Newton News

Brandon Allen Carver, 23, of 1848 Ashley St. in Newton was charged Feb. 7 with four-counts of failure to appear.

Police in two western North Carolina towns have charged an 18-year-old in an ongoing probe of counterfeit cash in Catawba County.

During the past 100 years, Peoples Bank has weathered two world wars, the Great Depression and most recently the Great Recession.

NEWTON Newton-Conover City Schools is launching what it hopes will be an annual award to recognize someone who made an outstanding contribution to the system and is seeking nominations for the honor.

BY JOHN MCCANN jmccann@heraldsun.com; 419-6601 DURHAM - Only four of the 27 high school football players who signed NCAA letters-of-intent with N.C. Central on Wednesday are from North Carolina, and just two played in Durham.

A commercial building that was the center of some controversy - among other things it's harder to put in print - is likely to get repurposed.

Beginning Feb. 1, the county will start accepting used cooking oil, grease and fats at its Blackburn Solidwaste Convenience Center, located at 3864 Rocky Ford Road in Newton.

Courtney is the daughter of Tim and Julie Kerley of Newton. She is the granddaughter of Boyd and Virginia Lattimore of Polkville and Gary and Jean Kerley of Taylorsville.

Today's meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Newton City Hall council chambers, at 401 North Main Ave.

The honor escort will ride from Charlotte to Newton on NC 16 when the remains of Sgt.

Rev. Ernest Stinson, pastor of Zion Chapel AME Zion Church, brings the crowd to its feet with a song during the Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 16, 2012 -- A member of U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry's 2010 steering committee and the current chairman of the Gaston County Republican Party has questioned the 'values' of the congressman's former opponents.

Sammy Cortino is preparing for the biggest show of his life, the beginning of a tour he hopes will vault him to stardom.

A wrong turn in life and a stint in prison put a local barber on a path to realizing his dream of doing stand-up comedy.