Glen Alpine News

A former law enforcement officer charged with attempting to rob a fast food restaurant will face his charge in McDowell County Superior Court.

That's how a Burke County Board of Education subcommittee focused on a five-year plan for how the school system wants to go about redistricting elementary schools.

The contest is sponsored by the Glen Alpine Woman's Club. Billy Scott, eighth-grade student, whose oil painting of an original temple, was first in the grammar division and Jean Buff, first grader, who placed first in the primary division.

One person was killed in a two-vehicle wreck Monday morning that closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 in Burke County.