A list of the most recent stories about Caldwell County.
EPA gives all clear at site of mercury spill in school
The Environmental Protection Agency has given the all clear at an elementary school in Lenoir where a fifth grader spilled mercury. School officials said the students would have to go to school Saturday to make up for the missed day. They canceled classed on Thursday after EPA crews said it ...
Mother says disabled son was put in cardboard box at school as punishment
A mother said a Caldwell County teacher put her son in a cardboard box to punish him while at school. Joy Amatuccio showed Eyewitness News a photo of the time-out box at Hudson Middle School she said was made for her disabled son. “I was mortified,” she said. “I was ...
Officials: School closed Thursday after mercury spill
School officials announced Wednesday evening that Whitnel Elementary School would be closed Thursday after a mercury spill on the campus. Four children were taken to a hospital after being exposed to mercury Wednesday at the school, officials said. Students at Whitnel Elementary School on Hibriten Drive were evacuated from the school after ...
Flooding cleanup under way in Caldwell Co.
Some Caldwell County residents were scrambling to clean up Tuesday after flooding. “Just like you were pouring it out of a bucket,” said Ann Osborne, describing the rain Monday night that left a sinkhole in front of her home on St. Johns Road, east of Lenoir. She added: “We needed ...
1 dead in Granite Falls house fire
Police are investigating a deadly fire in Granite Falls. Emergency crews blocked access to the home on Hunters Creek Lane around 5 p.m. Monday after reports of a fire inside a garage. Officers confirmed one person died, but they have not said how. There is no word on how the ...
Police, fire officials investigating house fire in Granite Falls
Police and firefighers spend Monday evening investigating a fire at a Grantie Falls home. Police blocked access to the home on Hunter Creek Lane after firefighters were called to a fire inside a garage. Officers have not said if anyone was injured, but several investigators with the Granite Falls Police ...
Local Wells Fargo customers will soon face fees
In a few months, many Wells Fargo customers in the Carolinas will have to pay for their checking accounts. There will be a $7 monthly fee for customers who receive paper statements, and a $5 monthly fee for customers who get online statements. There are two ways for customers to ...
Sheriff: Woman facing charges after meth lab found
A Caldwell County woman is facing charges after investigators say they found a meth lab in her home. Agents received a tip that Christmas Carol Jackson, 39, was making meth at her Lenoir home, the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators said research in a national database showed Jackson had ...
Police studying neighborhood road after boy, 6, hit by car
A 6-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was hit by a car on a Lenoir street where neighbors said cars speed every day. On Stonewall Street, the speed limit is only 25 mph, but people who live along the road said drivers go much faster because of a ...
Stolen statues returned to site of Zahra Baker memorial
Someone mysteriously returned two statues that had been stolen from a memorial honoring 10-year-old Zahra Baker. The memorial was built by community members in the girl’s memory after her remains were found in the area in the fall of 2010. Her stepmother, Elisa Baker, pleaded guilty in her death. Earlier ...
Thieves target memorial honoring Zahra Baker
Thieves targeted a memorial in Caldwell County that remembers 10-year-old Zahra Baker. Someone stole items from the memorial along Christy Road, which is the area where police discovered some of the girl’s remains in the fall of 2010. Zahra's stepmother, Elisa Baker, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the girl’s ...
Caldwell deputies looking for man with breaking and entering warrants
Caldwell County deputies are searching for a man wanted in connection to property and breaking and entering crimes. Jethro Joseph Hamby is wanted on outstanding warrant for two counts of possession of stolen property, two counts of obtaining property by false pretense, two counts of breaking and entering, two counts ...
Police ask SBI to make DNA testing on skull a priority
Police have asked the SBI to make DNA testing on a skull found in Caldwell County a priority to see if it is connected to the murder of 10-year-old Zahra Baker. A hunter discovered the skull in a wooded area near Winkler Way earlier this week. In a 911 call, ...
Nearly 2,000 show up for Lenoir job fair
Hundreds of people showed up for a job fair in Lenoir Thursday morning hoping to find work. The area has one of the highest unemployment rates -- above 12 percent -- in the state. There seemed to be no end to the line at the Broyhill Civic Center, but most ...
Dozens search for more bones in area where skull found
A call for help by a Caldwell County turkey hunter is raising new questions about the Zahra Baker case. The hunter who made the call, recorded by 911 dispatchers, is very clear about what he found. “Right new the Winkler Way gravel road I found a human skull, small in… ...
Searchers to return to area where skull was found in Caldwell Co.
Dozens of people will search the woods north of Lenoir Thursday morning where turkey hunters found a human skull. Wednesday’s rain prevented investigators from conducting a large search near the area where remains were found Tuesday. Deputies were posted at the end of the roadway to protect the search area ...
Skull found near where Zahra's remains recovered
The rain has postponed the search Wednesday morning at the site where turkey hunters found a skull in the woods Tuesday. The skull was found not far from where detectives looked for Zahra Baker's remains more than a year ago. It's in northern Caldwell County off of Highway 268. Investigators ...
Former teacher found not guilty of inappropriately touching student
A former teacher accused of inappropriately touching a student was found not guilty on Tuesday. Jeremiah Frady hugged his defense team as the clerk read the verdict of not guilty of taking indecent liberties against a student at Whitnel Elementary in 2007. The assistant teacher, who taught hundreds of students ...
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, ...
Deputies investigate after skull found in Caldwell Co.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a wooded area in Caldwell County on Tuesday afternoon after skeletal remains were found. Sources told Channel 9 a skull was found by turkey hunters in a heavily wooded area. By midafternoon, both the FBI and SBI had joined the search. Eighteen months ago, deputies ...
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