Valdese News

The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor and, within a short period of time, eight battleships were either sinking or sunk, according to U.S. Navy Web site.

Merchants will keep their doors open longer Friday as Valdese brings back its shop hop and lights up the town for Christmas.

TODAY 1. Decoration session Get your green on. Cynthia Klemmer from the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden shows you how to make your own wreaths, swags and pomanders .

Icard- East Burke High School head football coach Mike Biggerstaff has announced that he will retire.

Charges Brandon Scott Self, 25, of 1487 Old N.C. 18 was charged Tuesday with assault with a deadly weapon.

Thief hits shopping plaza VALDESE - The Burke County Sheriff's Office reported a series of break-ins between Sunday evening and Monday morning at several businesses in a shopping plaza on U.S. 70.

Black Friday may get a lot of hype as the biggest shopping day of the year, but Burke County business owners and managers have mixed feelings about the door-buster deals and discounts that draw local consumers out of town.

Valdese- Multiple stores in a Valdese strip mall were broke into between Sunday evening and Monday morning.

Two men suspected of stealing electronics and firearms from a woman's residence were charged Friday with one count each of felony breaking and entering, felony larceny and felony larceny of a firearm.

Valdese Mayor Jim Hatley on Thursday night announced his support for alcoholic beverage sales in Valdese.

For the first time, family members of a hit-and-run victim got a chance to see the teenager accused of driving drunk along Highway 321 and killing their loved one last month.

The Burke County school board elections weren't the only races happening Tuesday.

Today is election day, so let your voice be heard and vote. 7,000 people in Burke County have already let their voices be heard in early voting.

It's November and there's no frost yet n Cheerleaders in the rain were not minding it a bit as they cheered the Wildcats to a 20-7 win against the Marion Rippers.

Bandys clinches share of conference title after win at East Burke, Maiden defeats Bunker Hill, and Draughn picks up first varsity football win in school history.

A two-vehicle crash on Connelly Springs Road near Mountain Grove Baptist Church sent two people to the hospital and closed Connolly Springs Road for more than an hour Tuesday night.

You might have seen zombies wandering around Morganton and Valdese this past week, but don't worry if they stagger toward you.

There are 342 fewer students in Burke County Public Schools this year. Average daily membership, commonly known as "ADM," fell 2.4 percent to 13,634 during the first month of the 2009-10 school year.

Doreen Duckworth, a Salem High School senior, will be crowned Miss Homecoming Queen by tri-captains Allan Byrd, Max Pearson and Jim White.

Hickory police arrested a second person in connection with the death of a woman hit by a car early Sunday.