Gastonia News

Crime lab computers whir as DNA from the murder scene is compared to millions of suspect samples.

A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother to death.

Close friends of two murdered women from Gastonia are being warned to be cautious until the killer or killers is caught.

Friends and family say two North Carolina women whose bodies were dumped miles apart in South Carolina knew each other.

A Charlotte man has been convicted of robbing a woman at gunpoint and raping her in her Gastonia home.

The woman found Sunday on Apple Road in Kings Mountain State Park was a Gastonia woman.

A 20-year-old Gastonia man faces more than a dozen drug charges, but in most cases what he was representing as crack cocaine was not cocaine but what police describe as a "light brown semi solid substance." Tyrone Octavius Walker of 86 Gilmer St.

A Gastonia police officer's traffic stop Tuesday led to the capture of a man with more than a dozen outstanding drug and assault charges.

Adam & Eve, a company that offers lingerie, adult novelties, games, movies and books, will open a new location in Gastonia in December or early 2010, according to spokesman with Greensboro-based Kotis Property.

A convicted sex offender is back in jail after allegedly failing to notify the Gaston County Sheriff's Office about a change of address as required by law.

Daily Arrest Blotter - List of Arrests Made by the Gastonia Police Department, Gaston County Police Department & Gaston County Sheriff's Office Arrests Which Occurred From: 11/12/09 12:00 am To: 11/12/09 11:59 pm Records Grouped Alphabetically by Agency & Sorted by Arrestee Name.

The shockwaves from the bombing of Pearl Harbor nearly 70 years ago made their way around the world in the days after the historic attack.

When you think of propane, the first thing that comes to mind might be your barbecue grill or Hank Hill from the animated TV series "King of the Hill," but Freeman Gas Co.

Suzuki Kawasaki of Gastonia closed its showroom at 501 Cox Road Wednesday after 30 years in business, selling its franchise to McKenney Salinas Powersports.

The Gastonia police detective who shot a man in the back of the head during a street brawl will not face criminal charges in his death.

Police have made an arrest in a fatal Landmark Inn shooting case. Officers said Vander Cliff McCraw, 30, was arrested in Gastonia without incident on Monday.

A Gastonia teen was charged with first-degree murder Monday in the shooting death of Christopher LeGeorge Miller.

Police arrested three men during a drug raid on a Gastonia home early Saturday. The Gastonia Police Department Street Crimes Unit arrived at 413 E. Fifth Ave.

A bullet to the heart fired by a North Carolina police officer killed the man authorities think was a serial killer responsible for five deaths in South Carolina this summer.

Gastonia police arrested a man after they say he left crack cocaine near a toddler.