Conover News

The Conover Police Department is searching for a missing 2-month-old girl. Catalin Hoard is about 16 inches long and weighs 10 pounds.

When you put your child on the school bus you expect they will be cared for. But one mother is outraged after learning that her autistic son was left alone on a bus for an entire day.

The Newton-Conover school district is reviewing procedures with bus drivers after a 9-year-old autistic student was left alone on a bus for nearly eight hours.

Newton-Conover City Schools' Associate Superintendent Janie Sigmon will retire Nov.

Conover- A Conover woman won $500,000 in the North Carolina Education Lottery. Pragna Dhanak bought the scratch off ticket called "$500,000 Jackpot.

Newton-Conover City Schools' board of education members got a comprehensive look at the designs for their new middle school on Tuesday, which the school system hopes will be LEED certified.

North Carolina Rep. Ray Warren announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election for a third term in office.

A growing furniture manufacturer hopes to more than double its work force during the next five years by adding at least 50 employees.

Councilman Lee Moritz Jr. unseated longtime Mayor Bruce Eckard in Tuesday's election.

A man whose family was killed in their North Carolina home has pleaded guilty to drug charges that officials say led to the deaths of his wife and children.

Newton- A Catawba County man whose family was killed earlier this year plead guilty to drug charges.

A Catawba County father won't serve any jail time for having drugs that investigators say prompted someone to kill his entire family.

I have been honored to serve the citizens of Conover for 25 years; the last 12 years as chief of police.

Two armed men who robbed the Dollar General at 6568 N.C. 16 in Conover on Wednesday night are being sought by the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.

A new report just might change what ends up on your child's lunch tray. As a dietitian, I'm thrilled that the Institute of Medicine just issued an extensive report recommending that schools load lunch lines with a variety of fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains.

Two school systems in Catawba County recently were recognized for their graduation rates.

Hickory police have arrested one person in connection to a robbery that happened last week and are hoping to arrest another suspect soon.

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

Catawba County Schools, which logged an 84 percent graduation rate last year, was honored today as one of North Carolina's top 10 districts for freshmen earning diplomas four years later.

Campbell University, of Buies Creek, N.C., captured its second PGA Jones Cup title Wednesday at the PGA Golf Club.