Hickory Daily Record

A man hoping to get his TV back ended up getting robbed. Full Story »

For nearly 12 years, Guthrie was Frank and Ann Aichinger's best pal and constant companion, so when the black Labrador mix became terminally ill in September, the couple decided to do everything possible to make his remaining days comfortable. Full Story »

Sometimes Luke Walling regrets not having gone to college. Full Story »

Where the area's economy stands Full Story »

Catawba, Alexander, Burke and Caldwell rank in the top tier of economically stressed counties. Full Story »

Some teachers at Newton-Conover High School have let students use MP3 players in class for the past two months. Full Story »

The U.S. Postal Service has completed its study on shifting some operations from Hickory's Processing and Distribution plant to its Greensboro location 81 miles away. Full Story »

A mobile home was destroyed Friday morning in a fire that's been ruled accidental. Full Story »

Senior Night is always one to be stored in the memory bank. Full Story »

Charlie Sybrant's friends and family members gathered on the campus of Appalachian State University on Friday night to celebrate the life of the 22-year-old, who authorities said was killed by a drunken driver in a hit-and-run accident. Full Story »

A Lenoir man died as a result of a head-on collision on Morris Creek Road in Granite Falls on Thursday afternoon. Full Story »

A Bethlehem man was arrested after he barricading himself in his Richey Road home with a shotgun Wednesday night. Full Story »

Residents of an apartment complex near Valley Hills Mall don't know what to call the affectionate black and white cat that showed up there earlier this week, but they think "Lucky" would be appropriate. Full Story »

City Manager Patrick Niland has left his position after only five months on the job. Full Story »

A Conover woman was kidnapped early Wednesday morning as she left Lenoir-Rhyne University after working her shift at the Bears Lair in the student center, authorities said. Full Story »

The visit to the dance ended abruptly for the Alexander Central High boys soccer team Wednesday night. Full Story »

An 18-year-old woman told authorities she was forced at gunpoint to drive from Lenoir-Rhyne University to Cherryville around midnight Tuesday. Full Story »

Appliance dealers hope the state's second annual sales tax holiday on Energy Star appliances this weekend helps stimulate business. Full Story »

Claremont voters put Councilman David Morrow into the mayor's seat Tuesday with 184 votes. Morrow, who ran unopposed, will take the place of Mayor Glenn Morrison. Full Story »

Voters rewarded Hickory City Councilwoman Jill Patton with a second term Tuesday, but rejected incumbent Z. Ann Hoyle's bid for another term. Full Story »

A crowded field of eight candidates went head-to-head in an effort to claim one of the three seats available on the Newton City Council during this year's election. The top three vote-getters won a spot on the council. Full Story »

All four candidates who filed for Hickory Public Schools' board of education were voted in. They were each running unopposed in their wards. Full Story »

It was a quick and painful ending, and certainly not what Lenoir-Rhyne men's head soccer coach Tom Gott envisioned Tuesday night. Full Story »

Maiden High girls' tennis head coach Jon Huffman has been so busy of late that he only gets to mow his lawn on Sundays. Full Story »