Impairment and speed are not believed to be contributing factors in the crash. “We would greatly appreciate support from the community for pedestrian safety enhancements at that intersection and ...

A wife and husband are dead after investigators said the husband reportedly killed her at their Morganton home before dying ...

The SBI investigation is linked to conduct regarding a 1992 cold case, according to search warrants. The former teacher ...

Foothills Conservancy of NC opens new hiking trail in South Mountains of Burke County in honor of founding board member Bob ...

A man from Morganton was killed in a crash with a dump truck Sunday evening on a Burke County highway. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at about 6 p.m. Sunday on ...

Homeschool families also advocated for the school board to change its policies on homeschool students participating in sports ...

Two people from Burke County were charged in Catawba County with cocaine trafficking following a traffic stop on Thursday.

The district assures families that student records and personal information are secure and will remain confidential unless a ...

Anthony Dean McCall of Hillock Drive in Morganton has been arrested by Burke County Sheriff’s Officers on two counts of felony first-degree statutory sexual offense with a child ...

A Morganton man was sentenced to at least six years in prison after admitting he dumped a woman’s body down an embankment. Timothy Hal Edwards, 38, pleaded guilty in Burke County Superior Court ...