Burke County News

Fred Ramsey won two turkeys and donated them to South Mountain Institute. n Directors of the Morganton Chamber of Commerce have reaffirmed their stand in favor of fluoridation of the city's water supply.

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

The man accused of running his car into the Burke County Courthouse early Friday morning said he was drinking before the incident.

Authorities are looking for a man who purposely drove his car into the Burke County Courthouse early Friday morning - and then calmly got out, smoked a cigarette and walked away.

Burke County- A Morganton man has died after he drowned in the Johns River Tuesday afternoon.

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

The Burke County school board elections weren't the only races happening Tuesday.

Burke County- The Chesterfield Family Restaurant was damaged Monday morning by fire.

Morganton, NC - Nearly 7,000 people already have cast ballots during early voting in the Burke County school board and municipal elections.

Members of what's known as the SWAT team a ' Burke County Board of Education candidates Susan Stroup, Sam Wilkinson, Buddy Armour and Catherine Thomas a ' violated North Carolina's campaign-finance laws, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections.

It's November and there's no frost yet n Cheerleaders in the rain were not minding it a bit as they cheered the Wildcats to a 20-7 win against the Marion Rippers.

The H1N1 flu, commonly known as the swine flu, caused at least 19 children's deaths last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

A Republican state senator won't run for the North Carolina Legislature again next year because he says he needs to pay attention to his wife's health.

Jim Jacumin says family concerns will keep him from running for office again. North Carolina Sen.

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

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

Early voting in Burke County is bringing people in by the thousands. You'll find pep.

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.

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