Stumped? Here's your Christmas tree guide

Hickory Daily Record - Thu Nov 26

Your twinkling tree could help pay the power bill for a struggling family or keep the music going for a high schooler.

Church plans to feed a thousand

Hickory Daily Record - Wed Nov 25

Rusty Lutz has been planning just how much turkey and ham he'll need this Thanksgiving to feed all the hungry mouths around his Thanksgiving table.

We're thankful for ...

Hickory Daily Record - Wed Nov 25

Hickory - As a city official, it's made me especially sensitive to our public servants a ' our police, firefighters and our members of the community in the armed services who put themselves in harm's way not only to protect our freedom but also our families and our communities.

Classmates travel to North Carolina for reunion

Gazette-Bulletin - Tue Nov 24

Seventeen classmates and spouses attended the Peabody High School class of 1957 reunion September 13 through 16 at Hickory, N.C. The event was hosted by Rod and Eleanor Herbert.

Gifts from home

Hickory Daily Record - Tue Nov 24

Students at Catawba Elementary School packed up boxes filled with toothbrushes, hand sanitizers, snacks and other goodies on Tuesday with plans for them to go to troops serving overseas.

'It replaces a mom they don't have'

Hickory Daily Record - Tue Nov 24

Linda Priest waited more than an hour for her share of the holiday meal Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry offered Tuesday.

For $100, someone will win a Benz

Hickory Daily Record - Tue Nov 24

Tickets are now on sale for the 23rd Anniversary Mercedes Gala, conducted annually by the United Arts Council of Catawba County.

Hickory Police Department's Cops for Tots Wish House will be open Dec. 14-16

Hickory Daily Record - Mon Nov 23

A truck was loaded with boxes of baby dolls, light-up toys, train sets, wrestling action figures and dozens of other toys Monday.

Alcohol Law Enforcement agents partnered with area businesses for undercover work

Hickory Daily Record - Mon Nov 23

Authorities arrested 27 people in Hickory this weekend when N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement agents worked undercover at four convenience stores.

Amber alert ends; man still on the run

Charlotte Observer - Mon Nov 23

A 2-month-old girl who was kidnapped Sunday night in Catawba County is safe with her mother this morning, but police say they are still looking for the man accused of taking her.