CONOVER - Police are looking for a man who robbed the Peoples Bank on Tuesday morning.

Catawba County Communications said the robbery at 213 1st Street West was reported around 10 a.m.

CATAWBA COUNTY - A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition after he shot himself in the head while playing with a handgun at home on Thursday night.

The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened between 4:45 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the home on Rifle Range Road, just north of Conover.

The boy was transferred to Wake Forest-Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

The owner of the gun could face charges.

By Jeff Rivenbark - email

HICKORY, NC (WBTV) - Police say a driver who failed to stop at a traffic light was killed near Lenoir-Rhyne University early Wednesday morning.

The accident happened at approximately 6:50 a.m. on 8th Street NE at Lenoir-Rhyne Boulevard NE.

Robert Jenkins, 54, was driving a 1997 Chevy Blazer east on 8th Street NE.  Vasile Simonca, 55, was in a pickup traveling south on 8th Street NE.  

According to the Hickory Police Department, Simonca failed to stop for red traffic signal and collided with Jenkins' Blazer.

Simonca was transported to Frye Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Jenkins suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Frye Regional Medical Center. 

Police say speed was a factor in the crash.

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