Approximately 238 grams of heroin, 59 grams of cocaine and 19 grams of marijuana were seized during a traffic stop in Newton. Two people were arrested on drug charges.
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A 25-year-old man was extradited from Houston, Texas, to Alexander County on multiple charges of sexual exploitation of a minor on Thursday.
Four months in jail, two years in rehab and up to five years on probation is on the menu for a Morganton woman who has racked up at least 30 mugshots in less than 30 years.
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Ramirez was arrested Thursday and charged after "intentionally and knowingly causing the death of an individual by self-induced abortion," according to local officials.
The late Hugh Hefner has been accused of rape by another aspiring Playmate, Audrey Huskey.
Hayden Panettiere has "become secretive" about her relationship with Brian Hickerson just days after it emerged that the pair had been involved in an altercation at a bar in L.A.
Starbucks has dropped its dairy-free milk charge in the U.K., could the U.S. be next?
A Nebo man faces felony drug charges after deputies stopped an ATV on U.S. 70 East, authorities said on Friday.
The District Attorney has dismissed a charge of animal cruelty against a Valdese man.
A woman was arrested on 19 warrants Friday after a local business reported a theft.
The fentanyl seized during a late February investigation had the potential to cause hundreds of overdose deaths.
A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself with a handgun, according to a release from the Hickory Police Department.
Before Donna Osowitt Steele was charged with embezzling $15 million from TIGRA USA in Hickory, she pleaded guilty to embezzling from a family business in Winston-Salem in 1995.
Here are five of the county’s top crime stories of 2021.
The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Across the nation, civic groups, faith leaders and alarmed citizens are staging hundreds of candlelight vigils and marches in support of votin…
While the federal government is taking steps toward making electric cars more prominent, so is the city of Morganton.