Murphy News

The State Library of North Carolina welcomes Caldwell County as the newest local library joining the innovative N. C. Cardinal program, a consortium of public libraries that share a common online catalog and library management system The N. C. Cardinal system lowers the cost of traditional system software and allows consortium-wide resource ... (more)

One of the nation's largest manhunts ever on American soil ended 10 years ago Friday with the help of a rookie police officer with strong family ties to Gaston County.

On a muggy May afternoon, wood-scented smoke rose from behind Ben's Tune-Up. The not-yet-opened restaurant on Hilliard Avenue had been taken over by the Blind Pig Supper Club hosting One Pit, a family-style barbecue meal, to more than 100 people who had paid $70 each to attend.

Kansas Concert! Drive-in movies! Hot Rod Block Party on Beale Street! The Convention & Visitors Bureaus in Power Tour cities, our Cruise Night sponsors, Lunch Stop sponsor, and other "Friends of HOT ROD" have designed special activities just for participants! For more details check the sponsor pages on this site.

Gov. Pat McCrory has signed a disaster declaration for two North Carolina mountain communities hit by flash flooding in January.

Zachary Heath Golden, 18, of Ranger, was charged with second-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in the death of Billy Ray Arp, Cherokee County Sheriff Keith Lovin said in a news release.