Co-founder of Dallas Rescue Squad dies
Hoyle Withers remembers his father helping strangers who were trapped in their car. Earl Hoyle Withers Sr., then a volunteer with Dallas Rescue Squad and Dallas Fire Department, smashed the car...
View ArticleToday in History - Radio City Music Hall opened to the public
Today is Friday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2013. There are four days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1927, the musical play “Show Boat,” with music by Jerome Kern and...
View ArticleDaily calls for service - 12/27/13
Daily Calls for Service Blotter Calls Created From: 12/26/13 7:00 am To: 12/27/13 7:00 am See the ""Agency Code Legend"" at the end of this report for a list of agencies included in this report and...
View ArticleWhat brought the police to your neighborhood? 12/27/13
Daily Crime Blotter - List of Police Reports Taken by the City of Gastonia & the Gaston County Police Departments Cases Entered From: 12/26/13 7:00 am To: 12/27/13 7:00 am Print Date: 12/27/13...
View ArticleWho got arrested? 12/27/13
Daily Arrest Blotter - List of Arrests Made by the Gastonia Police Department, Gaston County Police Department & Gaston County Sheriff's Office Arrests Which Occurred From: 12/25/13 12:00 am To:...
View ArticleSprinkler system to blame after icy road causes a car crash
An unusual culprit caused a woman to lose control of her car and wreck Friday morning on East Hudson Boulevard. A patch of ice amid otherwise dry ground covered a section of the road by The Villages...
View ArticleMen rob delivery woman
A young woman was robbed at gunpoint late Thursday night. The 20-year-old Bessemer City woman is a delivery person for Papa John’s Pizza on Union Road. She had gotten out of her vehicle to deliver two...
View ArticleSears employee charged with embezzlement
Two women conspired to steal from Sears inside Eastridge Mall, according to police. One of the women worked for the department store. Ingrid Araya Russell, 23, of Lincolnton, has been charged with...
View Article2013 News Makers: Bessemer Police Department
After 14 years under the protection of the Gaston County Police Department, Bessemer City started its own police force July 1. City leaders grappled over the decision for months. The action was...
View Article2013 News Makers: Cherryville moves ahead
Cherryville made headlines in an unsavory way in both 2012 and 2013. Investigations by the SBI and FBI resulted in federal indictments against two city of Cherryville employees, four men tied to law...
View Article2013 News Makers: Grocery store wars
Gastonia’s grocery drama was so heavy in 2013 it needed to be double-bagged. Most people agree that a new grocery store brings good things to a community in the form of jobs, economic growth and...
View Article2013 News Makers: Belmont's fighting yank
Belmont found a new home in 2013 for the famous Fighting Yank statue that has stood for more than 60 years outside Belmont Middle School. Art Shoemaker, Bobby Brown and Ron Foulk, along with the...
View Article2013 News Makers: Sylvia Hatchell's fight
Gaston native and UNC Chapel Hill women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell hit highs and lows in 2013. The Hunter Huss High School graduate surpassed a milestone 900 wins, joining an elite group of...
View ArticleMore charges for softball coach accused of sex crimes
A former Cherryville softball coach is facing added sex crime charges. Police allege David Edison Curtis, 47, of 1994 Lance Lane, Vale, engaged in a sexual act with two girls this year and another...
View Article2013 News Makers: Budget ax falls on teacher assistants
What happened? Thirty-one teacher assistants working for Gaston County Schools lost their jobs in August. Most worked in first-grade classrooms. They were let go because this year’s state budget did...
View Article2013 News Makers: Gastonia's Hollywood consultant
Ray Stewart embarked on a whirlwind trip to Hollywood, Calif., in August to meet with actor Brad Pitt and filmmakers working on the movie “Fury.” Stewart, a 90-year-old World War II vet who lives in...
View ArticleCouple charged with stealing from Hobby lobby, selling on Ebay
A couple from Fort Mill, S.C., are behind bars after police allege they stole items from Hobby Lobby and sold them on Ebay. According to arrest records, the couple made around $257,000 from the stolen...
View ArticleToday in History - Utah was admitted as the 45th state
Today is Saturday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2014. There are 361 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 1964, Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the first papal...
View ArticleMulti-state effort focuses on dog lost in Dallas
Like many unwanted, emaciated dogs, Mabel wound up in an animal shelter and ultimately on death row. But the 3-year-old beagle got a second chance. Staff at the animal shelter in Lancaster, S.C.,...
View ArticlePanthers’ gridiron success fueling rise in business at bars, retail shops
Glenway Premium Pub fell somewhat quiet with 23 seconds left in last week’s Carolina Panthers game. Breathless patrons craned their necks to the big-screen TVs above as quarterback Cam Newton lobbed a...
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