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A public meeting was held regarding an economic development grant with Molded Glass Fiber and another for the consideration of a voluntary annexation of three separate land tracts on and around North Green Street during Monday night's regular Morganton City Council meeting. Council pssed, in an unanimous vote, the consideration of an economic development grant with Molded Glass Fiber that will support expansion plans for the company. The company projects capital investments of up to $8 million dollars and adding 23 new jobs over a 3 year period. The City and the County each are providing an economic incentive of 50% of new taxable investment over the three-year period. The amount of the grant from the County is $27,000 and $20,800 from the City. Also passed unanimously was a motion for voluntary annexation of three separate parcels of land on or near North Green Street by Crescent Communities, LLC. The land tracts include the property on the north side of Independence Boulevard just west of North Green Street, a narrow tract of land at 1015 North Green Street beyond the intersection of St.Mary's Church Road. In accepting the motion, Council extended the corporate limits of the City of Morganton.

A 20-year-old Morganton man will spend the next 25 years in prison after he was found guilty by a Burke County jury of commiting a sexual offense with a child as an adult offender. Christopher Isaiah Allen was sentenced to serve an active prison term of 25 to 35 years in custody by the Honorable Daniel A. Kuehnert, Superior Court Judge from Burke County, on Friday to wrap up a three-day trial. The case was investigated by Detective Isaac Propst of the Burke County Sheriff's Office. Beth Cali conducted the forensic interview of the victim for the Gingerbread House Child Advocacy Center in Burke County. Frank Webster was the prosecutor for the 25th District Attorney's Office.