A Nebo man has been charged with attempted murder. McDowell officers charged 66-year-old Chester Lee Wilkerson after reports say he shot his wife with a small caliber handgun. Marion police reports show officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute on Jack Corpening Road to find 70-year-old Darnell Logan Wilkerson suffering from a single gunshot wound. The victim was able to make it out of her residence to alert a neighbor, when authorities were notified. She was transported to Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Felony drug charges are filed on a Caldwell County man. The Caldwell County Sheriff's Office Monday, reported the arrest of 25-year-old Ronnie Claude Burchette III of Hudson. Agents with the Sheriff's Office ICE Unit reportedly caugh Burchette with a trafficking amount of hydrocodone pills and a small amount of meth for sale. Complaints had been received about Burchette dealing drugs in the Sawmills area. Bond was set at $100,000.