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Updated: 17 hours ago
|By WBTV Web Staff
Officers say the shooting happened Sunday night.
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Updated: 22 hours ago
|By WBTV Web Staff and Brandon Hamilton
Troopers believe the crash happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30.
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Updated: Oct. 1, 2022 at 9:16 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
According to the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office, deputies got a report of a kidnapping at a home along Village Circle.
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Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By Lowell Rose
Duke Energy said by lowering the lakes, it will allow them to have more storage when rainfall and runoff occurs from Ian.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 11:03 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Police say the death by distribution charge came from an overdose death in February.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2022 at 9:05 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The Conover Police Department says the grave did not appear to be recently made.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 4:11 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Investigators determined that the fire began in a vehicle before spreading to the home.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:14 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
He was taken from the scene by EMS but died from his injuries a short time later, troopers said.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 12:53 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The casino will provide agent/teller services, along with 30 betting kiosks.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Cheri Pruitt and WBTV Web Staff
A four-mile pursuit ends at Lake Hickory when driver tries and fails to swim away from officers.
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Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 8:45 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The Belmont Police Department is searching for a suspect after a vehicle hit two pedestrians, killing one and injuring another Saturday night.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 2:26 PM EDT
|By Ron Lee
Anthony John Jaworsky was last seen with his family more than a year ago.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:48 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office along with the assistance of the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office and SBI served a warrant relating to a missing person’s case.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 11:35 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The grocery distributor will invest an additional $35 million in Caldwell County.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 1:17 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
This drive-thru or walk-up-only location will open Saturday at 112 Thornburg Drive.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 4:59 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Police have arrested and charged 20-year-old Sarah Brianna Prestwood, of Hudson, with murder.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:25 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Three adults and two children were injured at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Newton.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 9:02 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
Authorities seized four kilograms of methamphetamine from the man’s home.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 10:08 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The shooting happened in Conover early Sunday morning.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 4:37 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The 15-year-old suspect was allegedly involved in a shooting on Monday.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 2:52 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Four teenagers were named as suspects in the murder of a 35-year-old man.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
Authorities said the shooting is believed to have stemmed from a domestic disturbance.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2022 at 11:27 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
They were placed under $250,000 secured bonds.
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
The accident happened on Startown Road on Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 1:27 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
According to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, she was found safe.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 1:00 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
According to the district, the rough estimate to repair the buses is $6,750.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 11:23 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is investigating.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 12:29 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
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
|By WBTV Web Staff
Crews remained on scene for more than seven hours.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 10:48 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Both were served with the indictment on Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 2:50 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The deputy, who has not yet been named, has since had their employment terminated.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The alert was canceled Sunday morning.