Steve Ohnesorge

The Gaston County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Emoni Burnett with involuntary manslaughter.

The slopes are open but the few skiers that are there are navigating through slushy conditions.

On Monday, it was cleanup from the weekend round of heavy rain and getting ready for more rain that is in the forecast.

Investigators are hoping autopsy results will shed more light on what happened in a mobile home on Sunday where a man was found dead after a fire.

Less than two weeks after a 6-year-old boy was saved from lake Hickory, Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman presented plaques of recognition to the men who were involved in the rescue.

Just as celebrations were underway across the area, firefighters were battling a massive blaze behind his shop. About 200 cars, stacked for salvage, were on fire.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol will not be taking New Year’s Eve night off.

Firefighters responded to a large campground fire at Cedar Park Sunday morning.

While most shoppers flocked to malls to find the special Christmas gifts they wanted to give this year, others went to stores that sell firearms.

As the Christmastime tourists begin to flood into the North Carolina mountains, many are flocking to the ski areas in Avery and Watauga Counties to see some snow.

It was slow going in the parking areas and the roads surrounding the shopping center, but not as bad as it was Saturday.

When 91-year-old Petra Garcia and her 53-year-old son Jesus returned from a church activity Tuesday night, she smelled smoke, he saw flames and both had to escape.

As darkness fell, it started snowing in the North Carolina mountains Tuesday night, capping off a day that began with warm weather, rain and fog.

Madalynn Lambert, 7, noticed something at her school a few weeks ago that bothered her.

Another wintry blast heading into the Carolinas Thursday night with possible sleet and freezing rain from the foothills into the mountains.

After several days of mild weather, winter staged a comeback in the Carolinas Wednesday morning.

A call came in to 911 earlier in the day reporting that a man had been shot behind a home in the Stony Point area of the county.

Dontray Cumberlander and Greydon Hanson are both charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty if convicted. The two are accused of killing three people in the parking lot of a Hickory pub in the spring of 2017.

As many people prepare to head to the malls and other shopping areas for Black Friday, another crowd is expected in the North Carolina Mountains to pick out a Christmas tree. “We think of it as Green Friday,” said grower Dee Clark.

People will be seeing troopers along the interstates and major roads. Some may even get to meet a trooper, but maybe not as they would like.

Greydon Hansen and Dontray Cumberland were charged back in April of 2017 of a triple murder in Hickory. Four people were shot in the parking lot of a local pub. Three died. The suspects have been behind bars ever since.

Police in Hickory are looking for two gunmen who may be driving a 2016 Burgundy Kia Optima.

It’s against department policy, but that’s not stopping about 30 deputies and the sheriff himself in the Caldwell County Sheriff’s office from growing beards.

The major cold snap with January-like temperatures hit across the mountains Wednesday morning. Thursday morning will be cold too, just not quite as frozen.

Monday seemed warm and early fall-like to most folks in the Banner Elk/Beech Mountain communities, then 24 hours later, it felt more like a mid-winter January day than Nov. 12.

Across the mountains people seemed excited about the prospect of winter paying a visit.

A domestic situation escalated into violence early Tuesday, says Avery County Sheriff Kevin Frye. When it ended, a woman was dead and her husband was calling 911 to say he did it.

She is especially pained by the fact her little brother and sister were caught up in the events of that night in June and died as well.

It is believed that the three bodies found burned in the bed of the truck are those of 38-year-old Maria Calderon and her boyfriend and friend, Jose Carlos Mendez and Luis Fernando Sanchez.

Several accidents were reported on Interstate 40 at the height of the rain just before 5. Most were cleared up quickly though one accident had the eastbound lanes shut down at mile marker 110 for a time.