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.
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 [...]
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 [...]