Crouse News

By Jason Saine & Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - It's not surprising. People are crowding Fox's Fish Camp in this, the restaurants final week of serving local's favorite fish and hush puppies.

A Denver man has been arrested on several charges involving sex with a child, authorities reported today.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Detective Kelly Paris made a pair of arrests last week in a pair of separate breaking and entering cases.

By Jason Saine LINCOLNTON - A Lincoln County icon, Fox's Fish Camp, will close the doors this Friday for the final time.

Thirty-five offenders are facing more than 210 drug-related charges as a result of the Lincolnton Police Department's undercover drug operation, Summertime Blues.

Over three years of anxious waiting by residents of Ashe, Allegheny and Wilkes Counties was at last ended when Allegheny County Sheriff's Department Detective Lieutenant Tim Duncan placed 47 year-old Sandra W. Royal under arrest and charged the Wilkes County resident with multiple counts of embezzlement of mail.

This cold-blooded predator has been spotted in a pond in southwestern Lincoln County, far away from its natural habitat along the Carolina coasts or in climates with much shorter winters.

A man remains in critical condition and a second has been released from the hospital after a four-wheeler crash early Sunday morning on Ostwalt-Amity Road near Arthurs Road.

By Melany Dawn Crouse CATAWBA COUNTY - A fire destroyed a barn located at 5595 Highway 16 on Monday afternoon in Catawba County, not far from the Catawba-Lincoln County line.

By Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - "Unspoken Tradition" from Cherryville played at 36th St.

Donald Eugene Taylor Jr., 22, 2770 Woodgate Road , Lincolnton, was arrested on a felony charge of indecent liberties with a child, said Detective Sally Dellinger.

By Jason Saine LINCOLN COUNTY - On Saturday, Lincoln County Schools held graduation ceremonies at all four of the area high schools.

By Beth Saine LINCOLNTON- In addition to a number of graduation ceremonies at the local high schools on June 13th and 14th, 2009, Lincolnton and Lincoln County celebrated 229 years with a two day celebration at the site where the Battle of Ramsour's Mill was fought at the historic site near Lincolnton High School.

High school seniors and their families are celebrating their final achievement in their educational career today as hundreds graduate at ceremonies across Lincoln County.

By Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - A 17-year-old driver tested the laws of physics on Wednesday evening in this vehicle after he lost control at the intersection of Randleman Road and Reinhardt Circle off of Highway 73.

By Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - If you, like many others this weekend did, attended downtown Lincolnton's Hog Happenin', you might have noticed the Osama Yousef and the staff at Court Street Grille in proper attire for a bike rally.

STAFF REPORTS LINCOLNTON / BOGER CITY - The photo above shows the storm moving quickly toward Boger City yesterday afternoon that blew a tree into a home.

By Jason Saine & Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - A mother and her two children are without a home tonight after a tree fell and split the home in two.

A new study is giving medical researchers new insight into a cellular injury that leads to unexplained inflammation, extended hospital stays and increased mortality in intensive care units.

By Melany Dawn Crouse & Jason Saine CHERRYVILLE, NC - Emergency responders from North Brook Fire Department, Lincoln County EMS and the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department responded to traffic/transportation accident on Sunday afternoon around 6:19 p.m. that reportedly involved two boys on a four wheeler.