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  Election 2012

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  DOT to fix I-40 water hazard

  MORGANTON, NC — A short stretch of Interstate 40 turns into a virtual Slip n’ Slide nearly every time it rains.

  04/08/2012 1:47 PM
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  Janey Brittain ruled incompetent to stand trial

  MORGANTON, NC -- A woman accused of killing her husband has been declared incompetent to stand trial, her attorney says.

  04/03/2012 7:08 PM
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  Wanted felon evades capture in Morganton

  MORGANTON, NC -- Police are looking for a passenger who fled from a traffic stop on foot.

  04/03/2012 7:02 PM
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  Meth on wheels -- Moped was mobile drug lab, Burke County officers say

  ICARD, NC -- A traffic stop led to police chasing a moped with the makings of a mobile meth lab.

  04/03/2012 6:32 PM
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  Morganton children have an 'egg'-cellent time

  MORGANTON, N.C. -- More than 100 children, with parents in tow, attended the City of Morganton’s annual Easter egg hunt Saturday at Catawba Meadows

  03/31/2012 5:52 PM
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  Burke County man pleads guilty to child rape

  MORGANTON, NC -- A 59-year-old Burke County man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison after he admitted this week that he raped a 13-year-old girl in 2007.

  03/29/2012 7:02 PM

• GNCC race a boon for Burke businesses

  MORGANTON, NC -- Thousands of race fans are expected to descend on Burke County this weekend for the Grand National Cross Country racing at Steele Creek.

  03/29/2012 6:34 PM
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  Straw poll tallies

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  Burke County business owner thwarts burglary attempt

  MORGANTON, NC -- A would-be thief was held at gunpoint Wednesday morning when he broke into a Morganton business. The suspect was struck when a warning shot ricocheted, and he was hospitalized for an injured foot, according to investigators.

  03/28/2012 6:08 PM
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  Investigator: Smash-and-grabs solved

  MORGANTON, NC -- Deputies say they’ve accused two in a pair of smash-and-grab break-ins where at least 95 cartons of cigarettes were reported stolen.

  03/28/2012 5:56 PM

• Burke County residents turn in more than 105K pills

  MORGANTON, NC — Saturday’s Operation Medicine Drop was the most successful yet, organizers said Tuesday.

  03/27/2012 6:39 PM
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  Quaker Meadows Gardening Club honors Sanderford

  For nearly 28 years, Eloise Sanderford has been wowing the Quaker Meadow’s Garden Club with her presentations on plants.

  03/25/2012 3:58 PM
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  "The Hunger Games" fans flock to Morganton theater for midnight show

  MORGANTON, NC -- Sierra Hurley, a 15-year-old at Patton High School, had a bow slung across her shoulder and clothes that appeared covered in dirt.

  03/24/2012 6:08 PM
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  St. Paul's Episcopal Church offers stations of the cross

  MORGANTON, NC -- For many of the Christian faith, this time of year brings reflection to reasons behind their call to faith and the purpose for this walk.

  03/24/2012 5:34 PM

• Burke County pill toss-out on Saturday

  MORGANTON, NC -- For those looking to trash expired medicines, local officials say a collection this weekend may be the best chance to safely dispose of unwanted scripts.

  03/22/2012 5:24 PM
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  Hickory woman indicted for murder in fatal Oct. 25 wreck

  MORGANTON, NC -- The woman accused of killing a father and son in an alleged drunken hit-and-run has been indicted.

  03/21/2012 8:02 PM
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  Morganton theater holds midnight showing of The Hunger Games

  MORGANTON, NC -- Those eager to see The Hunger Games, due out Friday, don’t have long to wait — Marquee Cinema is holding a midnight showing.

  03/21/2012 5:58 PM
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  North Carolina to cover meth lab cleanup

  MORGANTON, NC -- North Carolina will now pick up the bill for meth lab cleanup in a program launched this week.

  03/21/2012 5:41 PM
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  The Mayan calendar is no doomsday countdown, says WPCC instructor

  MORGANTON, NC -- Will the world end on Dec. 12, 2012 — the final day in the Mayan calendar?

  03/20/2012 9:13 PM