McAdenville News

A short strip of Main Street holds a large amount of history. Now that history has been recognized with inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

Police say a female driver reached speeds of more than 90 mph Wednesday afternoon during a chase that began in Mount Holly and ended with her wrecking in the backyard of her home in Lowell.

Real estate transactions represent transfer of real property recorded with the Gaston County Register of Deeds.

A McAdenville, N.C., man pulled a fish with sharp teeth, a long fin and a large body out of a west Mecklenburg County creek this weekend, according to The Herald's news partner, WSOC-TV. Fisherman Gary Upton said he believes he caught a snakehead fish Sunday in Paw Creek near the airport.

When Brenda Byers returned from work to find her husband collapsed on the living room floor, she blamed his diabetes.

Teens are making more than pinky promises by putting on purity rings. The small pieces of jewelry like the ones adorning the hands of the Jonas Brothers are finding their way to the hands of Gaston County teens.

A man headed into McAdenville ran off Hickory Grove Road and struck the I-85 bridge around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, according to an emergency services official.

The town's two police officers will take on a few more duties in an effort to save nearly $100,000 in next year's budget.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...LINCOLN AND GASTON COUNTIES... AT 757 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE ...

Two days after being arrested for robbery and murder, two members of an alleged crime ring have been charged with other violent crimes this time in Iredell County.

Clerks have been wishing a lot of people good luck at one McAdenville convenience store lately.

Police believe they've solved a murder investigation and two home invasions with the arrests of four people.

Cramerton police arrested a woman and two men today accused of busting into a McAdenville home and robbing a family of four at gunpoint.

Local police have two bold robberies to solve from Friday night. The first one happened in the community of McAdenville --- known as Christmastown USA -- because of its yearly light show.

There was a time when Judy and Dick Rankin never locked their doors on Mockingbird Lane.

While his neighbors were tied up and their house was being raided, Dick Rankin thought it was just another uneventful night on his sleepy village street.

Cramerton Police responded to a report of a home invasion at 293 Mockingbird Lane in McAdenville shortly before 9pm on Friday.

McAdenville-based Pharr Yarns is planning employee layoffs to adjust for the softening in demand for soft spun carpet yarn.

Friday marked the end of the 53rd year of McAdenville's Christmas Town, USA festival of lights.

The 58th annual Yule Log Parade was 7-year-old Anna Wooten's first. Bob and Martha Cooke brought their granddaughter to Main Street for the Friday evening festivities.