Bethlehem, NC

This article is from: srnnews.com BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Mike Gibbons sat out the presidential election two years ago, frustrated that Democrat Kamala Harris did not take a stronger stand […]

The Hickory man charged with killing his business partner from Alexander County in June will not face the death penalty. 85-year-old Willard Gary Black has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of 59-year-old Robert Roger Arguelles of the Bethlehem Community. Investigators say Arguelles was shot multiple times inside the Old […]

Pictured: L to R- Senator Eddie Settle, Hiddenite Fire Chief Scott Mitchell, Taylorsville Chief Matt Jordan, Sugar Loaf Chief Josh Chapman(back), Ellendale Chief Donovan Howell (middle), Stony Point Chief Scotty Abernathy (front), Bethlehem Chief Ashley Starnes, Vasthi Chief Coty Fox (front), Wittenburg Chief Whitney Daniels (back), Alexander County Commissioner Kent Herman (front), Fire Marshal Chris […]

At approximately 11:46 a.m. on August 11, 2026, the Alexander County Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a residential structure fire at 136 Leylan Woods Lane. Communications quickly dispatched emergency units and advised responding crews that multiple 911 calls had been received reporting a working fire. Upon arrival, Bethlehem Fire Department reported heavy smoke […]

A Bethlehem man has died after a drunk driver crashed into his disabled pickup on Interstate 40 near Statesville. On Friday, August 7, 2026, at approximately 3:09 a.m., the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision on I-40 Westbound near the 160 mile marker, in Iredell County. A 2021 Ram…

Compiled by Dr. Warren Hollar Here are the specific points of connection for the statement that in 1539, Hernando De Soto passed through our area at a place called Guaquilli, which may have been in Bethlehem. De Soto’s route and date near Hickory: De Soto did pass through the Catawba Valley and a town called “Guasili”…

Elbert Lee “Bert” Peterson, 66, of the Bethlehem Community, went to be with our Lord on Friday, August 7, 2026, after a long, hard-fought, and courageous battle with cancer. He was born November 13, 1959, in Fort Carson, Colorado, the son of the late Edward Lee Peterson and Helen Bennett Peterson. He was a beloved…