What brought the police to your neighborhood? 1/15/14
Daily Crime Blotter - List of Police Reports Taken by the City of Gastonia & the Gaston County Police Departments Cases Entered From: 1/14/14 7:00 am To: 1/15/14 7:00 am Print Date: 1/15/14 Anyone...
View ArticleWho got arrested? 1/15/14
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: 1/13/14 12:00 am To:...
View ArticleInsurance companies hope for higher homeowner's rates
North Carolina insurance companies again want to charge more for homeowners insurance. The N.C. Rate Bureau requested the state’s OK to up the rate Gaston homeowners pay by more than 25 percent. Other...
View ArticleMartin Luther King Jr. events scheduled
Americans recognize the late Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday and nearly a dozen local events are planned to honor his legacy. An annual service at St. Stephens AME Zion Church in Gastonia will use...
View ArticleBoy's wish to engineer a train comes true
Camden Nobles drove his family to lunch in style Wednesday. The 5-year-old Gastonia boy sat shotgun on a Piedmont & Northern Railway train headed to Tony’s Ice Cream. When he arrived at the local...
View ArticleProsecutors: Rape suspect positive for HIV
A Gastonia man who prosecutors say is HIV positive is accused of raping a woman while she was unconscious on New Year’s Eve. Jocobus Mirunus Vermeulen, 24, had a first appearance in court Wednesday....
View ArticleMcCain remembered for Woolworth's sit-in, igniting movement
Franklin McCain’s actions helped ignite a movement of nonviolent protest demanding racial equality. Fifty-four years ago, he and three other young black men sat at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch...
View Article10 things to make you smarter Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. VATICAN FORCED TO DEFEND ITS RECORD ON CLERGY SEX ABUSE: At a U.N. hearing, a top church...
View ArticleToday in history: Prohibition began in US
Today is Thursday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2014. There are 349 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 16, 1944, during World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower formally assumed...
View ArticleGift card scam hits area
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Attorney General's office warns that a gift card scam has reappeared in the Charlotte area. The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/1kDQUpA) that some...
View Article'Hustle,' 'Gravity' lead Oscars with 10 nods each
The con-artist comedy "American Hustle and the 3-D space odyssey "Gravity" lead the Academy Awards with 10 nominations each, with the historical epic "12 Years a Slave" trailing closely with nine...
View ArticleOdd news: Manual transmission stymies thieves
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A trio of would-be Massachusetts car thieves had to hit the brakes on their plan because none of them knew how to drive a stick. Police in Springfield say the men pulled a...
View ArticleTrial involving rape of teen girl, convicted killer continues
Jurors will now decide if James Fred Reeves Jr. raped his teenage neighbor four years ago. Reeves is accused of climbing through a 14-year-old girl’s bedroom window and raping her on May 6, 2010. The...
View ArticleDowntown restaurant still behind on rent owed to city
Taxpayers helped Nick LaVecchia open his downtown Gastonia restaurant three years ago with a $700,000 federal loan. The city had the money at its disposal and lent it so Nick’s Steak and Taphouse...
View ArticleBusiness opens up space for other enterprises
When Baker’s Furniture closed over the summer and Next Generations Interiors by Baker’s opened, there was a little leftover room. The building that houses the furniture company off Market Street in...
View ArticleCommissioner jumping into House race against fellow GOP'er
A longtime Gaston County commissioner is officially launching a bid for higher office. Mickey Price, a Republican who has represented Belmont for 13 years announced this week a campaign for the N.C....
View ArticleGospel music show to raise money for Burned Children’s Fund
The Mount Holly Fire Department is hosting a gospel music event to raise money for its Burned Children’s Fund. The Hopper family, a gospel music group, will perform at a local church. Half of the...
View ArticleMan charged with hit and run with injuries
A 32-year-old Gastonia man had been charged with hitting a man in his car and fleeing the scene. Police allege Marco Acosta Perez, of 1665 Herman Drive, crashed into another vehicle on Clyde Street on...
View ArticleColumn: Meanwhile, in West Virginia...
Morgan Paul’s evening last Thursday began as it usually does after a full day as director of Boone-Madison Public Library in West Virginia. First, she changed out of her work clothes. Then she made a...
View ArticleCity making gradual progress on road widening projects
Slowly but surely, Gastonia is making progress on four road widening projects drivers have been anticipating for years. Plans call for adding lanes along four congested routes: South Myrtle...
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