Granite Falls, NC

A Granite Falls woman has been sentenced to more than five years in prison following a Caldwell County methamphetamine trafficking investigation. 37-year-old Heather Marie Payne was sentenced in Caldwell County Superior Court. She will serve at least 70 months in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections. Payne was indicted earlier this year on a […]

A Granite Falls man is being held without bond after being arrested on Monday on a charge of felony second-degree forcible rape. Stephen Floyd Kight, age 35 of Meadowlane DR., Granite Falls is also charged by the Conover Police Department with felony contaminating food or drink. According to arrest documentation the alleged incident occurred on […]

Burke County- On Saturday, August 29th, at approximately 3:45 p.m., the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision on NC 181 just north of the 22-mile marker. A 2018 Yamaha motorcycle was traveling South on NC 181 when it traveled left of center and collided head-on with a North bound […]

An Alexander County man listing a Granite Falls address was arrested by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday. 59-year-old Rubin Lawrence Jones of Icard Ridge RD., was served a fugitive warrant from the state of Texas in connection with an assault. He was also charged with resisting arrest. Jones was placed in the Alexander […]

Caldwell County Sheriff Kevin Bean has announced that the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is cooperating with an independent investigation following the death of an inmate at the Caldwell County Detention Center. On August 6, detention officers responded after Matthew Howard Roark, 39, of Granite Falls, was found unresponsive in his cell by his cellmate. Detention […]