Belmont News

Donna "Dee Dee" Norton knew she either had to stop doing what she loved or go bigger.

Gastonia and Belmont police both made unrelated arrests Tuesday on outstanding drug warrants, involving the alleged possession and sale of cocaine.

Da Chen, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir "Colors of the Mountain," will speak at Belmont Abbey College at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

A Belmont man allegedly threatened a witness scheduled to testify against him today at a court hearing on a previous assault charge.

Visitors spent more than $187.22 million in Gaston County during 2007, according to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.

A police officer called out to a fender bender on I-85 recently could have been tied up, waiting for a wrecker to arrive, for an hour or more.

There's a ritual that thousands across our region faithfully follow each week. Every Sunday morning, scores of us will awaken from the comforts of our beds and head off to our chosen places of worship.

Three Belmont teenagers accused of riding around in a car with a 3-foot tall marijuana plant now all face felony possession charges.

As a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, Sidney Echevarria is among the elite.

Here is the cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at area stores as of Sunday night.

Ranlo Police arrested a Belmont woman for allegedly driving while impaired with two children in the car and leaving them alone after an accident.

When the trunk lid closed and sealed him in the stifling darkness, Shaukat Ali wasn't sure if he'd ever see his wife and children again.

Maj. William Chronicle's horse changed colors this week. As restoration work began on the 1940 oil painting depicting the Revolutionary War militia leader camping with his crew, layers of grime and grease were ...

South Point High held its "Pride of the Tribe" Band Exhibition Aug. 14. Led by drum majors Jessie Loyd and Sarah Chapman, the band took the field at Lineberger Stadium in Belmont.

Investigators from the Belmont Police Department have served a search warrant at Tony's Bar, a small, obscure, hole-in the-wall sort of place where they believe a woman may have used cocaine and had one to many ...

Business is good enough at Steel Specialty Inc., 5907 Wilkinson Blvd. in Belmont, that they are expanding their office space, said CEO Farrell Mauldin on Monday.

Elizabeth Switzer said she was sitting in her backyard when she first saw the high-rail truck rolling along the train tracks behind her house in Mount Holly, and she gave chase.

A drug sting set up in a fast food restaurant in Belmont turned into a police chase that continued into Gastonia after the suspects rammed a police vehicle to get away, said Belmont Police Capt.

Aunt Bee said - I'm usually a big fan of the Belmont Police Department, but this time I must say it sounds like they got out smarted.. Next time maybe don't give them the money, just arrest them???

Tracie Robbins saw her friend wincing in pain, his body splayed on the asphalt bridge.

There aren't many similarities between the murder of UNC Charlotte student Irina "Ira" Yarmolenko and a hit-and-run crash in Belmont last week that killed a truck driver and injured two others.