Lincolnton News

TODAY George Wood reception Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will host a retirement reception 5 p.m. at the Citizens Center in Lincolnton for County Manager George Wood, who will be retiring the end of June.

A Lincoln County man was reunited with his dog this month after he said someone stole her from his property in April.

Coley Phillip Craft, 42, of 490 Calvary Ch. Rd. in Lincolnton was charged June 11 with one count of failure to appear.

Over 100 people participated in the Run the Rail 5K Run/Walk at Betty G. Ross Park in Lincolnton on Saturday.

Police are looking for two men accused of breaking into a store in Lincolnton and taking 25 cartons of cigarettes.

Ray Gora / Lincoln Times-News Gracie Avery of Lincolnton and Makinley McSwain of Cherryville work on a mural project using repurposed materials to produce works of art on Thursday at the Citizen's Center in dowtown Lincolnton.

Tom Caldwell and Millie Propst of Lincolnton announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayda Elizabeth Caldwell of Lincolnton to Garrett Edwin Carmichael of Vale.

A burglar made away with hundreds of dollars in cigarettes after breaking into a Lincolnton shop, according to the sheriff's office.

The Lincoln County Public Library will host an open house Thursday to mark the implementation of a new self-service checkout technology at all of its branches countywide.

Deputies were quick to apprehend five suspects, including four teens, within minutes after the group allegedly broke into a Lincolnton home to steal a television.

TODAY Rec. Center camps The City of Lincolnton Parks and Recreation, in connection with Lincolnton High School Athletic Department, is currently taking registrations for volleyball, football, tennis and wrestling summer camps, which start Monday, June 17. Individuals may register 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the Lentz Recreation Center at Betty G.

Inspectors said a mechanical failure led to a natural gas leak at a Lincoln County manufacturing plant Monday afternoon, affecting more than 30 employees.

For the next two weekends, the Lincoln Cultural Center's Timken Performance Hall will come to life as 11 actors take the stage to recreate the classic story of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women .

Contributed Pictured is Marie Brooks, owner of Gigi's Consignment Store cutting the ribbon to celebrate her store's new location on East Main Street in Lincolnton.

On Tuesday night, police were on the scene of a meth lab in Lincoln County on Biggerstaff Road where three kids were found inside the home.

Johnathan Eugene Everly, 66, of 2387 Mariposa Rd. in Stanley was charged June 7 with one count each of second-degree trespassing and communicating threats.

The Lincoln County Public Library will kick off its 2013 summer-reading program Tuesday night.

Garbage fee a disappointment What a disappointment! Our city council let us down again.

TODAY VBS Boger City Baptist Church, located across from Arby's, will host a Vacation Bible School beginning Monday through Friday from 6-8:30 p.m. each night.

Emergency crews in Lincoln County are treating at least 28 people, including a firefighter, after a carbon monoxide leak at a plant on Monday afternoon.