Newton News

A 70-year-old man was beaten to death late Wednesday night in a Hickory assisted living care center, and police have arrested a fellow resident and charged him with murder.

While Catawba County's residents are spending Saturday celebrating Independence Day, North Carolina's troopers will be out patrolling the highways in an effort to keep the public safe in an operation called "Booze It & Lose It: Operation Firecracker." Checkpoints and stepped-up patrols will be conducted through Sunday across the state in an effort ...

Beginning with July's bills, Newton residents will see an extra charge on their electricity accounts.

The man at the helm of Conover may face an opponent for the first time in his 20-year tenure.

Newton- A man was killed following a wreck in Newton over the weekend. John Plunkett, 44, was killed following a wreck along Old Conover Startown Road at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

A store clerk is bound, gagged and robbed. Now, officers hope surveillance video will help them put two dangerous suspects behind bars.

City of Newton electric customers will soon see a new item on their electric bill to help fund renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts.

A single-vehicle crash in the 2300 block of Old Conover-Startown Road claimed the life of a Newton man Saturday night.

Authorities have captured an escaped inmate who jumped the fence at the Gaston Correctional Center in Dallas Saturday.

The suspect in a high-profile murder case in Newton faced a judge in Florida Friday, and waived extradition proceedings.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Florida and is charged in the murder of Travis Baker, a 19-year-old Catawba County man whose disappearance more than two years ago has been the subject of numerous searches.

The Catawba County Republican Party will hold its first Reagan Day Picnic on Saturday, June 27, from 3 to 8:30 p.m. The picnic will be held rain or shine at the Old Newton-Conover Junior High School in Newton .

Lee Rhodes Whittington of Florence and Dustin Corey Ousley of Hickory were married June 20, 2009, at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Darlington.

Free public library services and materials are more important than ever, as families seek ideas for budget getaways.

Arrest warrants were issued Wednesday for four teens police think are responsible for a robbery at H.T. Hackney on Burris Road.

Wayne Dellinger wanted to save residents at least part of the 20 percent increase in water and sewer rates.

A truck was totaled when it caught fire early Tuesday, but the bay where it was parked was spared major damage.

Francis Stinson of Newton and Clyde Stellings of Hildebran dance the two-step at the Outback Jamboree.

To: Acting CEO Tim Cook of Apple Inc. and the Apple leadership team. Re: Your new data center.

A grant through the N.C. Department of Insurance will help the Newton-Conover Rescue Squad with recent improvements, all in the name of giving residents better service.