Stanly County News

The man who said he found 27-year-old Jason Burleson murdered, tied up and duct-taped in a Stanly County home claimed Burleson's house was ransacked and that it appeared Burleson suffocated from his restraints.

The Anson County Sheriff says a third man has been arrested after a home invasion in Charlotte turned into a carjacking and ended in a police chase through Stanly and Anson counties last week.

The Stanly County Sheriff's Office is expected to release new details about the homicide case of a man whose body was found duct-taped in the basement of his home.

STANLY COUNTY, N.C. The Sheriff's office is investigating a death just outside of the Albemarle city limit.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are at the scene of what was reported as a Stanly County crash involving a suspect who stole a detective's car, then led law enforcement officers on a chase through two counties.

Authorities say a multi-county crime spree has resulted in a shootout with one suspect and a manhunt for the second.

Authorities in Stanly County shot one man and are looking for another after they led them on a chase early Wednesday morning.

After spending several years and thousands of dollars opposing the corporate giant, officials in Stanly County now say they will no longer fight Alcoa's efforts to be re-licensed to run a series of hydroelectric dams on the Yadkin River.

Mount Airy native and musician Larry Johnson was named Director of the Year recently at the North Carolina Association of County Directors of Social Services' annual banquet in New Bern.

The winners of the N.C. Department of Transporation's Equipment Roadeo," held in Concord April 2-3, were, from left, Dustin Thompson, Stanly County Maintenance - Single Axle Truck; Billy Sikes, Anson County Maintenance - Tandem Axle Truck; Henry Bryant, Bituminous Unit - Low Boy Truck; Josh Eudy, Union County Maintenance - Backhoe; Roy Poplin, ... (more)