A McDowell County elementary school teacher’s assistant has been found guilty of assaulting an individual with disabilities.

Printed reports say the guilty ruling was handed down Monday.

Reports state Anjanette Rebekah Myers of Marion was charged last February after school officials learned of the incident and notified the sheriff’s office.

Myers reportedly struck a 9-year-old child on the side of the head.

Myers was then, reports show, suspended from her duties at West Marion Elementary and later terminated upon completion of the investigation.

She was convicted of assault on an individual with disabilities – sentenced to 60 days; however, the sentence was reportedly suspended and Myers was placed on supervised probation.

She is also set to receive a comprehensive clinical assessment and comply with any treatment recommendations.

Myers is further to have no contact with the victim and pay court costs.

She has reportedly given notice of appeal.

A pedestrian walking along a Caldwell County highway was struck and killed Tuesday morning.

The Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred around 7:30 on US 321 near Echo Drive in Lenoir.

Reports indicate a woman driving a pickup ran off the road and hit the man who was walking in the grass along the southbound lanes.

Troopers continue to investigate the incident, and will turn over their findings to the DA’s office for a decision on charges.

Corning Optical Communications is set to move its headquarters from Hickory to Charlotte next month, but company officials say Corning remains committed to its manufacturing operations in Catawba County.

Corning manufactures fiber optic cable, among other products and announced four years ago its plan to relocate the headquarters.

An article published in the Hickory Daily Record says the move is set to begin in early August and should take a few weeks.

An estimated 500 jobs from the Hickory headquarters will be going to Charlotte though many employees will continue to live in Hickory and commute to the new location.

The article says jobs have been added in its manufacturing plants in Catawba County to offset the job loss from the headquarters move.

A Taylorsville teen is in custody after reports say he stabbed a man Monday night in Alexander County.

19-year-old Jonathan Andrew Johnson is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury according to a news release.

Lawmen with the sheriff’s office, Taylorsville Police, and the Highway Patrol found 20-year-old Darion Campbell next to a roadway suffering from numerous stab wounds to his neck and back.

Campbell told officers Johnson had stabbed him during an argument at Johnson’s home.

Campbell was airlifted to Atrium Health in Charlotte.

Reports say Johnson was arrested and held under a 250-thousand dollar secured bond.