Archive - Oct 2010
October 18th
Nancy Ann Fulbright Speagle, 71, of Vale, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at Frye Regional Medical Center. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, at Jenkins Funeral Home Chapel in Newton.
Ruth Ann Harrison Moody, 49, of Hickory, passed away Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, at Palliative Care and Hospice of Catawba Valley in Newton. Burke Mortuary in Newton is serving the Moody family.
Pauline Mary Yount Sherrill, 91, of Lincolnton, passed away Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, at her residence.
The Hickory Police Department is searching for a man who allegedly robbed the BB&T on U.S. 70 on Monday afternoon.
A white male with a light-colored complexion entered the bank around 1 p.m. and gave a bank teller a note demanding money. HPD Sgt. Robert George said the note indicated the man had a weapon, but no weapon was shown.
George said the bank had several customers and employees present at the time of the robbery, but no one was injured.
October 17th
HICKORY (AP) — Hickory police say they have found someone other than a family member who saw a missing girl as late as Sept. 25.
Investigators said in a news release Saturday that they have received more than 200 tips about Zahra Clare Baker whose family reported her missing Oct. 9. The little girl uses hearing aids and a prosthetic leg because of bone cancer.
Hickory police would not comment further on the timeline or the case Saturday, but WCNC-TV in Charlotte reported that Zahra had been seen by employees at a Hickory furniture store.
HICKORY (AP) — A missing 10-year-old North Carolina girl was seen in public as recently as two weeks before she was reported missing, police said Saturday, narrowing an uncertain timeline that has hindered their investigation.
Investigators said previously they couldn't find anyone outside Zahra Clare Baker's household who had seen her alive in more than a month. That uncertainty has made it difficult for police to narrow places to search for the girl whose bone cancer left her with hearing aids and a prosthetic leg.
October 15th
Quarterback Matt Johnson and receiver Hasan Hopper found each other early and often Friday night at Maiden. Hopper caught six of Johnson’s first 10 complete passes for 84 yards and a touchdown.
The two connected for a 36-yard touchdown pass one play after Maiden’s Dakata Painter stripped Bandys’ quarterback on a sack in the second quarter.
“We were hoping to take the air out of their sails,” said Maiden coach Brian Brown. “They had some life, and it was hard for them to overcome that.”
Newton-Conover scored 22 unanswered points in the first quarter to build a lead that proved insurmountable for Bunker Hill.
The Red Devils fought to a 65-32 victory in a game that was filled with enough sloppy play and penalties that Newton-Conover Coach Nick Bazzle wasn’t entirely pleased with the outcome.
“I’m just glad it is over with,” he said adding he doesn’t like to be part of a game with so many penalties. “We’ve got some work to do, but overall it was a good win against a good football team.”
By
Associated Press Writer Mitch Weiss
HICKORY (AP) — The father of a missing 10-year-old said Friday that he is still not sure whether his wife was involved in the girl's disappearance.
Baker said he just wants to find Zahra Clare Baker and take her back to the family's native Australia if she wants to go. Police believe the girl is dead.
Baker and his wife Elisa, the girl's stepmother, reported her missing Oct. 9. They said they had last seen Zahra — who used hearing aids and a prosthetic leg because of bone cancer — in her bed at their home in Hickory, about 50 miles northwest of Charlotte. But police don't believe them.
What happened to Zahra Clare Baker? Police continue to put together a timeline regarding, what many fear, were the last weeks of the 10-year-old's life.
North Carolina officials believe Newton’s central business district is among the nation’s historic areas, and that could be good news for downtown property owners.
“I think this is a benefit not only from the cultural aspect of historic preservation of buildings,” said Rob Powell, Newton’s commercial development coordinator, “but with the tax credits … if you do a project that meets federal guidelines you can basically get federal and state tax credits for completing renovations.”
Less than one year after its opening, a Newton business is giving back to the community that helps keep it in business.
2 Pink Magnolias in Newton, in conjunction with The Newton-Conover Women's Club, will hold a Wine and Charity event to benefit a service of the Family Guidance Center.
Mother and daughter team Becky and Jennifer Stiver are co-owners of 2 Pink Magnolias, and ever since their store opened in February.
