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Hickory considering $30,000 grant to Hollar Hosiery Mill for mill renovation (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: February 10,2012

The 40,000-square-foot Hollar Hosiery Mill in downtown Hickory moved a step closer to renovation this week when Hickory City Council members gave preliminary approval to a $30,000 renovation grant.


Hickory man pleads guilty 
to mortgage, consumer fraud

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: November 5,2011

Roger Dean Bailey, 38, of Hickory, pleaded guilty Sunday to conspiring to defraud buyers of manufactured housing and the mortgage lenders used for their financing. Prosecutors say Bailey, a former manufactured-housing sales manager, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making false statements to the U.S. Department of Housing and [...]


Stanly, Cabarrus 
waterline construction project to begin in spring (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: October 11,2011

Residents of Concord and Kannapolis are thirsty for more water, and the nearby town of Albemarle is ready to sell it to them across the Stanly County/Cabarrus County line. No bids have been announced for the project yet, but work is slated to begin in the spring. Meanwhile, in the city of Hickory, in Catawba [...]