Gastonia News

This week's featured pet is Hazel. She is between age 2-3 and weighs about 40 pounds.

Gastonia Farmer's Market shoppers found a wide variety of great fresh-from-the farm selections for purchase on Saturday.

A Gaston County child protective services worker has been arrested after police said he urinated and exposed himself to people outside a York County middle school.

The Gastonia Police Department wants the public's help to identify a suspect in a felony forgery case.

Gaston County's largest employer is striking a deal with American military veterans who complained that a name change indicated people are forgetting the sacrifice of World War II vets.

Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County will be hosting a ReStore Designer Fundraiser Challenge from 6 to 8 p.m. May 30.

A Gastonia man has been charged with breaking into and stealing from 10 different motor vehicles in Bessemer City.

A woman was in her home when police allege that a man broke into the home and stole from her.

"I'm really proud to have grown up there and I miss it," Durst said in a phone interview from Grand Rapids, Mich.

John Ghencian already has one of his two downtown Gastonia apartments rented, and he's holding an open house Friday and Saturday to show off the two-bedroom, second floor spaces.

Torben Ross, principal of Grier Middle School in Gastonia, will take the helm at Huss, replacing Denece Farris, who plans to retire.

Rich Velazquez was the overall winner of the 16th running of the Biltmore Kiwanis Classic 15 race Sunday, May 19, 2013, on the Biltmore Estate in Asheville.

Old Crow Medicine Show : Kevin Hayes , Gill Landry , Chance McCoy , Ketch Secor , Morgan Jahnig , Critter Fuqua .

It has been several years since I have written about Friendly Chapel Baptist Church located just out of Fallston, at 738 Sugar Hill Road.

Tri-County Animal Rescue is featuring Buddy as the Pet of the Week again. Last weekend was a bust for adoptions and Buddy and his friends will be back at PetSmart this weekend.

Jake Edward Rankin, 18, is charged with first-degree trespassing and misdemeanor larceny.

At Gastonia Farmers' Market it all comes from vendors who sell only what they produce from their own farms, kitchens and workshops.

THURSDAY Social Club The Lincoln County Social Club will meet 2-4 p.m. at the Citizens Center in Lincolnton.

A wreck involving a limousine headed to a Gastonia cemetery for a burial has been involved in a wreck that sent four people to the hospital.

On April 9, the Gastonia woman had her wallet taken while shopping at a Gastonia grocery store.