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The Burke County commissioners will welcome their newest members on Monday.
A man has been charged in the fatal shootings of a woman and a man whose bodies were found in a vehicle with two uninjured toddlers in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The Rocky Mount Telegram reports that Eric Coley was arrested on Friday. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. That’s according to police spokesman Cpl. Ricky Jackson. The 42-year-old is being held without bond in the Nash County Detention Center, county sheriff’s records online said. Coley is due at 9 a.m. on Monday in Nash County District Court for a first appearance before the court.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office confiscated a firearm from a student at Clemmons Middle School just before dismissal on Thursday, a day that also included several false reports around the state of school shootings, including one at Parkland High School.
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Danny McNeal, 51, was at four times the legal limit for being impaired when he crashed into a bridge in September. Alyssa Taylor, 25, had texted her mother before the crash that she was riding with the truck driver from Delaware to North Carolina.
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An 18-year-old landed a felony charge after a domestic dispute Wednesday night.
Police say a man stole an ambulance from a local hospital a little more than a week before his sister stole a woman’s car that was cranked in front of her apartment. It all started Nov. 18 when investigators say Zion Raheem Peterson, 23, got into the cab of an ambulance at UNC Health Blue Ri…
Prosecutors and defense attorney Victoria Jayne agreed to a Sept. 11, 2023, trial date for murder defendant Tangela Parker on Wednesday.
A man who a Walmart employee said threatened to blow the store up the day before Thanksgiving ended up with a felony charge.
The Morganton City Council's agenda for its Monday night meeting may be light, but it's not without potential development in the city.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s winter weather prep is going digital this year with a snow plow simulator designed to give employees more training time without getting behind the wheel of an actual vehicle.
Morganton is growing, and that growth isn’t coming without some pains.
The city of Morganton is pleased to announce that Wendy Smith will be Morganton’s new development and design director.