Catawba County News

You've heard it said that there are no jobs in Catawba County. It's been a common problem in the Greater Hickory Metro Area in recent years.

Emergency personnel are assessing the damage Thursday's powerful storm left behind in Conover.

Fred Simmons doesn't remember much at 98 years of age. The lifetime resident of Shelby and decorated Eagle Scout served in the Boy Scouts from 1928 to 1933.

Sheriff deputies in Catawba County made an arrest in a deadly shooting earlier this week.

Inspectors said a mechanical failure led to a natural gas leak at a Lincoln County manufacturing plant Monday afternoon, affecting more than 30 employees.

Investigators in Catawba County are investigating a deadly shooting after a man's body was found in his front yard.

In Catawba County, N.C., the Duke Endowment's "Success Coaches" service is helping to keep parents and kids together, and Hickory resident Kelley Walker is only half-joking when she says her Success Coach saved her sanity.

A Catawba County woman is pleading guilty in court to manslaughter and attempting to destroy a body to conceal evidence after deputies say she murdered her husband and then attempted to cover it up by setting the couple's garage on fire.

A Caldwell County man who had been the subject of a search by law enforcement authorities was found overnight and taken into custody.

Authorities were searching for a woman who stole two French Bulldog puppies each worth about $2,000 from a Catawba County breeder.

Firefighters in Catawba County rescued a woman after her car plunged down a steep embankment south of Hickory.

James William Payne III, 47, of Newton, was convicted of first degree sexual offense with a child and three counts of indecent liberties with a child Tuesday in Catawba County Criminal Superior Court.

North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry says she will pass on a chance to run for Kay Hagan's U.S. Senate seat next year because she does not want to leave the state and loves her current job.

The Lincolnton Recreation Pool at Betty G. Ross Park will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

A call to action toward victory in 2014 general elections brought an enthusiastic response from delegates to the 10th Congressional District Democratic Convention here today.

An Eyewitness News crew spotted a lot of debris in local lakes which could cause problems for water sport enthusiasts this weekend.

A tip led sheriff deputies in Catawba County to a home south of Claremont where they said they discovered one of the biggest meth labs in the state.