On November 20, 2025 Deputies with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Windy Hill Dr. in reference to a cardiac arrest.

The Sheriff's Office is on scene of a shooting on Main Street Henrietta.

A man charged in the killing of a Charlotte teenager was captured in Rutherford County after investigators tracked him to the small community of Bostic, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Deputies and emergency medical personnel responded to a residence on Silvers Lake Road around 4 p.m. on May 20 after the Rutherford County Communications Center received multiple calls reporting that two people had been shot.

As Josh Stein announced a new statewide economic development strategy promising “opportunity in every corner” of North Carolina, new labor data shows Rutherford County continues to face one of the state’s highest unemployment rates.