Lincolnton News

Lincolnton City Council members join for a photo after two of them and the mayor qualified to run for re-election on Monday.

Patrick Burris, the N.C. man who killed five people in Cherokee County, S.C., had planned to marry his girlfriend of two years who he met during a work-release program from prison.

Independents Days is once again being celebrated in downtown Lincolnton July 1 - 14.

An off-duty Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy, accused of grabbing a woman in a local store, was served a criminal summons Thursday by Lincolnton Police.

Lincolnton Police have charged the driver of a car that struck and killed a Lincolnton man riding a motorcycle June 28 at the intersection of Huss and Arney streets.

Hank 'Doc' Kaczmarek, a member of the Navy, served with the Marines as a corpsman for 10 years.

Despite budget cuts across the board, Lincoln County will have plenty of fireworks and fun this holiday weekend.

Two Lincolnton homes that caught fire Tuesday evening are now being investigated as suspicious fires.

A Lincolnton man was killed Sunday after his motorcycle was struck by a car traveling north on Huss Street.

On Thursday, June 25, 2009 the Lincolnton Police Department Special Enforcement Team and Criminal Investigation / Narcotic's Division began arresting various individuals for drug related offenses as part of a special operation called Summertime Blues.

Sheriff's deputies charged a Charlotte man Thursday with child molestation in Lincolnton.

Snooper, a basset hound, touches down at Lincoln County Airport near Iron Station after a flight on 'Hound Dog One' from Charleston, S.C. He is greeted by new owners, Ray and Vicki Pearson of Lawndale.

Michael Shawn Littlejohn, 33, formerly of Lincolnton, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at a vacant home in Catawba, authorities with the Correctional Center said.

Karen Sisk, who has 22 years of experience in Christian education, has taken over the position of head of school.

Saturday night was found safe in Lincolnton. Northfield , N.J. , police said they had received a tip that Michael Todd Lampkin, 26, of Northfield , and Candace Mazza, 15, also of Northfield , were traveling to Lincoln County .

Authorities with the North Carolina Department of Corrections have reported an inmate missing and as having escaped from the Gaston Correctional Center in Dallas, N.C. Michael Littlejohn, originally from Lincolnton, N.C., who was serving 58 years for armed robbery, larceny and assault, escaped from the minimum security facility.

An inmate serving 58 years for armed robbery, larceny and assault has escaped from the Gaston Correctional Center.

A Lincoln County man has been charged with one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor.

An American soldier reloads his rifle during the battle reenactment during the Battle of Ramsour's Mill Celebration in Lincolnton on Sunday.

Above: Wilbert Mitchem, who will be a senior at Lincolnton High School in the fall, strikes a pose as his feet leave the diving board.