Two Morganton residents face charges after a vehicle stop Monday. Morganton Public Safety Officers were conducting a checking station on Sanford Drive when an SUV approaches at a high rate of speed and then came to an abrupt stop. Officers observed an object thrown from the vehicle that was later found to be a .380 caliber handgun found near the roadside where the SUV stopped. The two men inside the vehicle, Travon Berry and Laqun Johnson were reportedly convicted felons. Berry faces four charges including Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and was jailed under a $21,500 secured bond. Johnson was also charged with four offenses including Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and jailed with a $22,500 secured bond.

Filing began Wednesday for candidates seeking nomination to the U.S.House of Representatives under new district lines still awaiting approval by a federal court in Winston Salem. Filing is also open for the N.C.Supreme Court. Filing will close at noon on Friday, March 25. The voter rolls are currently open across the state, allowing new voters to register and current voters to change party or other registration information. Unaffiliated voters who selected a partisan ballot in the March primary are permitted to select a different party in June. For more information visit online ncsbe.gov.

A Burke County man is charged with two felony sex counts. The Burke County Sheriff's Office Wednesday, charged 28 year old Joshua Michael Abernathy of Morganton was placed in the Burke Catawba District Confinement Facility under a $100,000 secured bond with a Superior Court appearance scheduled for April 18.