Maiden News

Nicole is the daughter of Bobby and Gail Chaney of Lincolnton. She is a 1996 graduate of Lincolnton High School and is the office manager for Custom Machine Company, Inc., Bessemer City.

Shanda Dianne Cauthen, 27, of 161 Lilly Tr. H in Denver was charged Feb. 2 with one-count of failure to appear.

Data center projects 2011: Kings Mountain data center shell building is completed and available for lease.

Chris Caldwell walks with his family out of the courtroom Monday morning. Caldwell, a former Maiden band teacher, pleaded guilty to one count of felony indecent liberties with a student.

Dennis and Carla Davis of Vale announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Katie Denise Davis to Mark Everet Pearson of Maiden.

The officers are in the midst of a drug roundup this morning, having arrested 17 of the 38 suspects by 9 a.m. in what's been dubbed Operation 38 Special.

Each will spend more than two decades in prison for killing Young and leaving his body lying in a field where he would ultimately be found in a rural area off of U.S. 321 in Lincoln County.

Two Maiden residents are among three men accused of stealing more than $6,000 in scrap metal from a Gaston County construction company.

Daniel Ramirez, 28, of 163 Springs East Rd. in Lincolnton was charged Jan. 14 with one-count each of simple assault & battery/affray and communicating threats.

A wrong turn in life and a stint in prison put a local barber on a path to realizing his dream of doing stand-up comedy.