Bessemer City News

These days Lisa Wright spends hours on a swing in the pasture she and her husband, Barry, lease by their home in Kings Mountain.

Local pet owners have had access to a low-cost spay/neuter option for four years.

A wheelchair-bound man was arrested for allegedly swigging vodka and smoking a cigarette in the Gaston Memorial Hospital emergency room Thursday.

Precious, the five-legged Chihuahua puppy from Gastonia, was 12 weeks away from getting her extra leg amputated, thanks to an anonymous donor, when Calvin Owensby received a call from the owner of a Coney Island freak show Monday afternoon.

When Sandy Ryall didn't pay her outstanding tax bills by choice earlier this month, Gaston County picked her pocket.

A High severity incident has been Added for I-85 Southbound in Gaston County Near Bessemer City: at MM 14: 3 of 3 Lanes Closed.

When Calvin Owensby's Chihuahua gave birth to her first litter of puppies three weeks ago, the second puppy, a female, made Owensby's jaw drop.

A man was charged Saturday with shooting into a Gastonia house while a man and woman were inside last month.

Cashword Cash-in has frustrated thousand of people over the past several months, but a Bessemer City Middle School teacher conquered the puzzle and bagged a $4,000 prize.

A Dallas woman reportedly stabbed her husband's girlfriend in the stomach with a screwdriver Monday because she said she wanted the child dead, according to reports.

Brother, can you spare a clarinet? As Metro Nashville public schools face $15 million in budget cuts next year, the Country Music Association is sounding a call for used band instruments to help local public schoolchildren get a start in music.

A Gaston County man is accused of beating another man with a horseshoe. Travis Ryan Malone, 27, of 704 Wellwood Drive, Bessemer City, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon this weekend in the June 4 incident.

Gaston County Superintendent Reeves McGlohon urged non-tenured teachers and staff not to pack their bags during a meeting to answer questions after the contracts of 674 school staff weren't renewed.

Reading The Stinger is just a click away now that Bessemer City High School's student newspaper is online.

A South Carolina woman is accused of causing serious injury to a Bessemer City woman by pushing her off a front porch.

A Gastonia woman was charged Friday in the drive-by beating of a woman the day before.

Sheriff Alan Cloninger traded his badge and gun for a sash and bouquet Friday evening.

When the six-inch gash across Rick Beasley's forehead heals, a jagged scar will remain etched in his brow.

Police say a Bessemer City man slashed another man's head with a steak knife Friday night.

In the midst of a recession, Dole Food Co. has honored and exceeded its commitment to North Carolina, putting more than 600 people to work at the Dole Fresh Vegetables plant in Bessemer City.