Conover News

If you are one of those people who plans to stick around the area for Memorial Day, there are some options to help you remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Dee Freeman talks to Catawba County Manager Tom Lundy on Monday at PalletOne during a celebration of the county being named No.

Speaking last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Secretary of Commerce John Bryson focused on the importance of manufacturing to boosting U.S. economic growth, job creation and exports.

Lt. Daryl McCarty and Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid responded to the scene when a man slashed his brother outside of Conover on Thursday.

The two incumbents on the Catawba Board of County Commissioners defeated two challengers in unofficial returns from Tuesday's Republican primary and will face a lone Democrat in November.

Sheila Moseley wants young people to know that a misstep or two doesn't have to result in a permanent fall from grace.

Voting polls open at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and close at 7:30 a.m. Election results will be announced at the Catawba County Board of Elections and on the county's website at www.catawbacountync.gov . Absentee and early voting results will be the first ones reported on Tuesday after polls close.

Delta State University Statesmen Luke Brown and Grant Goforth have earned south region individual selections in the NCAA Men's Golf Championships.

A woman fatally shot her husband and then set his body on fire in an attempt to hide the crime, according to Catawba County authorities.

A third person was arrested in connection with a shooting at a Hickory gas station Saturday morning that left two people injured.

The proposed fiscal 2012-13 budget calls for a one-cent tax decrease, dropping the tax rate to 38 cents per $100 of property value.