Archive - Aug 5, 2011
Eager for his senior season and the opportunity to play football in college, Maiden quarterback Matt Johnson went to work this summer.
The 6-foot-3-inch signal caller took part in 10 camps all around the state of North Carolina in hopes that a school would notice him.
Betty Jean Lail Ross, 80, of East Maiden Rd., passed away Thursday, August 4, 2011 at Palliative Care Center & Hospice in Newton. Burke Mortuary in Maiden is serving the Ross Family.
A Catawba County Hmong association wants to expand and share its culture with others. Property recently re-zoned by county commissioners should help that happen more quickly.
Catawba County commissioners re-zoned land belonging to the Hmong Southeast Puavpheej, Inc. association last month from residential to a mixed-use district – a move that will allow the Hmong to build a multi-purpose facility that will be used for festivals and cultural education.
Catawba County’s region has one of the largest Hmong populations in the nation, and new census data reports that those numbers are holding steady.

From 2000 to 2010, the Hmong population in Catawba County has grown by about 1,000 people, and there are about 3,000 Hmong currently living in the area, according to census data. The Hmong population makes up about 2.1 percent of the total population in Catawba County and makes about 60 percent of the total Asian population county wide.
A Hickory Porsche dealership is offering a $10,000 reward after a third Porsche vehicle was stolen from their lot this week.
Paramount Automotive Group officials in Hickory reported a 2012 Porsche Cayenne missing from the dealership lot Thursday morning after they arrived at work and the car was gone. Hickory Police believe the $88,495 car was stolen between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 8:45 a.m. Thursday.
The N.C, General Assembly added five more instructional days to the 2011-12 school calendar, but that doesn't mean Catawba County's students will face any extra time in the classroom.
Instead, the county's teachers will.
After struggling the past two games against Hagerstown, the Hickory Crawdads went back to basics Thursday.
The Crawdads, who sported replica jerseys from the 1939-60 Hickory Rebels, had a throwback night, going back to the tools that led them to a first half championship — hitting, pitching and defense.
Hickory pounded out eight runs on 15 hits on its way to an 8-1 win over Hagerstown in the series finale between the two teams.
