Crouse News

By Beth Saine Lincolnton - The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting and banquet at the James G. Warren Citizens Center on Thursday evening, November 5, 2009.

By Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - If you happen to dine at Court Street Grill last Saturday night, you would have noticed the different costumes the staff wore for Halloween.

By Jason Saine & Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - It was a bad Friday morning for two students that attend the Lincoln County School of Technology.

By Jason Saine HICKORY, NC - Just three miles south east of Hickory, visitors got their chance to step back in time at Hart Square this past weekend.

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.

The same judge who presided over the trial of former Lincoln County Chief Deputy Barry Taylor will be the one to receive a petition to remove Sheriff Tim Daugherty from office if County Attorney Jeff Taylor finishes his paperwork.

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

Police busted a meth manufacturing ring Monday after finding components of the drug in a shoplifting suspect's car.

A man who saved his family from a burning home earlier this month was arrested Thursday after he and another man allegedly took more than $4,000 in items from a Denver residence.

By Melany Dawn Crouse VALE, NC - The 7th Annual Burlon Craig Pottery festival will be held on Saturday, October 17th, 2009 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Craig Homeplace located at 3171 Cat Square Road in Vale, NC.

By Melany Dawn Crouse NEWTON, NC - This Saturday, October 10th, 2009, you are cordially invited to attend the 6th annual fall pottery sale/kiln opening at the Hilton Homeplace located at 4026 Old State Rd.

A Brady Hoffman Road man has been charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals in an incident that happened on Sept.

A 25-year-old Cherryville man is arrested at the intersection of Highway 73 and Club Drive, where he is charged with several drug charges after a traffic stop.

A 27-year-old Crouse woman faces a charge of stealing a dog. Loretta Jean Starnes of 4332 Old Lincolnton Road allegedly stole a white terrier from Cherish Carter on Sept.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division recently conducted three separate undercover operations.

Lincoln County Sheriff Tim Daugherty gave instructions by phone to Chief Deputy Barry Taylor the night Taylor allegedly helped a local doctor avoid a DWI charge, according to a document presented by the prosecution Tuesday.

Bright, energetic young people are vitally important to any successful metro area.

By Jason Saine & Melany Dawn Crouse LINCOLNTON - If you have lived in Lincolnton for any period of time you have no doubt driven by the Pumpkin Patch in the fall at Boger City United Methodist Church.

Tammy Townsend Dixon, 30, of 917 12th St. NE, Hickory is accused of taking a large amount of merchandise from the CVS Pharmacy, at 212 N.C. 16 N., in Denver, on July 10, Sheriff's Detective M. Stamey said.

Pleasant Grove United Methodist Women will have a Yard Sale on Saturday, September 26 from 7 a.m until 12 Noon, rain or shine.