An early Monday morning shooting is being investigated in McDowell County. Sheriff's detectives are looking into the shooting that injured a Nebo man. Deputies arrived at the scene on Rolling Meadows Drive to find Joshua Eric Kelley, 33, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Kelley was transported to Mission Hospital in Asheville. No charges have been filed and the case remains under investigation.

McDowell County deputies are looking for mailbox vandals. In the early morning hours of Tuesday September 26th, at least 11 mailboxes were damaged on Thousand Oaks Drive and Old Greenlee, Toms Creek, Henry McCall and Hankins Roads. Another report occurred Saturday on Wildlife Road in Nebo. The suspect vehicle is described as a light colored single cab truck. Anyone with information is asked to call the McDowell County Sheriff's Office at 652-2237 or Crime Stoppers at 652-7463.

AM 1430 will host its' first of 3 candidate forums this morning from 10:06 till 11:00. District 3 candidates for Morganton City Council have been invited to the studio to answer questions. Their will be a taped replay Sunday at 6pm, on The Big Dawg 92.1 FM and streamed on the website at www.bigdawg92fm.com. Other forums will air live on AM 1430, Tuesday October 10th for District 4 Morganton City Council and Tuesday October 17th for Burke County School Board Western District. The next two forums will also be rebroadcast on The Big Dawg 92.1 and on the website.