Lincoln County News

More than $215 million in federal stimulus money is being funneled through the state to local agencies and governmental units for housing and weatherization programs.

Lincoln County has agreed to the concept of the North Carolina Thread Trail, but the project will never get a penny from county taxpayers.

Conspiracy. Deception. Fraud. Felonious law-breaking. Kimberly Horton and Ronald McCarthy committed these offenses and bilked Alamance County taxpayers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, alleges County Attorney Clyde Albright.

The Lincoln County Board of Elections voted unanimously Tuesday to accept a protest to the Lincolnton City Council Ward 1 election as sufficiently grounded in fact to warrant a hearing.

Lincoln County and Lincolnton are accepting bids for a possible water and sewer rate study next year.

Tears fell from Vicki Foxx's eyes as she described finding her best friend shot to death in bed.

A county attorney has filed the paperwork with a judge to have a North Carolina sheriff removed from office.

STAFF REPORTS LINCOLNTON The Lincoln County Life Saving Crew located at 322 North Academy Street in Lincolnton is sponsoring a Spaghetti Dinner and Raffle on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm.

By Jason Saine LINCOLNTON - In what was clearly a proud moment for organizers of Lincoln County's Relay for Life, the local event was recently awarded the National American Cancer Society 'Power of Hope' Award for survivor participation.

One early Rutherford County resident was a hero at the battle of King's Mountain during the American Revolution.

The first-degree murder trial of Monty Poteat is set for Monday at the Lincoln County Courthouse.

Three weeks after county commissioners voted unanimously to seek the suspension and removal of indicted Lincoln County Sheriff Timothy L. Daugherty, their petition remains a work in progress.

The Arts Council of Lincoln County is please to announce the winners of the 2009 Paul C Rhyne County-Wide Art Competition.

Kirby Oldham, principal of G.E. Massey Elementary School, has been selected as the 2010 Wachovia Principal of the Year for Lincoln County Schools.

A Cherryville teenager was charged Friday with raping a 12-year-old girl. Tolentino Martinez, 17, of 204 Marcus Drive, raped the girl July 4 in an Engle Street home, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Police in Cherryville got more than they bargained for when they responded to a shoplifting call at Wal-Mart. Ellen June Gantt, Jimmie Lee Allen and James Norman Merriam, were arrested this week after items used to manufacture methamphetamine were located in the suspect vehicle on Monday.

Two young Lincoln County men were killed late Sunday night in a single-vehicle wreck, the N.C. Highway Patrol says.

One person died and another is in critical condition following a car crash in Lincoln County Sunday night.

A medical helicopter landed at a Lincoln County middle school this afternoon to transport a gunshot wound victim.

On the evening of Oct. 19, 2009, Cherryville Police officers investigated a possible shoplifting call in Cherryville.