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Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:25 PM EDT
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Three adults and two children were injured at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Newton.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 9:02 AM EDT
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Police said they found the 12-year-old lying next to the road on 7th Avenue SW with a gunshot wound.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 4:36 PM EDT
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Authorities seized four kilograms of methamphetamine from the man’s home.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 10:08 AM EDT
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The shooting happened in Conover early Sunday morning.
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Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 4:37 PM EDT
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The 15-year-old suspect was allegedly involved in a shooting on Monday.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 2:52 PM EDT
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Four teenagers were named as suspects in the murder of a 35-year-old man.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 12:49 PM EDT
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The 35-year-old was found shot to death at Blue Ridge Heights Apartments around 12:30 p.m. Monday.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 12:31 PM EDT
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The 35-year-old was found shot to death at Blue Ridge Heights Apartments around 12:30 p.m. Monday.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 5:02 AM EDT
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Authorities said the shooting is believed to have stemmed from a domestic disturbance.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2022 at 11:27 AM EDT
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They were placed under $250,000 secured bonds.
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Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:35 PM EDT
|By Ron Lee
Catawba County has taken in more than 200 animals in the past week.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 10:22 AM EDT
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The accident happened on Startown Road on Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 1:27 PM EDT
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Police have charged with one of the victims with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 9:28 AM EDT
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Police said the driver of the van did not see the 8-year-old and hit the child with the vehicle.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 9:25 AM EDT
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The crash happened at 8:15 a.m. Monday, May 23, on Oxford School Road at the intersection of River Bend Road.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 7:20 PM EDT
|By Ron Lee
“We’ve always known that the city of Hickory is a great place to live, a great place to work and a great place to raise a family,” the mayor said.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 4:56 AM EDT
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According to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, she was found safe.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 1:00 PM EDT
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Hickory Police ask that anyone with information regarding the case call the department at (828) 328-5551.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 1:39 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff and Nikki Hauser
Anyone with information should call the Conover Police Department at 828-464-4698.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 2:58 PM EDT
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The stabbing occurred following a verbal altercation Friday night.
Updated: May. 7, 2022 at 10:58 PM EDT
|By Courtney Cole
Conover Police are investigating the death of 48-year-old Tinikia Hodges, who was discovered at her home on 2nd Street Southwest on Thursday afternoon.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 12:14 PM EDT
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According to the district, the rough estimate to repair the buses is $6,750.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 11:23 AM EDT
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The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is investigating.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 12:29 PM EDT
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Wednesday’s threat led to an evacuation of Arndt Middle School.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 11:32 PM EDT
|By Sarah Blake Morgan
The front porch in James Leslie Little’s Catawba County home is a far cry from the unimaginable scenes the world watched play out in Washington D.C. on January 6th, 2021.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 11:34 AM EDT
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According to a message sent to Arndt Middle School parents, student bags were left behind to be searched out of an abundance of caution.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 9:34 AM EDT
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It is the second drowning death on area bodies of water over the past few days.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 9:48 PM EDT
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An 18-year-old woman drowned on Tuesday evening after jumping into a Catawba County lake for a swim.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 10:36 AM EDT
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Charges are pending the ongoing investigation, according to the NCSHP.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 11:57 AM EDT
|By Brandy Beard
The arches collapsed in February, damaging the Rudy Wright Bridge. The bridge remains closed.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 10:40 AM EDT
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Crews remained on scene for more than seven hours.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 10:48 AM EDT
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Both were served with the indictment on Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 2:50 PM EDT
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The deputy, who has not yet been named, has since had their employment terminated.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 10:21 AM EDT
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The alert was canceled Sunday morning.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 10:01 AM EDT
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Javier Uresti was wanted for three counts of second-degree murder.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 12:41 PM EDT
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Police said they then found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the area of Sunny Valley Apartments.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 8:49 PM EDT
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A Catawba County jury found 41-year-old Scott Anthony Putnam guilty of first-degree murder in the July 24, 2018, shooting death of 24-year-old Anthony Andrew Killian at the victim’s Conover home.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 10:05 AM EST
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The Ultimate 7′s game launched in May with four top prizes of $2 million and eight $100,000 prizes, according to lottery officials.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM EST
|By Brandy Beard
Crews were still cleaning up the still-smoking damage more than 12 hours later, extinguishing hot spots and bulldozing the rubble.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 3:11 PM EST
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This agency replaces one that closed two months prior.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:43 PM EST
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Officers with the City of Lenoir Police Department responded to Ross and Company convenience store on Harper Avenue in Lenoir for a call of attempted armed robbery Wednesday.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 3:47 PM EST
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Barry Bryan Edwards, 65, admitted to receiving more than $30,000 in gifts, tickets and other arrangements from an unnamed contractor between 2012-2018.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 12:40 PM EST
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A police report revealed that a vehicle crashed into debris from the arches right after they fell.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 9:35 PM EST
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The archway is a centerpiece in the two-mile-long City Walk that spans the city, with downtown Hickory’s Union Square in the middle.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:50 PM EST
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He was previously sentenced to a term of probation by a different U.S. District Court judge.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Luke Tucker
Teammates and fans rushed the court after 11th-grader Spencer Neill, who lives with Down syndrome, knocked down a half-court shot.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 11:06 AM EST
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Officers noticed something was wrong around 7:30 p.m.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 8:16 AM EST
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Donna Hicks Spencer turned herself in on a Tuesday morning in Dec. 2021 to the Catawba County jail.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 11:51 AM EST
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The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for simple assault on a handicapped person.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 3:10 PM EST
|By Maureen O'Boyle
It’s a story of his own - the cautionary tale of a young man in love with muscle cars and a girl who lost sight of his goals.