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Burch, Anthony Tavaris, 43, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 9/10/2026 on alleged charges of FELONY POSSESSION SCH II CS and POSSESS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA,…

Braswell, Elliott Sylvester, 38, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 9/9/2026 on alleged charges of INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, INJURY…

O’Charley’s closed its Hickory restaurant on Sept. 9 after 26 years on Highway 70 SE, ending the chain’s last North Carolina location as company-owned stores shut nationwide.

President Trump’s Rapid Response account pitched a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult citizen — if Republicans win the House and Senate this fall.

Mooresville residents filled two hours of public comment on the Islamic Center of Lake Norman. The board says religious assembly is by-right in that zone — and it has no vote to take.

At the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Michael Whatley cast Roy Cooper as a radical and framed North Carolina’s Senate race around affordability, crime, and national party urgency.

A State Auditor performance audit finds lottery sales up 51% in two years while the share of sales sent to education fell from 23% to 16%, driven by digital instant games.

Hickory City Schools students earned a 3 or higher on nearly 75% of 398 AP exams in 2025–26, beating state and global averages in six courses.

As Randy Isenhower prepares to leave the Catawba County commission, the quiet revolution he led — fiber, data centers, Trivium, and school merger — is the blueprint he leaves behind.

Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney says he will leave office Sept. 30 while the town still fights a court order to release after-hours Town Hall surveillance video.