Author: Anna Burton

McDowell County Covid-19 Update

The McDowell County Health Department has been notified that 41 additional McDowell County residents have tested positive for novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) for the week of July 17th -July 23rd. We are saddened to report 1 additional death due to COVID-19. This brings the…Read More »

Update from Virginia: Death penalty abolished

By Ned Oliver NC POLICY WATCH – 3/29/2021 [Editor’s note: The chasm between the policies pursued by legislative leaders in North Carolina and Virginia continues to grow. The following stories by reporter Ned Oliver of the Virginia Mercury highlight that divergence on two high-profile issues…Read More »

U.S. Marshals are seeking information about a wanted man.

UTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. – Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office officials said Oscar Kent Wright is wanted by the Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force for possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and distribute Schedule I controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and distribute…Read More »

Film Grant Recipients Fuel Strong Start to 2021 for Production in North Carolina

Six new grant recipients to have economic impact of more than $134 million Raleigh Apr 1, 2021 After pressing pause in 2020, film production has resumed in North Carolina with six recent grant recipients. With production levels at a six-year high so far…Read More »

WANTED PERSON: KENNETH BRIAN HICKS

Kenneth Brian Hicks is wanted on outstanding warrants. D.O.B: 08/18/1974 White Male 5’10” 200 lbs. Kenneth Brian Hicks is wanted for Failure to Appear on Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Child Abuse, Felony Probation Violation, Felony Larceny, Misdemeanor Larceny, three counts DV…Read More »

March 17 Arrests

INVESTIGATION UPDATE: Missing Person Deceased, Suspects Charged and Arrested

INVESTIGATION UPDATE: Missing Person Deceased, Suspects Charged and Arrested On November 21, 2020, at 3:00 AM, Deputies with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Econo Lodge in Forest City regarding a report of a female that had been…Read More »

Sheriff’s employee gets probation for $85,790 embezzlement

RUTHERFORDTON — Former sheriff’s office employee, Lacie Felicia Boykins, 40, of Shelby who embezzled $85,790 from RCSD received no jail time in her plea deal. Boykins had pleaded guilty to five counts of embezzlement of cash proceeds by a public official/trustee on…Read More »