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Town’s only barber retiring after 72 years cutting hair
GLENWOOD, Wis. (KARE) - A Wisconsin mainstay is hanging up his clippers. After cutting hair in Glenwood for more than seven decades, Norm Hagen announced his retirement. Many people said they will miss the 92-year-old. Maybe it was inevitable that he’d become part of Glenwood’s history. It’s been...
Caldwell County chemistry teacher wins prestigious grant
The prestigious grant will enable Lauren Smith, the Honors Chemistry teacher at Caldwell Early College High School, to participate in the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education at the University of Kentucky this summer.
2 injured after Marion shooting incident
MARION, N.C. (WLOS) — A man and woman were hospitalized after a shooting incident in McDowell County. The sheriff's office says officers responded to a location along US 221 North in Marion on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at around 11 p.m. A male with a gunshot wound was found...
Burnsville man receives prison sentence for crash that killed two
MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A Burnsville man has been sentenced to prison for a crash that killed two people in McDowell County. Officials say 67-year-old Ricky McPeters pleaded guilty to two counts of felony death by vehicle and possession of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to two consecutive prison...
North Carolina driver tries traffic checkpoint getaway, 3 officers injured, deputies say
A traffic checkpoint became the start of a North Carolina man's getaway attempt that left three law enforcement officers with injuries, deputies said Monday. According to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Road, the series of incidents started with the checkpoint set up by the Forest City Police Department in the area of Forest Hunt Drive.
Alcohol and speed contributing factors in woman's deadly crash with digital board, troopers say
CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. — A woman died days after her car flipped over following a crash with a digital message board, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said on Monday. Jessie Bruce, 30, died on Monday after being injured in a crash on US 321 near Mission Road in Caldwell County on Friday, April 19 around 10:50 p.m.
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