Icard News

The Burke County Health Department is now offering the H1N1 vaccine to the general public.

The Foothills Regional Airport is making preparations for a returning special visitor who is scheduled to arrive on Saturday, Dec.

Thief hits shopping plaza VALDESE - The Burke County Sheriff's Office reported a series of break-ins between Sunday evening and Monday morning at several businesses in a shopping plaza on U.S. 70.

Eric Bartlett Prior to employment with the Hickory Fire Department, Bartlett served as a volunteer firefighter with Icard Township Fire & Rescue, where he was a member for eight years.

Until he sat down with an agent at Catawba Valley Medical Center on Monday, Randy Whisnant said insurance companies wouldn't even talk to him about coverage.

A Burke County man twice convicted of murder and sentenced to death was released on parole last week.

From left: Sara Lee Human Resources Manager Samara Satterfield, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Executive Director Kay Carter, Burke County Commission Chair Ruth Ann Suttle, North Carolina State Representative Hugh Blackwell, Valdese Mayor Jim Hatley, Sara Lee Plant Manager Rich Lyon, Valdese Town Manager Jeff Morse and Sara Lee Vice ...

A 76-year-old Burke County man died Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle wreck about a half-mile south of East Burke High School in Icard, the N.C. Highway Patrol says.

Icard- The East Burke Cavaliers kicked off their football season at 12:01 a.m. August 1 and Hildebran News was there to cover their first practice.

Charges Jerry Earl Cook, 49, of 4652 Franklin St., Apt. 8, Icard was served a warrant Tuesday for assault on a female.

Two teenagers are in hot water after police began an investigation into the vandalism of 13 Burke County Public Schools buses.