Gaston News

Valentine's Day is just days away, and if you haven't already purchased your heart-shaped box of candy for your sweetie, here are a few ideas to make your holiday a little more special, and a lot more green.

Gaston County Schools is handing out fewer suspensions and is seeing fewer reportable crimes on campus this year than the year before, according to a statewide report released Thursday.

"Mr. Bill" Ward has been teaching computer technology in western North Carolina for 13 years.

As close to 25.5 million Americans tuned-in to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Gaston County residents were hopeful but remained skeptical of his election-year message, especially after a tough year of heated battles on Capitol Hill.

At Tuesday night's Gaston County Board of Education meeting, folks yelled and stomped and clapped their hands - an outpouring of approval over the board's decision not to close three neighborhood schools to save money and improve efficiency.

Peggie Ferguson, a retired educator and administrator, and the Rev. Dickie Spargo, senior pastor at Bethlehem Church in Gastonia, are the recipients of the county's MLK Unity Award.

But to lawbreakers producing homemade whiskey by the light of the moon in an attempt to not get caught, it's simply referred to as "moonshine." The Gaston County Museum of Art and History is planning a temporary exhibit featuring whiskey production in Gaston County during prohibition.