Students have a magical Saturday in class
West Elementary students celebrated fairy tales Saturday. First-grade students at the Kings Mountain school read book reports on their favorite stories to their classes while kindergartners built...
View ArticleToday in history: Johnson sends Congress Economic Opportunity Act
Today is Sunday, March 16, the 75th day of 2014. There are 290 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 16, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent Congress the Economic...
View ArticleNew businesses getting a start
These corporations registered with the N.C. Secretary of State in the past week. Gaston County AboutFace Total Training LLC, Armstrong, Jennifer H., 122 Green Drive, Gastonia B&N Painting LLC,...
View ArticleWal-Mart coming to Dallas?
Wal-Mart is coming to Dallas. The grocery store variation of the large chain store is set to be built along Dallas Cherryville Highway near U.S. 321. Last week, Wal-Mart officially bought a little...
View ArticleNew private school to hold orientation meetings
Two orientation meetings are planned this week for a new private school in Gaston County. The Westminster Classical Academy expects to enroll a maximum of 30 students this fall in seventh and...
View ArticleGrowth meeting wants your input
What do you want Gaston County to look like in the year 2050? That’s a question the CONNECT Our Future plan wants to answer. And the group wants residents to weigh in this Tuesday at a public input...
View ArticleCOLUMN: A letter from a 90-year-old woman
(Bill’s note. This column was first printed in The Gazette and later appeared in my book, “That’s life.” Here it is again. Slow day.) I have a letter here from a 90-year-old Gaston County woman who,...
View ArticleLegislative roundup: Senators to look at effects of health care law
Two area senators will get to work this week looking at how implementation of the Affordable Care Act will affect North Carolina. Sens. David Curtis, R-Lincoln, and Kathy Harrington, R-Gaston, are...
View ArticleGastonia fire started from cooking on stove
According to the Gastonia Fire Department, a fire that started from cooking on a stove did around $10,000 worth of damage to a home. The fire started around 2:20 p.m. Sunday at a home at 1415 Rankin...
View ArticleTeen charged with robbing, beating man in his home
Police allege an 18-year-old man broke into a man’s home last Monday, stole from him and beat him. Joshua James Bratton, 18, of 1268 Union Road, Apt. G, Gastonia, was charged with robbery, kidnapping,...
View ArticlePolice: Man broke into school to charge his phone
Bessemer City police arrested a man Sunday, alleging he broke into Bessemer City Middle School at 525 Ed Wilson Road, Bessemer City. Elvis Aaron Whitley, 35, of 214 Katherine St., Kings Mountain, was...
View ArticleNew superintendent welcomed into role with reception
Gaston County Schools officially welcomed new Superintendent Jeff Booker on Sunday with a reception in his honor. Around 100 people gathered at First United Methodist Church on East Franklin...
View Article10 things to know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. 'TODAY WE ARE GOING BACK HOME' That's what Viktoria Chernyshova of Crimea declared after the...
View ArticleToday in History: British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
Today is Monday, March 17, the 76th day of 2014. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick’s Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 17, 1776, British forces evacuated Boston during...
View ArticleFuneral for fallen officer to be held Monday
MARION, N.C. — A family man, a true civil servant, a hero: those are just a few words family, friends and fellow law officers used to describe Officer Jason Crisp during a visitation service Sunday...
View ArticleLearn how to brew your own beer
Ever wanted to learn how to brew your own beer? A class at Cleveland Community College can teach you. J. Reid has taken up the mantle of brew master and teacher at the college. He said his goal...
View ArticleConvicted felon wants public's help to run for state House
A Kings Mountain man who’s a convicted felon and was recently arrested on disorderly conduct charges says he’s seeking the community’s support to mount a run for the N.C. House of Representatives....
View ArticleNew gun shop owners have deep law enforcement backgrounds
Mark Mauney, Todd Beam and Mike Lynch know there way around guns. Between the three of them, the Gaston County men have decades of experience in law enforcement. Now the trio will put that knowledge...
View ArticleTwo big lottery winners in Gaston
Two Gaston County men hit it big last week in the North Carolina lottery, according to state lottery officials. Ronald Gray Payne of Belmont won $10,000 in the “Multiplier Spectacular” instant...
View ArticleCity ready for final decision on Harris Teeter
Daniel Moser Jr. has all but accepted the probability that a Harris Teeter-anchored shopping center may soon be built next to his high-end home in southeast Gastonia. Rather than holding out hope of...
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