The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has identified the missing man in the Snake River Canyon as Tory J. Raether, 55, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Raether is presumed drowned after jumping into the river Saturday evening at Jumping Rock,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) this week initiated a search warrant that led to the seizure of 140 firearms investigators believe were intended to be delivered to a Mexican drug cartel. ATF received information that a Mexican cartel source had a large cache of weapons stored in the […]

Stanley – On Sunday, June 21st at approximately 12:04 a.m., the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision on N.C. 16 near Sifford Road, in Lincoln County. A 2017 Ram Pickup was traveling the wrong way, North in the South bound lane of N.C. 16 and collided head on with […]

Investigators say impairment may have led to the head-on collision.

Kenneth Shane Dingess, age 37, Little Roundtop RD., Hiddenite, was arrested on Thursday by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies served a warrant from Lincoln County for felony possession of cocaine. Dingess has an extensive history of charges and convictions. He is currently on probation and is listed as a habitual felon. Photo: Alexander County […]

Stephen Kerlew is facing a half-dozen charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a child.