HICKORY — There is a critical shortage of child care in the community, and many facilities are looking for qualified employees.
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Volunteers were celebrated and artists were awarded grants during the annual meeting of The United Arts Council of Catawba County on Tuesday.
Former North Carolina state Sen. Ben Clark has added his name to the list of candidates for lieutenant governor in 2024. The Democrat served five terms in the General Assembly through last year. He told The Fayetteville Observer that he’d be a lieutenant governor “who will represent everyone” if elected. Clark is a former Air Force officer who is now a military contractor at Fort Bragg. Current Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is running for governor next year. Other candidates to succeed him include Democrat Rachel Hunt and Republicans Jeffrey Elmore and Hal Weatherman. Clark ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2022.
N.C. Bar Association President Clayton Morgan deemed the drag trivia event as too political in nature.
Officials in a central North Carolina county say a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man during a hostage situation after the suspect came at deputies with a sledgehammer inside a home. The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said it happened Thursday morning in Kernersville. The suspect was identified as 48-year-old James Phillip White Jr. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking at what happened, and the unnamed deputy is on administrative leave. The Forsyth sheriff's office says deputies decided to enter the home with force after the suspect didn't respond to multiple commands to come out. The hostage wasn't harmed.
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🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.
A 20-year-old arrested after a high-speed chase in Alexander County is also facing attempted murder charges in Harnett County.
A Morganton man was charged with two counts of possession of a weapon of mass destruction Wednesday.
A South Caldwell High School chorus teacher has been arrested on an embezzlement charge in connection to a report of money taken from a booster club account, according to law enforcement officials.
Governing boards across Catawba County will meet in the coming weeks to adopt their budgets, setting the tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year.
🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.
Catawba Valley Community College President Garrett Hinshaw said the university is now headed in the right direction after having to make some cuts in light of declining enrollment.
Catawba County Sheriff Don Brown listed school safety as one of his biggest concerns during a budget presentation to Catawba County commissioners Wednesday.