Bessemer City News

Police say a Gastonia man robbed a motorist at gunpoint and forced the man to drive him around early Saturday.

Women were complaining to police three years ago that a Bessemer City pastor was touching them inappropriately, according to Gaston County Police.

A pastor of a Bessemer City church charged with sexually assaulting five women stood alone before District Court Judge Michael Lands Monday afternoon.

A North Carolina pastor faces several charges of sexually battery for taking advantage of women who came to his church's food bank for help, police say.

Gaston County Police have arrested a 72-year-old pastor who is accused of sexual battery.

A Bessemer City man is accused of trading his mother's Honda Accord for $60 worth of crack.

A Gastonia police officer's traffic stop Tuesday led to the capture of a man with more than a dozen outstanding drug and assault charges.

A 47-year-old Bessemer City man allegedly traded in his mother's silver Honda Accord for $60 worth of crack to an unknown drug dealer, according to an arrest warrant.

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.

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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.