"One wind gust can bring down another tree and ruin that beautiful day you had in store," said Burke County Rescue Squad ...

Burke County could be changing its zoning rules to allow more homes per acre. According to the Morganton Herald, ...

Burke Development could not respond to some companies interested in the area because the county doesn't have buildings those ...

In Burke County, property owners could see lower property tax rates by this summer. According to Morganton Herald, ...

Burke for almost 62 years ... Economic Forecast and Tariff Strategies event on March 19th at the Manufacturers’ Association The Franklin County Free Press is your local news website. We provide you ...

According to a news release issued this afternoon (March 2), the Burke County Fire Marshal’s Office is instituting a burn ban on all open burning within 100 feet of any structure. The ban was ...

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BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A man who’s accused of stealing from local churches is back in custody after being on Burke County’s “Most Wanted list” for a little over two weeks. The Burke County ...

to run alongside former Upper Darby Councilman Brian Burke for a four-year term on the county’s five-person council. Republicans haven’t held a seat on the county’s governing board since 2020. After a ...

UPDATE, 02/25/2025, 2:17 P.M. – According to the inmate inquiry for Burke County Detention Center, Hannah Grace Cobb, who contacted law enforcement after Osborne was shot in the chest on Sunday ...

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — The Burke County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who they say has been missing since last week. Police said Kenneth “Kenny” Ray Phillips was last seen on ...

WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Newly released recordings of a 911 call shed light on what happened when a man was fatally shot in Burke County over the weekend. We requested the 911 recordings from ...