Sometime between last Friday and Monday, someone broke into a residence at Old U.S. Highway 421 South in Deep Gap.

20-year-old Brian James Overton of Lenoir accepted a plea deal this week that will require him to speak to area high school students about the dangers of street racing.

21-year-old Timothy Allan Johnson of Hickory has been charged with kidnapping and assault by strangulation in Burke County.

MySpace said this week it will not comply with a request by attorneys general from eight states, including North Carolina, to hand over the names of registered sex offenders who use the site.