Caldwell County News

A single falling tree caused quite a bit of trouble Tuesday morning, snapping a power pole in two about 7:40 a.m. and leaving about 1,800 customers in the Lenoir area without power for about five hours.

When stopped by police in August, three times she denied having anything illegal in her car.

More teachers left the Caldwell County Schools in the one-year period from March 2012 to March 2013 than in any year since 2008-09, but the district's turnover is still lower than the state average, according to data released by the state Department of Public Instruction.

The unemployment rate in Caldwell County dropped in October to its lowest point in more than five years, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported Thursday.

A new member was sworn in to the Cajah's Mountain Town Council on Tuesday, along with another who had been appointed to serve an unexpired term, and the council honored another member who chose not to seek re-election this year after 30 years in office.

Set up with care in all the old rooms, halls and buildings of the Patterson Science Center on Tuesday were school science projects that started with questions.

A Granite Falls man faces a possible sentence of life in prison without parole if he is convicted on three counts of incest with a child.

So far, no one knows why Jorge Ivan Serrano would have driven to the Castle Bridge wildlife access on Connelly Springs Road.

The whole point is to gather - to cook, to eat, to sprawl in chairs and feel the gradual creep of the tryptophan in your veins and the stretch of a stomach pushed to its limits.

A local family received news Thanksgiving that they didn't want to hear. Their loved one, who disappeared Tuesday, was found in Lake Rhodiss.

TOPIC Volunteers prepare plates for seniors to enjoy a early Thanksgiving meal at First Baptist Church in Granite Falls.

TOPIC David Dye, right, pulls a $100 speeding ticket out of the chance bowl as Jackson Lackey, center, and Jake Cook figure up his new expense addition during Monday's CIS Reality Store held at the Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir.

Caldwell County residents could see a mix of rain, sleet and snow before noon, but it isn't expected to stick around long, according to the National Weather Service.

The Caldwell County Schools are opening on a three-hour delay this morning because of predicted icy conditions on roads from a winter storm sweeping across the region last night.

Educators and their supporters waved signs, wore red scarves and gloves, booed, cheered and lit candles at a rally Monday evening in downtown Lenoir, hosted by the local branch of the North Carolina Association of Educators.

Giorgio Corso's grandfather founded a small, metal-drawing lubricants company called Lubrimetal in Italy in 1959.

Officials in Caldwell County say a man who was out on bond for two separate drug investigations has been caught with drugs again.

If you ever had a "Green Acres" urge to chuck city life and an office job to take up farming, you were on your own in learning what farming takes.

Kevin Ray Bumgarner, 34, of Lenoir, is charged with one count of felony manufacturing methamphetamine, according to a news release from the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office.

Caldwell County is willing to offer incentives of $2,000 per job to three companies that may bring a total up to 120 jobs over the next three years.