Natalie Bell, a rising Ray Childers Elementary 5th grader, has placed second in a world archery tournament in Louisville.

The 10-year-old Bell competed in the Archery in Schools World Tournament June 9th and finished second out of 616 elementary girls. She was first out of 262 4th-grade girls and 88th out of 2,362 elementary, middle and high school girls.

Heading into Louisville, Bell was ranked 1st in the nation in her bracket for scoring 293 out of 300 points at the national championships in May.

The Burke County Sheriff's Office is looking for the driver of a pickup truck that was in the area of a crime scene June 17th.

The truck is described as a 1999 (or close year) Nissan Frontier, grayish in color and was in the area of 2273 Highway 70 Connelly Springs around 7:30pm. Anyone with information is asked not to engage the person, but to contact the Burke County Sheriff's Office at 438-5500 or Crimestoppers at 437-3333.

Burke deputies were dispatched to an assault at that location and found 63-year-old Robin Berry Teague deceased in the residence. The case is being investigated as a homicide.

The Hickory Water Treatment Facility is one of 69 in the state recognized for surpassing federal and state drinking standards by the N.C. Division of Water Resources.

While all drinking water systems must meet strick state and federal drinking water standards, the Hickory system met performance goals that are significantly more stringent.

Also yesterday, the City of Hickory reported the purchase of a new fire truck. The Rosenbauer fire/rescue pumper replaces a 1999 Quality Fire Appartus Spartan Pumper, which will be placed in reserve status for the next several years. The cost for the new appartus was $475,990.

McDowell investigators are looking for a stolen four-wheeler, valued at $2,500.

The 1991 Honda 4 by 4 was taken sometime between 7:30pm Friday and 12:30pm Sunday from 3815 Tatertown Loop.

Anyone with information concerning the theft of the whereabouts of the ATV is asked to call Detective Grindstaff with the McDowell County Sheriff's Office at 652-2237 or Crime Stoppers at 652-7463.