Archive - Oct 21, 2010
Newton will spend $307,000 to keep intact a long-time part of the city's skyline and create a new opportunity for revenue in the process
Even though the plan, technically, doesn't hold any water.
Investigators in the Zahra Baker case are using GPS devices to pinpoint an exact location in an area landfill where a key piece of evidence might be located.
Crews continued a search Thursday of the Foothills Environmental Landfill in Caldwell County for the piece of evidence, which police will not identify.
Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins said Wednesday during a press conference that the piece of evidence, if found, will provide a "good, solid timeline" in Zahra's case.
Crews, however, aren't searching for Zahra's body in the landfill, Adkins said.
A Maiden woman died in a three-car collision Wednesday in Florida while she screamed for help along a roadway.
Tammy Chester, 39, and her husband, Jeremy Chester, 28, both of Maiden, stopped their vehicle Wednesday about 8 p.m. on State Road 528 in the outside, eastbound lane in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Jeremy Chester was driving the couple's 1993 Toyota, and Tammy Chester was sitting in the passenger seat when the vehicle stopped on the road.
Three area farmers are paving the way for agriculture, thanks to help from a state grant funding.
Farmers Brian Bean, of Hickory, Jefferson Herr, of Vale, and Susie Devine, of Newton, received grants for expansion and improvement of their agricultural operations from the Rural Advancement Foundation International USA's Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund.
"The single focus is to help farmers be more successful," said Joe Schroeder, Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund director. "We're trying to make an impact that goes beyond individual farmers."
Del Norris Rozzelle, 68, of Claremont, died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. The Rozzelle family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Hickory.
Carolyn Ann Belton, 69, of Newton, died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at Palliative CareCenter & Hospice of Catawba Valley. The Belton family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover.
The Hickory Red Tornadoes were motivated going into Wednesday’s rivalry match against St. Stephens. The Red Tornadoes suffered their first loss of the year Tuesday to Asheville Roberson on a last-minute goal, and they lost last season at Hickory to their crosstown rivals.
“We wanted to knock Saint out of the playoffs,” Hickory senior Michael Delong said. “We knew they were going to come ready, and they brought it. We just brought it more.”
