Morganton News

Morganton - Burke County's government collects property taxes; it doesn't normally refund them.

MORGANTON a ' A Walmart Supercenter for Morganton may not open until 2012, but its potential effects were felt in a decision made Thursday concerning other commercial development around the former Henredon plant.

A new exhibit featuring three artisits exhibits at the Burke Arts Council Jailhouse Gallery this month.

A man police say robbed a woman at State Employees Credit Union ATM machine in Morganton is now in the Burke County Jail.

A Morganton man drowned Tuesday afternoon in Johns River, approximately 2 miles south of Corpening Bridge.

You might have seen zombies wandering around Morganton and Valdese this past week, but don't worry if they stagger toward you.

Morganton- The North Carolina Board of Elections say that Burke County School Board candidates Susan Stroup, Sam Wilkinson, Buddy Armour, and Catherine Thomas violated North Carolina campaign-finance laws.

Burke County Sheriff John McDevitt announced Friday his intention to withdraw his nomination for a U.S. Marshal position.

A 22-year-old man was charged Friday with first-degree burglary after Morganton Public Safety officers said they found stolen property on him.

There are new signs that the recession is forcing people to leave Burke County in search of jobs elsewhere.

Martha Ollis was raped. She wants to tell her story, hoping that by going public she can keep her attacker behind bars.

Burke County- Approximately 4,400 voters have cast their ballot in Burke County, this is four times greater than in 2007.

A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a Burke County man who died in Concord on Monday evening after being shot, police said.

DREXEL a ' The former police detective who investigated a brutal 1976 assault believes convicted rapist Kenneth Mathis, now 55, will commit serious crimes again if he's freed from prison this week.

Wilco-Hess is holding a job fair this weekend, looking for people to staff two locations in Morganton.

Police charged three people on Friday morning for operating illegal video poker machines.

The Republican field of candidates vying for the North Carolina 10th Congressional District seat continues to grow.

One of the 20 North Carolina prison inmates set to be freed Oct. 29 due to a recent North Carolina Supreme Court decision could possibly return to the area.

A fight that sent two people to the hospital early Tuesday evening started after a marijuana deal went bad, say Morganton Department of Public Safety investigators.

An altercation Tuesday evening sent a man with a gunshot wound and a man bleeding from the mouth to Grace Hospital.