Stanley News

Al Heafner calls himself a traveling minister. He walked along Franklin Boulevard and through the shops at Franklin Square Wednesday afternoon carrying a wooden cross on his shoulders.

Deanna Goins of Stanley won $5,000 in the North Carolina Education Lottery. She was won by playing the scratch-off instant game "$200,000 Jackpot." Check back at www.gastongazette.com for updates.

Gaston County police said today they have arrested the boyfriend of a woman found dead in her home near Stanley.

Tom Datt rose from public works director to interim town manager in three months.

The murder trial of Charla Davis drew to a close Wednesday with a prosecutor chastising her repeated disregard for the safety of others over the years.

The Robert L. & Elizabeth S. Cole Auditorium at Richmond Community College in Hamlet, N.C. presents Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys in concert on Friday, June 5th.

An alleged drunken driver ran her pickup into a brick house Sunday night, putting a family of four out of their home and leaving a 20-year-old to face charges of DWI and careless and reckless driving.

A Lincoln County teenager was charged Friday with breaking into a Gastonia business and trying to steal more than $1,000 of lawn and farm equipment.

The site of an accident on Interstate 75 near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line has been cleared and all traffic lanes have been reopened.

Real estate transactions represent transfer of real property recorded with the Gaston County Register of Deeds.

Stanley firefighters put out a house fire late Tuesday on Racket Creek Road, which is between Stanley and Denver off N.C. 27.

World War II veterans Ralph Conner, Oscar Sappenfield and Graham Gaskey visit the North Carolina portion of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., during an Honor Air trip earlier this month.

It's the nation's largest and longest running educational promotion with champion spellers ranging in age from 9 to 15.

A Lincoln County teen has been charged in connection with a chase early Thursday that kept police busy in three counties.

Stanely Police say the two men who led them on a three-county chase early Thursday had stolen a utility trailer from a Lowe's Home Improvement store in Clover, S.C., earlier Thursday.

A 17-year-old Lincoln County man faces several traffic charges after leading Stanley Police on a three-county chase that began at 3:09 a.m. Thursday.

Gaston County, N.C.- Two men who police say officers led them on a high-speed chase through three counties are in custody.

Cynthia Lange knew for some time that her elderly mother would be coming to stay with her when she could no longer live by herself.

The ninth annual Mill Stock Music & Arts Faire is seeking visual artists. The fair is open to artists working in paint, graphics, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, glass, fiber, jewelry, woodwork, photography, mixed media, etc.

A group of environmentally friendly businesses that has called East Durham home for the last two years is looking to relocate this month, as a new tenant takes over their Green Oil Campus on Angier Avenue.