Gastonia News

Activists in the world of historic preservation have long staked a claim to rescuing architecturally important train stations, government buildings and private estates.

The chief executive of Charlotte-based Park Sterling Corp. was awarded $750,846 in total compensation for 2013, about 32 percent more than the year before, as the bank's earnings rose and its nonperforming loans shrunk.

Opponents of a rezoning proposal along Glenwood Drive in Gastonia will have to hope a majority of city leaders agree with them.

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A fire broke out at a Gastonia business just before 6:00 p.m. on Chapel Grove School Road on Saturday.

Officers with the Gastonia Police Department responded to a domestic dispute call around 11:00 Friday night at the Mid-Town Motor Inn on Chester Street.

Mrs. Thomas was born in Gaston County, NC on June 5, 1942 a daughter of the late Roy Johnson and Pat Turner Cabe.

C.W. Williams Community Health Center, a federally funded clinic that has provided medical care for low-income patients in Mecklenburg County for more than 30 years, has laid off some of its staff and reduced hours in recent weeks as it navigates financial problems while under federal supervision.

About 5:45 p.m., firefighters responded to a call in the 3500 block of Chapel Grove School Road, and they found heavy fire in the attic, according to a release from Crowder's Mountain Fire & Rescue.

The city of Gastonia has launched condemnation proceedings against several landowners along Titman Road in an effort to finally widen the increasingly busy span.

Belmont police offered more details Saturday about why gunshots rang out in a Wal-Mart parking lot late Friday afternoon.

GASTONIA A free rabies clinic is scheduled Saturday in Gastonia, but it will be limited to the first 200 dogs and cats that show up.

Delia Aldridge Rick, 56, of Gastonia is charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in the death of Brian Dale Jones, 41, of Gastonia.

A man is behind bars in Gaston County on a $1 million bond after police said he stood outside the Leather and Lace Club in Gastonia on Thursday night and fired two guns into the club.

Police evacuated an Albemarle hotel to investigate a possible meth lab. They responded to the Lions Inn on U.S. 52 North around 4 a.m. Friday.

Gastonia residents with old electronic devices can't just kick them to the curb - at least not if they expect the city to pick them up.

The Gaston Concert Association wraps up its season with a performance of Amantha Mill that celebrates the rich heritage of music in North Carolina.

Local rapper signs with label : Maurel "Tha Cat" Nichols is getting some more exposure in the music industry.

Weeks ago, teenagers visiting Eastridge Mall in Gastonia were issued an ultimatum: Change your ways or you won't be allowed in without an adult.

We have two questions today that are quite different - one about what happened to the Compare Foods store in Gastonia and the other concerning the rise of stink bugs in the area.