Gastonia 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.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Featherston Jr. of Cramerton announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Renee Featherston, to Matthew Thomas Adams, son of the late Jane Adams and Douglas and Susan Adams of New Canton, Virginia.

The 2012 J. D. Hicks Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gaston County Family YMCA was presented recently to Andy Warlick, a community leader, philanthropist, and advocate for the youth of this community.

Angela Denise Boone, 43, of 2121 Lyon St., faces 11 total charges, including seven counts of trafficking heroin, as well as selling and distributing the narcotics.

A Gastonia man was arrested Saturday and charged with assaulting a woman and trying to stab her with a knife at Chapel Grove Mobile Home Park.

There are times when I look back on a particular portion of my life and it looks about as twisted as an old toothpaste tube.

At the age of 18, Kenneth Geyer vowed to live by the Rule of St. Benedict, who long ago instructed a community of monks to "run on the path of God's commandments never swerving from his instructions, then, but faithfully observing his teaching in the monastery until death." It was that call in 1946 that brought him to Belmont Abbey monastery and ... (more)

The people in charge of recruiting industry - and ever-important jobs - to Gaston County are set to announce the fourth new employer in a year at Gastonia Technology Park.

If you've ever driven south on U.S. 321 just north of downtown Gastonia, you might have seen the lime green and white building that houses Gaston Motorcycle Werks.

St. Marks Episcopal, All Saints Episcopal, St. Stephens A.M.E. Zion, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal and Holy Trinity Lutheran Churches are sponsoring a "Gospel Hymn Sing" benefit concert at 2 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 805 S. York St., Gastonia.

A man employed as a high school physical education teacher in Gaston County is accused of taking indecent liberties with a student.

An actor who once portrayed Frederick Douglass in the Bright Star Touring Theatre production about the life of the abolitionist.

Rev. Darial Jackson of Gastonia recites Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the "Rally for Reason" outside the Gaston County Courthouse on Thursday evening.

David Oakley, 59, of 10055 Rivershore Drive SW, Caledonia, Mich., is accused of fraudulently obtaining Ritalin from Walgreen's at 2500 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, on Dec.

The 24-year-old Gastonia man is accused of shooting to death Enrique Rafael Alvarez on Dec.

A registered sex offender who exposed himself to a woman and her children in a Walmart parking lot pleaded guilty Thursday to indecent exposure.

Some of the jobs available at the vegetable packaging plant are open because the employees who previously held them were promoted.

In banking, a consent order is an agreement between regulators and individual banks that spells out steps the bank must take, usually to improve its finances and decrease risk.

Soulful expression, instrumental virtuosity, playful banter are the hallmarks of Intersection, a trio that will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb.

Gastonia resident Mike Tate poses for a photo where the Avon/Catawba Creek greenway could be extended north of Lineberger Park on Wednesday, Feb.