Top Story Breaking Skeletal remains found by railroad tracks in Valdese near Praley Street SW on Tuesday Sarah Johnson Nov 5, 2025 Nov 5, 2025 0 Valdese Police Department said skeletal remains were found by employees clearing debris near these railroad tracks on Tuesday. Courtesy of Dave Faherty, WSOC-TV SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sarah Johnson Skeletal remains were found near a set of railroad tracks in Valdese on Tuesday.kAm'2=56D6 A@=:46 @77:46CD H6C6 42==65 E@ :?G6DE:82E6 E96 5:D4@G6CJ @7 9F>2? C6>2:?D ?62C E96 :?E6CD64E:@? @7 !C2=6J $EC66E $@FE9H6DE 2?5 |2DD6= pG6?F6 $@FE9H6DE D9@CE=J 367@C6 d A]>] @? %F6D52J[ E96 '2=56D6 !@=:46 s6A2CE>6?E D2:5 :? 2 ?6HD C6=62D6]k^AmkAmt>A=@J66D H:E9 s63C:D %649 H6C6 C6>@G:?8 563C:D 7C@> 2 4F=G6CE :? E96 2C62] (9:=6 4=62C:?8 E96 563C:D[ E96 6>A=@J66D 7@F?5 H92E E96J E9@F89E H6C6 9F>2? 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Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Related to this story Most Popular ɫ man dies after being hit by tractor-trailer while walking on I-40 in Marion The pedestrian kept walking towards the median and the tractor-trailer hit him in the left lane. Burke County Public Schools, administrators sued by victim of former teacher convicted of sex crimes Former Burke County teacher Michael Alexander pleaded guilty to six sex crimes involving Burke County Schools students in 2012. Election final update: Election results in Burke County municipal races See election updates throughout the day on Tuesday, and results Tuesday night. 3 people from Burke County charged after 135 grams of meth found in car The arrests happened after a Burke County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a gray GMC Yukon for a traffic violation. 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ɫ man dies after being hit by tractor-trailer while walking on I-40 in Marion The pedestrian kept walking towards the median and the tractor-trailer hit him in the left lane.
Burke County Public Schools, administrators sued by victim of former teacher convicted of sex crimes Former Burke County teacher Michael Alexander pleaded guilty to six sex crimes involving Burke County Schools students in 2012.
Election final update: Election results in Burke County municipal races See election updates throughout the day on Tuesday, and results Tuesday night.
3 people from Burke County charged after 135 grams of meth found in car The arrests happened after a Burke County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a gray GMC Yukon for a traffic violation.
