McDowell County News

A baseball bat beating has landed a Marion man in prison for at least two years.

A local man who eluded officers for 24 hours after fleeing from a woman's car during a traffic stop Sunday night is behind bars.

A man living in a van in the northern part of McDowell County will be on his way back to New Mexico to face multiple charges from which he's been running, authorities say.

Sheriff Dudley Greene wants his job back. Greene, 46, announced his plans this week to seek another term of office in 2010.

A local water bottling company will expand its production plant in McDowell County, adding 138 jobs, Gov.

Authorities say a Marion woman struck and injured a deputy with her car while trying to escape from deputies.

Local historian Albert Dale stands in front of the MACA building dressed as Col.

The owners of the Orchard at Altapass took North Carolina to court when the state proposed acquiring 200 acres of the apple orchard to create the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930s.

These three suspects might be looking at a "change" of scenery after authorities say they caught the trio breaking into a car wash coin machine.

This suspect was wired, detectives say. Authorities have arrested a man they believe stripped a house of all its copper wiring.

Authorities arrested a Marion man they say was cooking meth in his home. They've also charged two others who faced outstanding drug-related offenses.

If you are out stargazing one clear night and see something in the sky that you can't explain, then who is willing to hear your story and approach it with an open mind? The Web site for the National UFO Reporting Center is one place.

A local veteran wants to bring a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to McDowell County.

McDowellnews.com reports : The chairman of the board of directors for the Ford Motor Co.

Rick Parker's existence is baffling. He credits part of it to a miracle and the other part to state-of-the-art treatment given to him by McDowell County Emergency Services paramedics.

A Marion man has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a 3-year-old child.

Loyal customers gathered Saturday at Legendary Ford-Mercury to thank the dealership's staff for their years of dedicated service and also express their outrage with how the business was suddenly shut down by Ford Motor Co.

In December, three McDowell County School representatives will travel to China. The voyage is part of a deal that will see at least two -- possibly three -- teachers of the Mandarin dialect of the Chinese language fully funded to teach in McDowell school for three years.

The environmental education program at Lake James State Park is offering an astronomy program on Saturday evening November 7, 2009.

Guns used for battle reenactments across North Carolina are being tested at a Marine base to make sure they pass state regulations.