Hickory Metro News

Signs are meant to get your attention, but one sign outside a gas station in Morganton is doing more than that -- it has a phrase that some find offensive.

Comments on Topix forums : Lenoir Eight members of a crew fighting a North Carolina wildfire were taken to a hospital because of a lightning strike in a remote part of Caldwell County, officials said Sunday.

One of the oldest art museums in North Carolina, the Hickory Museum of Art displays a superb collection of American art, with a featured holding of landscapes from Thomas Cole and other painters of the Hudson ...

During his interview with investigators concerning accusations of sexually molesting a 5-year-old child, Russell Junior Hartman said he was involved with the youth at his church.

Raquel Cuffie, a 5-10 shooting guard who will be a senior at The Patterson School in Lenoir, N.C., this fall, said she has orally committed to play for North Texas.

Hickory- A Maiden man has been arrested in a weekend murder. Charles Helms, 23, of Maiden has been charged with murder.

The director of a statewide Hispanic advocacy group said he applauds the police's arrest yesterday of a man charged with targeting Hispanics in a wave of robberies near downtown.

East Carolina University will host a Mexican and Latin American leadership summit Friday to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the state's immigrant workforce.

The unemployment rate in Mecklenburg County rose to 5.6 percent in May from 5 percent in April.

Federal inspectors will recommend that Broughton Hospital, the state psychiatric facility in Morganton, be recertified for Medicare and Medicaid, but employees worry the hospital still isn't safe because of ...

Detectives upped the charge on Monday on a man accused of running over his wife.

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The history of Valdese is closely tied to the history of the Waldenses who settled the town in May 1893.

HENDERSONVILLE North Henderson athletic director Scott Rhodes said his school has narrowed its search for a football coach to two candidates and hopes to finalize its choice on Monday, but would not comment ...

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They're some of our most vulnerable neighbors, nursing home patients. Do we have the resources and training to save their lives, when a hurricane hits? To answer that, medical and emergency pros and students ...

North Carolina's largest hurricane evacuation exercise this year is being held at Lenoir Community College in Kinston.

Board of Education races open soon By Nathan Key , Managing Editor Filing for the Caldwell County Soil and Water Conservation Board opened Monday and will continue for nearly four more weeks.

The site for a new wireless communications tower at the northern end of Caldwell County has been chosen.

A single-vehicle crash killed a man Thursday night on Husband Creek Road just outside the Gamewell community.