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FEMA Program Will Pay $9K in Funeral Costs for COVID Victims

FEMA program will reimburse families for funeral expenses of multiple COVID victims, up to a limit of $35,500 per applicant.…

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Rutherford County GOP hosts very successful fundraiser

SPINDALE — Former Deputy White House Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, Hogan Gidley, was the keynote…

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Pool vs. Tierce hears Pretrial Motions Monday – what they don’t want to be known

MARION — Jennifer Tierce, the woman accused of attempted extortion of former District Court Judge Randy Pool, will be in…

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D.A. Bell moves to suppress Pool investigations in Tierce Extortion Trial

On Sept. 3, 2021, District Attorney Ted Bell filed a motion for the upcoming former judge Randy Pool versus Jennifer…

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Local Attorney Files Lawsuit Against District Attorney, Judges and Sheriff’s Department

RUTHERFORDTON - Attorney Andrew LaBreche filed a civil complaint in Rutherford County Superior Court on Friday Sept. 3, 2021 against…

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RC and McDowell County Judges’ Illicit Recusals & Refusals

There have been many questions regarding the recent actions of NC Judicial District 29A – Prosecutorial District 41 – (Rutherford…

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A third superintendent has left the Innovative School District

 By Greg Childress  August 20, 2021  IThe Innovative School District (ISD) is again without a superintendent. NC Department of Public Instruction…

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Editorial: Women’s deaths lead to revelation of former Judge Pool’s Misconduct

After nearly two years of investigations, the North Carolina Supreme Court – based on the recommendations of the North Carolina…

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Editorial: Axon version of Calton shooting

On July 30, 2021, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office released the unaltered body camera video of the fatal shooting of…

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Motion GRANTED for release of unaltered body camera footage in the Ethan Calton Shooting

On July 23, 2021, Judge William Wood ordered that District Attorney Ted Bell release the unaltered body camera footage involving…