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Stabbed husband saves wife by driving car into knife-wielding man, NC sheriff says A man stabbed outside a Food Lion went on the offensive to protect his wife, using his vehicle to run down a knife-wielding man, according to …
WNC Renaissance Faire set for this weekend in McDowell County “Step back in time with us and experience an age of chivalry, wonder, and untamed spectacle nestled right in the heart of western North Carolina."
Marion man accused of waving gun at people floating on Catawba River He was found sitting in a chair by the river with two firearms and an empty liquor bottle.
Burke superintendent addresses Draughn, Freedom football game called at halftime Draughn’s football roster on MaxPreps lists just nine seniors and 17 freshman and sophomores on varsity. Freedom has 39 juniors and seniors an…
Lake Lure starts eviction proceedings against prominent business A legal dispute between a Lake Lure business and its landlord, the town of Lake Lure, has ignited a fierce controversy in the Rutherford Count…
