Bessemer City News

Same-sex relationships go against Scripture and morality, according to a letter mailed Monday by members of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bessemer City.

A Dallas woman attempted to cash fake payroll checks using a made-up company, according to arrest warrants.

A Bessemer City man has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

Scare Tactics: The Haunted Mill contains more than 30 terrifying scenes within the 100 year old building and more than 30 actors who will frighten, sneak up on and spook visitors.

Gaston County police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who they say is armed and dangerous.

RALEIGH State environmental officials have allocated $65 million in federal stimulus funds to cities, counties and local water systems across the state to help them improve drinking water quality or bring more water to their communities.

Four people were arrested by Cherryville police Monday for allegedly breaking into a couple's home, cracking open a safe and stealing the contents.

The clanking the jail cell door sent shivers through students stepping inside. "Being in the cell and looking back and seeing all the people behind you when the door closed, it gives you chills down your spine," said Bessemer City Middle eighth-grader Kit Tate.

Johnny Michael Boone Jr. has been accused of and charged with a lot of things, but his brother said the charge that landed him in jail Thursday night is the most devastating for his family.

Plant layoffs and a bleak economy have made times tough for Debbie Jackson, who has run a restaurant on Bessemer City Road for 26 years.

Sheriff, mayor among those dusting off dancing shoes for good cause Comments 0 Recommend 0 October 19, 2009 4:17 PM Amanda Memrick Move aside, Mya and Donny Osmond.

Had Donna Paysour not been home Sunday to realize a fire had started in her kitchen ceiling, firefighters told her she might have lost the house she bought only four months ago.

Bessemer City: 5,119. Boone: 13,843. Carrboro: 16,782. Charlotte: 687,456. Population isn't the only fact or figure separating these three small towns from the largest city between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Unlike Charlotte, these three quaint hamlets have taken a step forward in fulfilling the American promise of equality and now protect their ...

Lady luck has been shining in Gaston County with three people winning in the N.C. Education Lottery recently.

Municipal elections have never been known to send voters stampeding to the polls.

Gaston County Board of Education hired two new assistant principals and renewed contracts of 16 central office employees at its Monday meeting.

Jackay McDaniel remembers playing in the creek behind her Gastonia home as a child, where stately trees overlooked the pastoral scene of clean water flowing between the banks.

Superior Court Judge Don Bridges said the actions of a man who fatally shot a horse between the eyes was the most "disgusting act" the court had seen recently.

A plug-in air freshener is to blame for a Bessemer City fire that killed a dozen pets, investigators said.

A dozen pets died in a house fire in Bessemer City Wednesday morning. The fire was at 4003 Chestnut Woods Drive and reported around 8:24 a.m. Officials say there were 13 pets inside the burning home when firefighters arrived.