Gastonia News

If you are growing a vegetable garden this summer or merely enjoying the "fruits of the harvest" from someone else's garden, then consider home canning.

A Gastonia city councilman and his wife are among the notable plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit over state employee health benefits.

Developer Nathan Kirby poses in front of The Lawyers Building on Main Avenue in Gastonia on Thursday May 24, 2012.

A man who spent more than six years in prison for a child sex crime was put back in jail Monday for being at Hot Hole Park.

Thanks to all of you who have come up to me in stores and restaurants and ask about my eyes and legs.

Jon and Cathy Page of Kings Mountain announce the engagement of their daughter, Nikki Page, to Zak Keown, son of Byrnece Keown of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Jim Keown and Marian Ledford, both of Dallas.

Having grown up in a small farming town in eastern North Carolina, I understand the many hours that you labor to provide us with your good produce and other items.

Rep. Tim Moore, a Cleveland County Republican, thinks so and he's introduced a bill that would ban TV-watching for inmates awaiting execution.

Greater Gaston youth are invited to Own the Night this summer, when the 2012 teen Summer Reading kicks off on June 11 and continues through July 28.

The North Carolina District of Pilot International held the 73rd annual convention in Greensboro on April 27-29, 2012.

According to an arrest warrant and affidavit, Joshua Ryan Cushing, 25, stole $1,250 from Ollie's Bargain Outlet in Gastonia.

According to an arrest warrant and affidavit, Robbie Douglas Maney, 22, of 326 Ridge Drive, Gastonia, was at Liberty Lanes bowling alley on South York Road in Gastonia when witnesses told police they saw him sitting at a table with his hands down his pants.

Gastonia police issued more than 100 citations during a campaign earlier this week to catch drivers who were speeding or not wearing seatbelts.

The Gaston County Board of Commissioners is planning a roundtable discussion with local veterans to field their questions and concerns and discuss changes at the Veterans Services Office.

Adrian B. and Jennifer M. Bailey to HSBC Bank USA, property at 121 Fites Creek Road, Mount Holly, $225,500 James H. and Betty W. Hollingsworth to Bradley and Richelle Benton, property at 1132 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, $145,000 Michael H. and Stacey M. Carpenter, Teresa D. and Jimmy R. Watson and James W. Stancil to Fredy B. Alarcon, property at ... (more)

The hopes for opening the newly refurbished Lineberger Park swimming pool in time for Memorial Day have officially been dashed.

Parents gathered together Friday morning, May 25, 2012 outside Costner Elementary School on Old 277 Loop Road to protest Principal Matt Crain being transferred to Bessemer City ELementary School for the 2012-2013 school year.Here, Carter Martin holds a sign asking to keep Matt Cain at Costner.

Unemployment rates fell in April in 93 of North Carolina's 100 counties, including Mecklenburg, where the rate fell to 9 percent from 9.5 percent, according to the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

Here's a breakdown of what the added revenue from the proposed Gaston County property tax hike would be used for: The Gaston County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2013 fiscal year budget during their June 14 meeting.

Court documents unsealed Wednesday evening highlight the violence of the Bloods street gang.