McDowell County News

Investigators say it wasn't difficult to pin a residential break-in on a trio after finding one of their names on pawn tickets.

From the McDowell News: Another Republican plans to run for sheriff of McDowell County.

The Pilot Club of Marion held its annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony Sunday in front of the McDowell County Courthouse.

A Catawba County man who skipped the state with a 15-year-old girl and had inappropriate sexual relations with her will spend more than a year in prison.

Authorities need the public's help locating a man wanted in McDowell and Burke counties.

Star1043.com reports: "The Department of Commerce has released its new Economic Development Tier Rankings for 2010," noting that McDowell County is now one of the most distressed counties in the state.

McDowell County is moving to a No. 1 ranking, and that's not a good thing. The state will consider McDowell a Tier 1 county in 2010, the designation held by the 40 most economically distressed counties.

More than one out of every five people in 18 North Carolina counties lives in poverty, according to a report released last week by the N.C. Justice Center.

Before dawn today, nearly 100 volunteers will gather at the McDowell Senior Center to fill boxes with fresh fruit and a hot meal - for close to 2,000 people.

A robber whose familiar face gave him away in April had some charges reduced in court but will still spend time behind bars.

A student teacher found himself in police custody instead of in the classroom Tuesday afternoon when authorities say he brought a gun to school and made threats.

Greenlee Baptist Church has served 8 years as a relay center for Operation Christmas Child; a nationwide shoebox drive sponsored by Samaritan's Purse.

A baseball bat beating has landed a Marion man in prison for at least two years.

A local man who eluded officers for 24 hours after fleeing from a woman's car during a traffic stop Sunday night is behind bars.

A man living in a van in the northern part of McDowell County will be on his way back to New Mexico to face multiple charges from which he's been running, authorities say.

Sheriff Dudley Greene wants his job back. Greene, 46, announced his plans this week to seek another term of office in 2010.

A local water bottling company will expand its production plant in McDowell County, adding 138 jobs, Gov.

Authorities say a Marion woman struck and injured a deputy with her car while trying to escape from deputies.

Local historian Albert Dale stands in front of the MACA building dressed as Col.

The owners of the Orchard at Altapass took North Carolina to court when the state proposed acquiring 200 acres of the apple orchard to create the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930s.