Claremont News

CLAREMONT, N.C.a 'Fire investigators say a cigarette and no smoke detectors are to blame for a deadly fire in Claremont early Saturday morning.

Claremont firefighters think a cigarette smoked in bed ignited a deadly fire in a quiet Claremont neighborhood Saturday morning.

Two teens were arrested Friday on multiple charges for a string of breaking-and-enterings into area businesses that occurred in one night.

Investigators believe a robbery that occurred over the summer in Catawba County could be part of a gang initiation.

Catawba County, in west central North Carolina, has nearly 155,000 residents. Protecting their lives and property is the Catawba County 9-1-1 Center, which provides emergency and first responder dispatch services for 45 agencies and departments in the county.

Catawba County sheriff's deputies have arrested Christian Eugene Goss, 17, of Claremont, and Dakota Lee Karl Spicer, 17, of Vale, for the robbery of a Cubbard Express on June 26.

The 9-1-1 Center now has a call processing solution that enables call takers and dispatchers to utilize the latest technologies to better serve Catawba County.

Two deputies arrived at a home that was being broken into in less than six minutes a ' quick enough to catch two suspects in the garage in the act of stealing, said Chief Coy Reid of the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.

Stephen Lathrop experienced awe while looking up at the 2,000-year-old Roman Colosseum earlier this month.

A Catawba County farm has become home, at least temporarily, to an injured bald eagle.

Christopher Kale, 37, of Claremont, arrived at K & T Recovery and Automotive on Tuesday morning and headed straight for his charred Chevy Blazer.

If you are attending this year's Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, you may be looking for things to do, in the downtime.

If not for the quick thinking and selfless actions of a man who went out of his way to help a stranger, Christopher Jerome Kale, 37, of Claremont, may have died when his 1995 Chevy Blazer burst into flames on the side of the road Friday morning.

Some Saturday mornings, Peggy Carpenter is tempted to stay in bed instead of heading to her regular exercise class at The Perfect Workout.

Police snipers don't usually like crowds around as they do their jobs, but they're making an exception in one North Carolina city.

Baltimore police say a suspect in a shooting Saturday that injured two people, including a pregnant woman, has been arrested in North Carolina.

Joey Goble has applied for two or three jobs per week since June and has tried to find work through staffing agencies from Hickory to Gastonia.

I read the paper and the news every day concerning the health-care overhaul. I am amazed at the turnout at the town hall meetings and the overwhelming disgust for the health-care bill being pushed on America.

A new 204,000-sq.-ft., multi-tenant warehouse in Claremont, NC, marks the latest expansion for Zenith Global Logistics.

North Carolina lawmakers passed nearly 500 new laws before shutting down for this year, but plenty of updates and reforms were left pending until next year.