A list of the most recent stories about Burke County.
62 dogs rescued from Burke home can be adopted, officials say
Sixty-two dogs rescued from a Burke County home are now up for adoption. More than 100 dogs were taken from Larry Buff’s home last week. He is facing 50 counts of animal cruelty. At least 30 of the dogs had to be euthanized, officials said. To find out more about ...
Weeks of work ahead for volunteers evaluating rescued Burke dogs
Workers are determining which dogs are healthy enough to be adopted after more than 100 of them were seized from a home earlier this week. Workers from the group Friends for Animals tried Thursday to see if the dogs would even approach them. Some of the dogs have had very ...
9 Investigates: State saving money by releasing elderly, infirm inmates
North Carolina spends more than $230 million each year on medical care for prison inmates. Elderly inmates cost the most, and they are also the fastest-growing segment of the prison population. Now, the state has found a controversial solution -- releasing some elderly inmates who are ill, even if they ...
Man facing 50 counts of animal cruelty after dogs seized from home
The man officers say kept more than 100 dogs in poor conditions now faces 50 counts of animal cruelty. The owner who's accused of hoarding the animals said he did the best he could to care for them. “I loved the dogs,” Larry Buff said. “I gave them everything I ...
Burke Co. school board ends corporal punishment with 5-2 vote
The Burke County school district decided Monday night by a 5-2 vote to end corporal punishment. Burke County was one of only a handful of districts in the state that still allowed children to be paddled. Before Monday night's vote, only 17 out of 117 school districts in North Carolina allow ...
Burke Co. man electrocuted at Duke Energy substation
A man was electrocuted at a Duke Energy substation in Burke County. The Morganton News Herald reported Steven Powell, 44, was working for the owner of the Drexel Furniture Plant on North Main Street and was cleaning it out Saturday. Police said he did not have permission to be inside ...
Man struck by lightning in Burke County
As storms crossed through the area Thursday, a Burke County man was struck by lightning. There were reports of strong wind, hail and lightning in the foothills on Thursday morning. A driver stopped to help David Chapman after he was struck by lightning on Conley Road, south of Morganton. Witnesses ...
Construction begins on Morganton mental hospital
Construction of a new mental hospital in Morganton began Wednesday. Gov. Bev Perdue joined Broughton Hospital leaders for the groundbreaking. Crews tore down several buildings last year to make room for the new 382-bed facility. Broughton is one of just three psychiatric hospitals in the state. It is expected to ...
Report: Booster club volunteer charged with sex crime
A volunteer for the East Burke High School Athletic Booster Club was charged with indecent liberties with a student, the Morganton News Herald reported Wednesday. According to the newspaper, 71-year-old George Wendell Powell is scheduled to make a court appearance May 14. Investigators said the incident between Powell and the ...
Burke Co. school volunteer charged with indecent liberties with student
A man who volunteered for East Burke High School for more than 20 years is now accused of indecent liberties with a student. The Morganton News Herald reported investigators charged George Powell, 71. Police said the incident took place on April 18. Police did not say how old the accuser ...
Families rescued from Pisgah early Monday morning
Several families in Burke County had to be rescued Monday morning after spending a cold night in the Pisgah National Forest huddled in their SUVs with small children. ATV rescue teams found the families around 5:30 a.m. in the Brown Mountain off-road trail system north of Morganton. One of their ...
‘Hunger Games’ fans stealing souvenirs from Burke landmarks
Some overzealous fans of “The Hunger Games” have taken pieces of a building in Burke County where filming was done last summer. Since the movie opened this spring, hundreds of people have visited the old Henry River Mill Village to take pictures. The property owner said he's had to replace ...
Police find heroin with hash browns in Morganton man’s freezer
A Morganton man was arrested Monday after a narcotics task force found 15 grams of heroin in a bag of hash browns in his freezer. According to the Morganton News Herald, officers also found a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun that had been modified with a laser sight and $7,200 in cash ...
NWS issues severe thunderstorm warning for 2 western counties
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for two western counties in North Carolina Tuesday afternoon. Burke and Caldwell counties are under the warning until 5:45 p.m. Initially, the warning included Avery County, but the NWS canceled the warning there shortly after 5 p.m. According to the NWS, ...
Burke Co. man wanted in multistate crime spree captured
A man who eluded police for more than a month is now in jail, and police said he is a danger to the public. Deputies said Jason Laws’ luck ran out after they received a tip he was inside a home south of Lenoir. When they got there, Laws made ...
Police: Burke Co. firefighter calls 911 after setting fire to building
A volunteer firefighter from Burke County is accused of causing thousands of dollars of damage after police said he set fire to a building. Investigators said Roy Benfield was the first firefighter at the scene and had to be hospitalized for smoke inhalation after the fire. Benfield is charged with ...
Deputies say man used moped as mobile meth lab
A man accused of having a meth lab on a moped led police on a wild chase east of Morganton Tuesday. The chase led to a much larger find for deputies. Deputies said the moped crashed into one of the county’s undercover vehicles. Narcotics officers said the rider was carrying ...
Bond set at $230,000 for teen charged in cab driver killing
A 16-year-old girl charged with murder in connection to a Catawba County taxi driver’s death made another appearance in court Tuesday morning. In that hearing, prosecutors said they think Emily Starnes and another teen girl helped plan the crime that led to the death of Adam Williams. Williams’ family members ...
Burke commissioners reject bids for two projects
The Burke County Board of Commissioners at a special called meeting Tuesday rejected, in 4-0 votes, all bids for two projects and will re-open the requests for proposals period. Board vice-chair Bruce Hawkins was absent from the meeting. Bids for the replacement of the telephone system at the Burke County ...
Grand jury indicts 41, including suspected kidnapper
A prisoner is accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in Morganton. Max Thao Pao Lao, 21, of Morganton was indicted at the March 12 grand jury session on charges of first-degree kidnapping and second-degree sex offense stemming from an incident on April 28, 2011, according to court documents. He ...
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