Gastonia News

A Gastonia man convicted of rape was booked into Gaston County Jail for failing to report as a sex offender.

A former employee of Target allegedly took $4,217 from different cash registers at the Gastonia store over a period of about six weeks, according to an arrest warrant.

Officials in Thomasville and Davidson County continue to discuss the issue of how to address the problem of vacant industrial properties in the city.

Local etiquette instructors want to teach children manners to last a lifetime. It's been a quarter century since Ellen Maxwell and Beverly Sumner formed The Junior Assembly of Gastonia.

Meet-and-greet with 'Lizard Lick Towing' star If you love truTV show "Lizard Lick Towing," you'll want to be stop by Carolina Speedway on Friday night.

Michael and Heather McAfee to James McMillan, poperty at 1205 N. Boyce St., 614 Moran St., and 511 Queens Road, Gastonia, $70,000 Lester and Leah Hawes to Mary Carnatzie and John Miller Jr., property at 114 Peach Orchard Road, Belmont, $80,000 Michael and Heather McAfee to James McMillan, poperty at 1205 N. Boyce St., 614 Moran St., and 511 Queens ... (more)

North Carolina rising junior Reilly Hovis will represent the Orleans Firebirds in the 2014 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game, the league announced recently.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is slated to be served at 6 p.m. Organizers decided to go with individual ticket sales for this year's event.

Wearing a pink dress, she explored the dance floor, listened to music and checked out the ballet barre at a recent open house for DanceAbilities Academy, a special needs dance studio opening in Gastonia.

A GROUP of talented young musicians is enjoying a tour of America after raising A 60,000 to make the trip a reality.

But landscaping, tearing out underbrush, trimming branches and building bridges over gullies comes easier with more manpower.

Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Gastonia man they said raped a girl seven years ago.

Andrea's note: For this occasional column, I'm hitting up local gyms and fitness companies to give my perspective on some of their class options.

The following is a daily arrest report provided by the Gastonia and Gaston County police departments and the Gaston County Sheriff's Office.

Allen Petty makes a mental note every time he drives past a Gastonia bus stop where no one is waiting.

Gastonia leaders aren't ready to renew a contract with the firm that manages the downtown conference center.

"I Have and Idea for a Novel - What Do I Do Next?," 6 p.m. July 23, Steele Creek Public Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road.

ANNIE BLACKBURN Staff Writer A Gastonia man was arrested on Friday by Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in Lincoln County in 2007.

The AM Optimist Club of Gastonia recently presented the Optimist International Community Service Award to Sgt.

Beverly and I, her twin sister Beth Wolfe, husband Max, and Annie Robinson attended an "old-time" gospel singing concert this past Sunday evening at Unity Baptist Church in Gastonia.