Catawba County News

A 2-month-old girl who was kidnapped Sunday night in Catawba County is safe with her mother this morning, but police say they are still looking for the man accused of taking her.

The families of some Catawba County elementary school students are upset with a substitute teacher who they say tied up their children.

Rick Cook keeps the information highway running like a race track. He's so good at it, he won a state award.

The Newton-Conover school district is reviewing procedures with bus drivers after a 9-year-old autistic student was left alone on a bus for nearly eight hours.

Two Catawba County women were apprehended in connection with an attempt to pass a fraudulent prescription.

A businessman now faces three charges of receiving kickbacks from suppliers while serving as president of a Catawba County-based company that services the furniture industry.

Two young brothers are the only survivors of a crash that killed three others, including their 12-year-old sibling.

Extra counselors were on hand at an elementary school in Catawba County on Thursday morning after a crash killed an 11-year-old student and two women.

A Gastonia driver was behind the wheel of a truck that struck a car in Catawba County on Thursday morning, killing three people inside.

Newton- A twelve-year-old boy and two adults were killed after a wreck Wednesday afternoon in Catawba County.

A former North Carolina state senator says he won't seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen.

Voters rewarded Hickory City Councilwoman Jill Patton with a second term Tuesday, but rejected incumbent Z. Ann Hoyle's bid for another term.

Appliance dealers hope the state's second annual sales tax holiday on Energy Star appliances this weekend helps stimulate business.

A growing furniture manufacturer hopes to more than double its work force during the next five years by adding at least 50 employees.

Police are searching for a man who kidnapped a Catawba County woman at gunpoint Wednesday morning.

A North Carolina House member and former Alexander County sheriff won't seek re-election next year because he wants to spend more time at home.

Newton- A Catawba County man whose family was killed earlier this year plead guilty to drug charges.

Except for the tireless efforts of Professor George W. Hahn, Catawba County men who served in the Civil War would have become blank pages in history.

A Hudson couple was arrested Wednesday night when Hickory police caught them loading stolen copper wiring into their van with their children sleeping in the back seat.

A Catawba County man was killed and his mother taken to a Winston-Salem burn center with serious injuries after a cigarette sparked a fire early Saturday morning.