A Morganton woman authorities reported was on the run after not showing up for sentencing last week is now in custody.

35-year-old Brandy Nicole Davis was to have had a court appearance Wednesday for her suspected involvement in a 2016 double murder.

Davis along with three others was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of two men found dead inside a burned-out vehicle on Canoe Creek Way in Morganton.

A news release states Davis is now charged with two counts of felony accessory after the fact and failure to appear.

No details about Davis’ most recent arrest have been released.

Test results are negative for a possible coronavirus case in North Carolina.

The State Division of Public Health is reporting that negative results were

received Saturday night about a patient being tested for the virus.

Coronavirus infections initially were diagnosed in a city in China, and have since

been reported in travelers to other locations in China and other countries including

the U.S. No cases have been identified in North Carolina.

A man turned himself to Hickory Police Sunday in connection with a fatal

shooting Thursday night. Police responded about 8:15 to 22^nd Street Northeast

where they discovered 23-year-old Andres Moscotte lying in the yard deceased

from an apparent shotgun wound. Jalen Jakee Witherspoon surrendered

yesterday and was served with a warrant for first degree murder. He was placed

in the Catawba County Jail under no bond.

Caldwell County Schools is one of four Western North Carolina school systems

awarded grant monies from the North Carolina General Assembly. Caldwell

County Schools received grant funds in the amount of $46,040. The grant program

is under the Coding and Mobile App Development Grant Program launched in

2017. Other WNC grant awards include, Asheville-Buncombe-Madison

Consortium, $80,000. Cherokee County Schools, about $42,000 and Rutherford

County Schools just under $34,000.