The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Gaston County woman on Sunday and charged her with trafficking illegal drugs. 38-year-old Amanda Faye Drum of Dallas was detained in a felony charge of trafficking fentanyl. She remains in the Caldwell County Detention Center under a secured bond of $250,000. Drum was scheduled to make a Lenoir […]

The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after deputies responded to a location on Driftwood Drive in Granite Falls just after 5pm on Friday. Sheriff Kevin Bean said detectives responded to the scene and are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. The deceased will be transported to the North Carolina Office […]

Caldwell County deputies said the body was found in the area of Driftwood Drive in Granite Falls.

An Alexander County man recently released from custody in Taylorsville is now being held in the Caldwell County Detention Center. Randall Lee Bolick, age 49, of the Bethlehem Community was served warrants from Caldwell County by Alexander Deputies on Tuesday. Bolick is charged with counts of larceny and possession of stolen property. He is listed […]

29-year-old Trevor Shane Winkler of Fowler Road in Granite Falls has been arrested by Caldwell County Sheriff’s Officers. He’s charged with third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Following the Friday, June 26th arrest, Winkler was brought to the Caldwell County Detention Center. He has since been released on bond. A court date is scheduled for […]

Donnie Phillips Lackey, 83, of Stony Point, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston–Salem. Donnie was born on October 31, 1942, in Caldwell County to the late Newton Phillips and Flara Main Phillips. Donnie worked in furniture as a sewer until retirement. She was a member…

Firefighters in Caldwell County say they've recovered the body of a 12-year-old boy who drowned in Wilson Creek.

Granite Falls- On Sunday, June 28th at approximately 7:42 p.m., the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision on US 321 near Glenn Ridge Drive, in Caldwell County. A 2008 Honda passenger car was traveling the wrong way, North in the Southbound lane of 321. The Honda then collided head […]

A Caldwell County man is being held without bond after being charged in connection with a reported sexual assault in Burke County. According to the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a report of a sexual assault on June 15. Following an investigation, warrants were issued for Raleigh Garner Rogers, age 64 of Main Street […]

Collettsville, NC – On Saturday, June 27, at approximately 4:09 pm, Caldwell County Sheriff’s Deputies, Caldwell County EMS, and Collettsville Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a missing child along Wilson Creek at Brown Mountain Beach Road and Craig Creek Road. The 12-year-old boy was found in the water a short while later […]