Lenoir, NC

Lenoir – On Thursday, September 3rd, 2026, at approximately 12:19 p.m., The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision on U.S. 64 near Ward Green Lane, in Caldwell County.   A 1992 Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling West on U.S. 64. A 2018 Honda Pilot was stopped in the travel […]

A woman is being held in Alexander County custody having been arrested in April for trafficking drugs. Shana McKinsey Patton, age 24, of Playmore Beach RD., Lenoir is charged with felony trafficking fentanyl, felony trafficking methamphetamine and felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/ place for controlled substance. Court documentation revels that Patton pleaded guilty to the charges […]

A Lenoir woman has been sentenced to at least seven-and-a-half years in prison following a Caldwell County drug trafficking investigation. 24-year-old Shana McKinsey Patton was sentenced in Caldwell County Superior Court to serve at least 90 months in the NC Department of Adult Corrections. Patton was indicted for trafficking fentanyl earlier in 2026. On April […]

A Lenoir woman, Jacqueline Michelle Stinson, age 42, has been charged by Hudson Police with felony larceny by employee. She also is charged with misdemeanor larceny, possession of schedule II controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Stinson has been transferred to the Alexander County Detention Center due to overcrowding at the Caldwell County Jail. […]

Henry Hayden Pinnix, 75, of Lenoir, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2026, at Caldwell UNC Health Care after an extended illness. Henry was born December 11, 1950, in Iredell County, to the late William Clay Pinnix and Jean Beaver Pinnix. Henry worked as a car salesman and insurance salesman before retirement. He was of…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (NCN News) -- Two Lenoir County women have pleaded guilty in connection with fraud involving Covid-19 era federal funding. According ...

Lenoir City police safely found a missing 13-year-old girl in North Carolina using modern tech, including Meta smart glasses video and license plate readers.

LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) - A 13-year-old girl at the center of an Endangered Child Alert has been safely recovered after investigators used a ...