Caldwell County News

Car chase video will be a lot different from now on in Caldwell County since the Sheriff's office has nixed new patrol car cameras in favor of small cameras that attach to an officer's clothes.

The overnight thunderstorms and the showers that fell during part of Thursday morning’s commute will serve as the warm-up for additional stormy weather later in the day, forecasters say.

The county has entered a deal involving tens of thousands of dollars to build an additional entranceway to the county Health and Human Services building, perhaps the busiest county building.

Penny Jones was at her apartment on Spainhour Street on Wednesday afternoon when her son Bergen, 15, came running to find her.

The first of more than three dozen high school graduation ceremonies in Mecklenburg County takes place Tuesday afternoon, when seniors at Cato Middle College receive diplomas in a 1 p.m. event at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte.

Google has never before hired interns to work at any of its data centers around the world, but it is starting with Lenoir.

Justin Hamby loved to push his sports car to the limit. Photos of his prized 2001 Mustang GT fill his Facebook page.

On Monday night, the Caldwell County Schools will ask the Caldwell County Board of Commissioners to borrow $14.5 million to build a new middle school for the Hibriten district.

On Friday night, guests will mill around in business-casual dress for Communities in Schools' Celebrate the Children: A Taste of Caldwell County.

It wasn't long after she took responsibility for a group of horses a couple of years ago that the reputation of Karen Guerra and her Oak Hill ranch, Blue Honey Friesians, started spreading across the country and overseas.

The J.E. Broyhill Civic Center erupted with cheers, whistles, hoops and hollers from high-school students, teachers, counselors and parents on Monday - but it wasn't a pep rally.

Walkers take to the Lenoir Greenway during the start of Saturday morning's Wig Walk.

The Caldwell County Public Library now is part of an online network allowing patrons access to millions of reading and other resources from across North Carolina.

If you had the right police scanner, you may have heard chatter about bombs, hostages and victims in Caldwell County on Friday afternoon.

Caldwell County investigators accuse a former school secretary of taking more than $40,000 over a two-year period.

A drug investigation that began in December involving two Caldwell County men has come to a close with their arrests, Caldwell County Sheriff Alan C. Jones announced Thursday.

A woman who pleaded guilty in the death of her stepdaughter nearly three years ago told a Charlotte television station Wednesday that she did not kill the girl.

The Caldwell County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation into Emily Hawkins, the lead secretary at Collettsville School, in late March after receiving information about questionable purchases.

The Caldwell County Health and Human Services building at 2345 Morganton Blvd. SW is scheduled to be closed to the public for most of Friday, starting at 10 a.m. and lasting the rest of the day, for an emergency drill involving hundreds of emergency management and other officials across the region.

TOPIC A trash truck traveling along NC 268 splashes water above the roof of a pick-up truck as it passes by Monday morning in the Yadkin Valley area.