Officials said the chase lasted for several miles before ending on Beamer Road, where Hawks was apprehended. Hawks was charged with felony flee/elude arrest with a motor vehicle, misdemeanor reckless ...

McDowell County residents are back home Thursday morning after a wildfire forced an evacuation the day before.

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of control' wildfire burned 220 acres.