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Video gaming debate continues across the state
As owners and businesses approach Friday's deadline to get rid of video and gaming machines in Burke County, towns and cities across the state are debating what to do about the parlors.Rich Ducker, a professor of public law and government at the UNC School of Government, said the consensus from government leaders around the state is the businesses are legal.
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Granite Falls man dies in accident on Burke road
A Granite Falls man died as a result of a wreck on a Burke County road. North Carolina State Highway Patrol First Sgt. Greg Duckworth said Joshua Brett Bridges, 23, was driving a Honda passenger vehicle and speeding north on Piedmont Road when he lost control around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday.
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Former client files counterclaim against district attorney candidate
Tiffany Turnmire says affair happened with Shawn Clark.
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Ostgaard declines debate challenge
Beth Ostgaard, Democratic candidate for the N.C. House of Representatives, has decided not to debate fellow Democrat Aaron Bradley Scott.
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Alcohol's impact
One side says alcohol sales in Valdese will mean more business and jobs, while the other side says crime and DWI incidents will skyrocket. Both sides, it seems, are blowing smoke if the city of Marion is any indication of what will happen if Valdese voters approve beer, wine and liquor-by-the-drink and an ABC store.
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Clear ice, snow from mailbox
Clear ice and snow around mailbox.
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Fire destroys Longview chemical plant
A fire Sunday night destroyed the Tailored Chemical Products Inc. and Tailored Foam Inc. manufacturing facilities at 3719 1st Avenue SW on the Burke-Catawba county line
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Details emerge in water transfer agreement
Concord and Kannapolis would get a maximum 3 million gallons of water daily from the Catawba River until 2015 under a settlement Morganton and Valdese officials agreed to today.
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Water-transfer settlement imminent
Local cities and counties could settle a water-transfer lawsuit tonight.Burke County commissioners, the Morganton City Council, the Valdese Town Council and Hickory City Council are all expected to agree individually to a settlement.The agreement would put an end to an appeal challenging a water transfer from the Catawba River to Concord and Kannapolis.
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Area efforts to help Haitians get under way
Spontaneous campaigns for donations for rescue efforts in Haiti have flooded the Internet, but there also are relief efforts under way right here in western North Carolina.
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Retiree finds and returns wallet containing $1,600
Terry Shook searched high and low for his wallet after he realized it was missing two months ago, even hiring a diver to search Lake Hickory.The one place he didn't look, though, was the shoulder of Interstate 40.That's where John Hoffman found Shook's wallet on Monday.
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ABC Boards' general managers receive raises as stores' profits fall
Profits were down and general manager salaries were up in 2009 for ABC Boards in Catawba County and Morganton.
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Business plans expansion
A business is expanding in eastern Burke County and plans to hire more employees.Maple Springs Laundry, which is located in Long View, will renovate another building in the town to expand its operation, say company officials.
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Breaking news: I-40 westbound closed at McDowell-Buncombe line
The westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near the McDowell-Buncombe line have been closed due to a traffic accident, according to an announcement by emergency officials at 11:10 a.m.
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Complaint: Sheriff's Deputy delivered drugs in uniform
A former Catawba County Sheriff's Deputy admitted to picking up and delivering cocaine, alleges a federal criminal complaint filed Tuesday.
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McHenry speaks his mind on variety of issues
Congressman Patrick McHenry spoke to a gathering at the P.E. Monroe auditorium on the Lenoir-Rhyne University campus Tuesday night about the state of the nation and what he's been doing lately in Washington, D.C.
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Wreck shuts down two lanes of I-40
Traffic is blocked on Interstate 40 eastbound between Exits 123 and 125 after a wreck that seriously injured at least two people.The U.S. 321 exit onto I040 east at exit 123 also is blocked, police said.
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Workers, community leaders are trying to save U.S. Postal Service center from closing
Postal workers at the Hickory Processing and Distribution Facility, 110 Somerset Ave., are reaching out to area residents and elected officials in an effort to save their jobs.About a month ago the U.S. Postal Service initiated a feasibility study to consider shifting the distribution center's second-shift operations to Greensboro, said postal service spokeswoman Deborah Yackley.
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Supreme Court hears arguments in S.C.-N.C. water lawsuit
South Carolina's top prosecutor said Tuesday he's pleased with oral arguments before the nation's highest court as to why a city, a water supply company and a major utility should stay out of a water dispute with North Carolina.
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