Daily calls for service - 3/5/14
Daily Calls for Service Blotter Calls Created From: 3/4/14 7:00 am To: 3/5/14 7:00 am See the ""Agency Code Legend"" at the end of this report for a list of agencies included in this report and the...
View ArticleWhat brought the police to your neighborhood? 3/5/14
Daily Crime Blotter - List of Police Reports Taken by the City of Gastonia & the Gaston County Police Departments Cases Entered From: 3/4/14 7:00 am To: 3/5/14 7:00 am Print Date: 3/5/14 Anyone...
View ArticleWho got arrested? 3/5/14
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: 3/3/14 12:00 am To:...
View ArticleHuss students capital bound
The Hunter Huss Huskies are going to Washington. Thirty-six students at the Gastonia high school leave March 7 for a long weekend of sightseeing at the nation’s capital. U.S. history teacher Kimberly...
View ArticleLocal fourth-grader creates bumper sticker
Cody Miller’s creativity captured attention all the way to the state capital. The Ida Rankin Elementary fourth-grader prefers making notebook paper illustrations of SpongeBob SquarePants in various...
View Article88-year-old murder suspect released from jail
After 10 months in jail, Charles Edwin Venn went home Wednesday. The 88-year-old man is accused of killing his girlfriend, Vivian Schronce, on Mother’s Day last year. Since his arrest, Venn had been...
View ArticlePark Sterling to buy SC community bank
Park Sterling Bank said Wednesday it will acquire Rock Hill-based Provident Community Bank in a $6.5 million deal. Gastonia’s Citizens South Bank merged into Charlotte-headquartered Park Sterling in...
View ArticleDrug charges in wake of BC 'anthem' video
Police went to Bessemer City High School on Wednesday morning on a tip that a student had a gun on campus. No such weapon was found, but a student was arrested on misdemeanor drug charges. It was one...
View ArticleToday in History: The Alamo fell to Mexican forces
Today is Thursday, March 6, the 65th day of 2014. There are 300 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 6, 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a...
View ArticlePolice look for suspect in larceny
Police are looking for a woman suspected of forging checks from a Belmont electronics company. According to the Gaston County Police Department, the woman stole checks from Industrial Electronics Co....
View ArticleWinter weather advisory for Gaston County
Issued at: 2:38 PM EST 3/6/14, expires at: 11:00 PM EST 3/6/14 Winter weather advisory in effect from 7 pm this evening to noon est Friday, The NWS in greenville-spartanburg has issued a winter...
View ArticleecoATM wants to give you cash for your old cellphone
Remember that bulky, brick-like cellphone from the mid-1990s you have tucked away in a desk drawer? Or the dated flip phone you bought a few years later that’s right beside it? Or its garish,...
View ArticleBig beards = big bucks at Gaston Day
February turned out to be a hairy month at Gaston Day School. Ten teachers and a 12th-grader gave up shaving for 28 days to bring in money with a beard-growing competition. “Facial Hair February”...
View ArticleBathroom fire at Hardees causes $10,000 of damage
Police are looking for the person responsible for setting a fire in the men’s bathroom of a Gastonia fast food restaurant. According to police reports, someone set a trash can on fire in the bathroom...
View ArticleMissing person’s case closed, no foul play suspected
Police say a Gastonia woman reported as missing really isn’t. Police marked the case unfounded and closed, but did so after it was already publicized through Facebook. An acquaintance, Wavey Williams,...
View ArticleDaily calls for service - 3/6/14
Daily Calls for Service Blotter Calls Created From: 3/5/14 7:00 am To: 3/6/14 7:00 am See the ""Agency Code Legend"" at the end of this report for a list of agencies included in this report and the...
View ArticleWhat brought the police to your neighborhood? 3/6/14
Daily Crime Blotter - List of Police Reports Taken by the City of Gastonia & the Gaston County Police Departments Cases Entered From: 3/5/14 7:00 am To: 3/6/14 7:00 am Print Date: 3/6/14 Anyone...
View ArticleWho got arrested? 3/6/14
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: 3/4/14 12:00 am To:...
View ArticleBelmont buys waterfront property for new park
Belmont leaders have had their eyes on a trashed boat landing for years. The city has long wanted to buy the property. But no one knew who to make the check out to. That is, until two weeks ago when...
View ArticleTrip to D.C. inspires student seeking medical career
Michelle Blanco wants to be a physician. The North Gaston High School senior sees herself working in the cardiology or neuroscience fields. She wants to help others, find cures for sickness and...
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