High Shoals News

Lincolnton Middle School seventh-grade students Mark Buchanan and Sequoyia Carpenter lead a group through the halls of the school with boxes of donated toys for Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots program on Tuesday.

A North Carolina man charged with killing his girlfriend in their home two years ago while six children were inside is going to trial.

A Gaston County man accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend with six children in the home will go on trial for first-degree murder Monday.

Some local residents want to vote Tuesday, but can't. Others have no interest in voting, though they can.

Lincoln County Sheriff Tim Daugherty made his first appearance in the Lincoln County Courthouse Tuesday morning, pleading not guilty to felony obstruction of justice charges and lying to investigators.

A Western Lincoln County man is arrested and charged with stealing a firearm from a High Shoals residence on September 12.

Police Chief Dean Abernathy walked through the doors of the Lincolnton Police Department for the last time Wednesday before he retired.

When layoffs put a premature end to his career at Freightliner, Micah Monteleone decided he'd rather be his own boss.

Police say two High Shoals residents broke into a man's home and stole a cell phone and navigation unit from a car early Saturday.

Gaston County leaders have already been forging ahead with plans to build a new power plant and energy park at the local landfill.

Two High Shoals men are charged with using beer and hay to set a fire inside a city-owned building.

High Shoals Councilwoman Phyllis Friday refused the mayor's request to resign Tuesday, but recent heated discussions and rulings could persuade her not to run for re-election in November.

Gaston County's landfill would be about the last place you'd look for buried valuables, but as the old adage proclaims: One man's trash is another man's treasure.

A woman faces more than 20 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery for allegedly calling in prescriptions to CVS in Dallas.

By Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - South Fork Fire and High Shoals firefighters responded to 3232 Long Shoals Road at intersection of Lightview Lane earlier this evening around 7:55 p.m. Smoke was reportedly coming from the building.

A 17-year-old boy had to be flown to Carolinas Medical Center after falling off a dam in Gaston County Sunday night.

A Gaston County teen was rescued Sunday evening after falling from a dam into a rocky area of the South Fork River near High Shoals.

It took emergency workers more than 1 1/2 hours to get a man out of the South Fork River in a swift water rescue made more difficult by the remote location of the incident near the Hardin dam.