Burke County News Archives

A Republican state senator won't run for the North Carolina Legislature again next year because he says he needs to pay attention to his wife's health.

Jim Jacumin says family concerns will keep him from running for office again. North Carolina Sen.

There are new signs that the recession is forcing people to leave Burke County in search of jobs elsewhere.

Burke County- Approximately 4,400 voters have cast their ballot in Burke County, this is four times greater than in 2007.

Early voting in Burke County is bringing people in by the thousands. You'll find pep.

A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a Burke County man who died in Concord on Monday evening after being shot, police said.

DREXEL a ' The former police detective who investigated a brutal 1976 assault believes convicted rapist Kenneth Mathis, now 55, will commit serious crimes again if he's freed from prison this week.

Police charged three people on Friday morning for operating illegal video poker machines.

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.

One of the 20 North Carolina prison inmates set to be freed Oct. 29 due to a recent North Carolina Supreme Court decision could possibly return to the area.

A Lincoln County man has been served warrants on several charges after a traffic stop this week in Burke County.

Almost 900 Burke County elementary school children and staff will soon experience opera theatre in two performances of "Jack and The Beanstalk" set to selected music from six Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

A fight that sent two people to the hospital early Tuesday evening started after a marijuana deal went bad, say Morganton Department of Public Safety investigators.

A manufacturing company is looking to open in Burke County and bring jobs. But the company's identity remains a mystery as county economic development officials try to get it grants.

Morganton- A former Burke County EMS employee has turned himself to police on an embezzlement charge.

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

Early voting beganThursday in Catawba, Caldwell and Burke County, where a school board race follows months of bitter controversy over the departure of a popular superintendent.

After months of controversy involving the board of education, people in Burke County will get a chance to cast their votes for the candidates starting Thursday.

Morganton- Burke County Drug Enforcement officers discovered over 40 marijuana plants Thursday.

A man twice sentenced to death row for murder is now out of prison and believed to be back in Burke County.

Burke County will benefit from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

A Hickory man was charged with child abuse after leaving his 1-, 3- and 7-year-old children home alone so he could go to work.

Thirteen-year-old Abby Hardin had one last chance to win the Burke County Spelling Bee before she aged out of the competition.

A chili cook-off jump started the Morganton-Burke Senior Center's year, followed by a melon festival and sock hop, but it's all culminating with the center's 25th anniversary reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Fitz attended a buffet supper and reception given in Asheville by Gov.

A Burke County man twice convicted of murder and sentenced to death was released on parole last week.

Pam Hemphill covered her face after she was overcome by emotion on Thursday when she found out she is the Burke County Business and Professional Women's "Woman of the Year." Friends, coworkers and BPW members surprised Hemphill in her office shortly after 4 p.m. They presented her with a bouquet of flowers as they celebrated her award.

Taking mobile meth labs to a new high, a man was arrested after officers found methamphetamine production paraphernalia openly strewn across the interior of his vehicle.

In an effort to promote healthy eating habits and to get children off to a healthy start, the National Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children now will pay for fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Some boxes remain unpacked and it has that quite-not-lived-in look, but the Burke County Board of Elections finally has a permanent home.

A man accused of child abuse for circumcising his own sons defended himself in court on Tuesday, saying the case is not about the children at all.