No charges will be filed after a man was fatally struck by a car in Morganton Saturday afternoon, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Around 6:08 p.m., troopers were called to ... Read More

A view of the flooding from the Catawba River along U.S. Highway 70 in Morganton caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene in October 2024. Buncombe County high school football coach Bryan Craig ... Read More

The driver of the Kia, Jacob Alan Ferguson, 30, of Morganton, was flown in a helicopter to a hospital in critical condition. The 8-year-old girl was in the back seat of the Kia. She died at the scene, ... Read More

Christopher Alan Smith was arrested by Morganton Public Safety Officers. He's charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance (methamphetamine), driving while ... Read More

Matthew Clayton Monday, 50, of Asheville, was charged with driving while impaired on Feb. 27, after someone reported a reckless driver near Enola Road and Interstate 40, according to information from ... Read More

James Wilkie Woodard, 36, of John Reep Street, Morganton, was charged with felony hit and run after the an incident around 3:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 70 just west of the Thrifty ... troopers with the ... Read More