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CHRISSY MURPHY Staff Writer In a letter sent to Burke County Commissioners on Thursday, the Morganton City Council asked for the board to facilitate a discussion about the Confederate monument that sits on the historic courthouse square. But commissioners seemed to nix the idea of a discussion before having the letter in their hands. The letter, which the council directed city staff to send in a unanimous motion at its meeting Monday night, cites concerns over elevated tensions surr...

Burke Drug Investigation Results In Nine Being Charged With Felony Offenses Top Row- L-R: Pendley, Fleming, Brown. Middle Row- L-R: Ervin, Christian, Riddle. Bottom Row- L-R: Roberts, Estevez, Starnes Courtesy of Burke County Sheriffs Office Burke Drug Investigation Results In Nine Being Charged With Felony Offenses April 6, 2021 50-year-old Milton J.D. Pendley, Jr., 30-year-old Tomario Edward Fleming, 20-year-old Raelyn Shae Brown, 33-year-old Vincent Martell Ervin, 34-year-old Katia Celaina...

LA JOYA, Texas — The 10-year-old boy crossed the Rio Grande with hundreds of other migrants last week. But he was essentially alone. That is how Christopher Garcia says he managed to travel over the course of three months from his home in one of the worlds most dangerous cities — San Pedro Sula, Honduras — to the U.S. border without an adult: by blending into groups of older children and families. Christopher, a skinny athletic boy with curly brown hair and an impish smile, depar...

More Coverage Last Thursday, agents waited with Christopher’s group in the afternoon heat with no food, little shade and water. Some of the girls were pregnant. One passed out and had to be revived by agents. Christopher had dreamed of going to the movies in the U.S., maybe even Disneyland. Now he, too, was exhausted. “I’m so hungry,” he repeated, brushing off his dusty clothes. “I want food. I want to take a bath, change my pants.” He recalled how his parents had instructed him to...

Man On Burke Most Wanted List Arrested By Hickory Police Jesse James Goin Man On Burke Most Wanted List Arrested By Hickory Police March 17, 2021 A man wanted in Burke County has been arrested by authorities in Catawba County. 42-year-old Jesse James Goin of 4th Street Place SW in Hildebran was arrested Saturday (March 13) by Hickory Police Officers. He’s charged with two counts of posession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia in Catawba County. In Burke Coun...

More Our WCNC Charlotte news team was out tracking the storms. Meteorologist Chris Mulcahy tracked the severe weather from inside the Chevy Storm Tracker. Severe storm outlook A warm, moist area moved into the Carolinas by Thursday midday. That warm air primed the atmosphere with "thunderstorm fuel" needed to make supercells, a powerful thunderstorm capable of becoming severe.  As a cold front then moved eastward across the Carolinas, it produced storms along the boundary between the warmer, m...

Completion Date Currently Unclear The renovations will bring updates and new spaces to Grace Ridges common areas. (Photo Credit: graceridge.org) The Grace Ridge retirement community in Morganton, N.C., is reportedly expanding a plan to remodel and revitalize 5,000 square feet of their residential campus. The project had been estimated for completion by the beginning of 2021, although there is scant information regarding its current status. According to a report from the construction info t...

Mount Airy Downtown wins state award for economic recovery The state commerce department awarded Mount Airy Downtown, Inc. with an award for their Market Street Arts & Entertainment District. Author: Maddie Gardner Updated: 6:11 PM EST March 12, 2021 MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — Mount Airy is growing up and now the state is taking notice. The North Carolina Department of Commerce gave Mount Airy Downtown, Inc. a Best Economic Recovery Initiative award for their Market St...

Morganton plant making vital supplies for COVID-19 vaccine Burke County company makes vaccine vials By Steve Ohnesorge | March 9, 2021 at 4:13 PM EST - Updated March 9 at 5:32 PM MORGANTON, N.C. (WBTV) - You may not have heard about Gerresheimer Tubular Glass company before but if you have had the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine or plan to get the shot, the Morganton manufacturing facility has played a critical role in getting the vaccine to you. The plant manufactures tiny glass vials that hold s...

Gaston Gazette wins six state press awards The Gazette competes each year against similar-sized daily newspapers from across the state. Official announcement of the awards came during a "virtual" banquet hosted Friday due to the ongoing restrictions against large gatherings made necessary by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Three current members of The Gazettes newsroom were honored for the excellence of their work, as was a former staff member. "I am proud of the work our news team has done to ...