Hickory News

The 13th Annual Slipcover Summit will be held June 26-29, 2012 in Hickory, North Carolina at Hickory Furniture Mart.

Jennie Garth's 40th Birthday Celebration amp Premiere Party For 'Jennie Garth A Little Bit Country' held at The London Hotel,London, England 19.04.12 A very pregnant Alyson Hannigan ,seen out and about with friend in Beverly Hills,Los Angeles, California 19.04.12 Rocker Bret Michaels' Memorial Day celebrations were tinged with sadness on Monday ... (more)

Johnny Warnshuis and his horses take a break off of US 70 in Burke County on Tuesday afternoon.

HICKORY, N.C. &#8212 The North Carolina site where "The Hunger Games' was filmed is being sold.

Angeita Jaime, 16, of Hickory, remembers the close relationship she and her mother had with their neighbor Glenda Carolina Magana-Jiron. Magana-Jiron was found stabbed to death Thursday in McLeansville.

The Hickory Police officer who shot Irecas Valentine, 36, of Hickory after a traffic stop on Dec.

A black man wearing a stocking over his face and holding a gun surprised a couple when they arrived at the Fast & Fresh convenience store at 225 Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard, SE.

Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright and his wife Donna present singer Brett Michaels with the key to the city aboard Michaels' tour bus during a stop in Hickory for a Memorial Day concert.

Travis von Drehle, an Eagle Scout of Troop 387, points out numerous Eagle scout projects at Murray's Mill in Catawba.

More than 1,000 people on Sunday protested a small-town North Carolina Baptist minister's sermon calling for gays and lesbians to be locked up behind an electric fence.

When that big, awesome B-52 bomber makes a low-level flyover at today's Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, Catawba County's own Dusty Price will be in the cockpit.

The weather is beautiful outside, but many people will be spending a majority of the holiday weekend behind the wheel.

Glenda Carolina Magana-Jiron, 24, of Hickory N.C. was last seen leaving Garibaldi's Mexican bar and restaurant in Greensboro around 2:30 a.m. Anyone with information about the Homicide should contact the Guilford County Sheriff's Office at 641-3355, or Crime Stoppers at 373-1000. Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000.00.

THUMBS UP to Catawba County's government leaders for deciding after wise counsel to allow the Catawba Valley Citizens Against Hate protest to go forward Sunday at the Justice Center.

Why go: Hickory Con Spring 2012 is the largest one-day comic book and gaming convention in the two Carolinas.

Hickory police raided a massage parlor allegedly serving as a front for a prostitution ring.

Mirroring a statewide trend, unemployment in the Greater Hickory area declined in April, dropping in three of the region's counties and staying the same in Alexander County.

After taking police on a wild ride during a high-speed chase, an accused bank robber jumped out of his disabled car, but he didn't get far.

A white male was hit by a car just before 10 a.m. as he tried to cross Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard SE at the Third Avenue Place SE intersection.

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.