Bessemer City News

A Bessemer City woman stopped on a revoked driver's license tried to hide crack cocaine in her mouth Monday, police said in an affidavit.

The following are local scores from Friday Night Football action: Lincolnton 14, East Lincoln 49 F; West Lincoln 0, South Iredell 44 F; Cherryville 42 , Highland Tech 35 OT; North Lincoln 36 , Bessemer City 28 ...

Closing ceremonies Monday, Oct. 6, 2 p.m. Presented by Kings Mountain Historical Museum and City of Kings Mountain Questions: Mickey Crowell, 704-739-1019, kmhmuseum@bellsouth.net or Linda Dixon, 704-739-6317, ...

A Bessemer City woman faces an assault charge after another woman says she hit her from behind with a mop.

Police investigating a report of gunshots on the 800 block of West Alabama Ave. on Monday found a man with marijuana, according to arrest warrants.

Two were arrested Thursday after police called out to a domestic disturbance allegedly found marijuana growing in a Bessemer City home.

Simply charging into an upcoming meeting on a proposed firing range and screaming 'not in my backyard' won't cut it, Keith McFee told fellow landowners north of Bessemer City on Tuesday.

It was August 2007 when Brian Todd Carter, then 17, was arrested following the armed robbery of a Kings Mountain convenience store.

A Gastonia Police officer cited Bessemer City man for having a blood alcohol concentration almost three times the legal limit and not driving on the right side of the road Saturday.

Thousands attended the annual Lincoln County Apple Festival on Saturday in downtown Lincolnton.

Dallas police say a Bessemer City woman called in a fake prescription in order to get drugs.

A Gaston County grand jury handed down 364 indictments this week, including six against a woman charged with trying to run over someone in a parking lot.

If the Gastonia Police Department get its wish, a firing range and explosives testing site will soon be located north of Bessemer City.

Fearing the gush of gasoline from Texas would slow to a drip, drivers drained service stations Friday even as prices galloped past $4 per gallon.

Fear of what Hurricane Ike will do to gasoline prices Friday put motorists' fingers on the triggers of gas pumps Thursday.

For the first time in nearly six months, one of Bessemer City's water reservoirs has more water than it can handle.

The change is incredible, especially when you consider the way this reservoir that supplies water to Bessemer City looked when we were here one year ago.

A Gaston County company is leading research that could provide consumers with lighter electronics with longer battery life and hybrid electric vehicles that drive farther with less gasoline.

David Hoyle, chairman of a new committee looking into changing state tax code durring an interview at his office in Gastonia.

Residents near Besstown Road north of Bessemer City lost power for around five hours Friday night after a driver struck a utility pole around 1:20 a.m., according to the state Highway Patrol.