Gastonia

Food company to create more than 200 jobs in North Carolina

May 24, 2022 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A fresh foods manufacturer says it is expanding production in the Southeast with plans to invest over $42 million in a North Carolina production facility which will create more than 200 jobs, Gov.

She’s up! Whitmore 1st woman to start Atlantic League game

May 2, 2022 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Kelsie Whitmore played left field and batted ninth for the Staten Island FerryHawks on Sunday, becoming the first woman to start a game in the Atlantic League and one of the first to do so in a league connected to Major League Baseball.

North Carolina authorities break up dog-fighting ring

April 30, 2022 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — More than 30 dogs have been seized in a North Carolina city after law enforcement officers broke up a dog-fighting ring, authorities said.

Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement responded to a Gastonia address on Thursday to investigate a report of dogs fighting in the backyard, the Gaston Gazette reported.

Ex-North Carolina college professor charged in baby’s death

April 14, 2022 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged a former North Carolina college professor with first-degree murder after his adopted 6-week-old son died from injuries that investigators said resulted from physical abuse.

Police: Suspect fired gun at officers in North Carolina city

December 31, 2021 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man was jailed Friday for attempted murder and other charges after firing at police officers as they tried to apprehend him on a city street, authorities said.

5 men arrested for posing as police officers at motel

December 16, 2021 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Five men have been arrested and accused of posing as police officers looking for someone at a North Carolina motel, police said.

Gastonia police officers responded to a report at 1:10 a.m.

N. Carolina prison guard accused of having sex with inmate

December 16, 2021 GMT

LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prison guard has been charged with sexual activity with an inmate, a sheriff's office said.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says in a news release that it received a report on Nov.

Convicted felon charged in accidental shooting of 2 children

November 23, 2021 GMT

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A convicted felon who said he accidentally shot two children during target practice at a South Carolina home has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after one of the children died, authorities said.

N. Carolina robbery suspect killed after taking hostages

November 19, 2021 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A suspect in an armed robbery in North Carolina was shot and killed by law enforcement officers after he took hostages at a different location, police said Friday.

Gaston County Police said in a news release that the suspect fled the scene of an armed robbery on Thursday in adjacent Cleveland County.

Former Gaston County commissioner to serve in NC House

October 21, 2021 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — The ex-chairman of a local hospital board who resigned his position last year when his social media postings early during the COVID-19 pandemic got public attention will serve out the term of a North Carolina legislator who died.

Ex-boyfriend charged in death of North Carolina woman

October 18, 2021 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman who was reported missing last week has been found dead in South Carolina, and authorities have charged her boyfriend in her death.

The body of LaPorscha Baldwin, 30, of Gastonia was found on Thursday by Fairfield County, South Carolina, sheriff's deputies, according to a news release from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Report: N. Carolina jail violated regulations in two deaths

October 13, 2021 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina jail violated regulations requiring guards to observe inmates at least twice an hour, according to a state agency probing the deaths of two inmates last spring.

North Carolina state Rep. Dana Bumgardner dies

October 2, 2021 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state Rep. Dana Bumgardner has died from cancer.

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore confirmed Bumgardner's death on Saturday.

“I am deeply saddened by the loss of my friend and colleague, Rep.

Lumbee tribal leaders speak out against school’s mascot

June 23, 2021 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Members of the Lumbee Tribal Council are calling for a Gaston County high school to remove a mascot and logo that they call an inaccurate and derogatory representation of Native American people.

North Carolina man sentenced in fatal restaurant crash

April 16, 2021 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man was sentenced on Friday to at least 38 years in prison for killing his daughter and daughter-in-law in 2018 by driving his Jeep into a restaurant where his family was seated after attending Sunday worship services together...

West Virginia Power baseball to continue in Atlantic League

February 24, 2021 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Minor league baseball will continue in Charleston, West Virginia, as part of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball...

Two attendees at Trump North Carolina rally get COVID-19

By BRYAN ANDERSONOctober 29, 2020 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two people who attended President Donald Trump's rally last week in Gastonia, North Carolina, have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to an announcement from the Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday...

The Latest: Trump tells rally about ’60 Minutes’ interview

October 21, 2020 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):

7:50 p.m.

President Donald Trump is keeping up a public feud with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, who he says took him too seriously after he pleaded for suburban women to love him...

FBI is trying to catch a “bad wig bandit” in North Carolina

January 10, 2020 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The FBI is asking the public's help in catching a so-called “bad wig bandit” who's been robbing banks in North Carolina...

Full Coverage: Oddities

10. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2019 GMT

Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Alamy Stock Photo

New housing units (per 10k residents): 93.6Total new housing units: 14,955 single-family / 8,674 multi-unitTotal valuation of new projects: $4.58 billion1-year population growth: 2.1%1-year employment growth: 2.3%1-year home value growth: 11.50%

Police chief ‘heartbroken’ after body discovered in creek

September 27, 2018 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — The chief of a North Carolina police department said Thursday he was "heartbroken" over the discovery of a body believed to be that of a missing 6-year-old boy...

FBI joins search for missing Gastonia boy

WRAL.comSeptember 24, 2018 GMT

The FBI is involved in a search for a missing 6-year-old boy in Gaston County.

Maddox Ritch has Autism and is non-verbal.

Maddox disappeared Saturday in Rankin Lake Park in Gastonia, which is about 23 miles west of Charlotte.