Bethlehem News

A man who set fire to his own home was arrested and charged with one count of felony fraudulently burning of a dwelling.

It was an invitation-only affair at Village Inn Pizza's new location on Springs Road.

The president of the United States and his cabinet sit on handmade chairs from right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. I know this because I shook the hands of the people who make those chairs.

Fire investigators said a man set his own home on fire after a domestic problem with his wife.

Issue: James Allen Salmons, 44, of Taylorsville, was arrested Wednesday and charged with robbing the First Citizens Bank in Bethlehem.

The Highway Patrol and Alexander County Sheriff's Office are searching for a suspect in this morning's robbery of First Citizens Bank in Bethlehem.

Alexander County authorities are searching for a bank robber who may have struck a Bethlehem bank for the third time in recent months.

Drivers crossing the N.C. 127 bridge that connects Hickory and Bethlehem can count on waiting a while between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday.

Snow clings to trees in rain-swollen Lake Hickory at the Wittenburg Access area in Bethlehem early Monday morning.

Alexander County sheriff's deputies stretched yellow crime-scene tape across the driveway of First Citizens Bank on Tuesday morning after a masked man robbed it at gunpoint.

Bethlehem- Police are searching for the suspect who robbed an Alexander County bank Tuesday.

BETHLEHEM The First Citizens Bank on N.C. 127 north was robbed this morning. At 10:45 a.m. a man entered the bank, flashed a silver handgun and demanded money, according to police.

Alexander County- Deputies were able to arrest three people who they say broke into homes in Alexander County Friday.

On behalf of the residents of Alexander County, the Bethlehem community and the Unifour, thank you for the editorial in your Dec.

Temperatures are expected to plummet into the single digits in the Hickory area this weekend and local residents are taking precautions and doing their best to stay warm.

To Michael Wack, who spent the days leading up to Christmas giving away Fraser firs to anyone who couldn't afford one.

22,000 - The number of visitors in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve last year. 33,000 - The number of visitors Bethlehem had been expecting Christmas Eve this year.

The choir of St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church will present an Advent/Christmas Lessons and Carols service on Sunday afternoon, December 21st at 3 pm.

People here will be OK because there are so many willing to help. The star of Bethlehem, N.C., had seen better days.

This week's edition of USA Weekend magazine has a cover story about Bethlehem in rural southwestern Alexander County that will shed a little light on some of the things that make this small North Carolina ...