Mount Holly News

The Lincoln County Board of Education unanimously approved the drafting of a letter showing support for the Mountain Island Educational State Forest at Wednesday's meeting.

Belmont police were ready to storm the beaches of Normandy to find the people behind the decapitation of a very rare World War II statue.

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

Brandon Allen Carver, 23, of 1848 Ashley St. in Newton was charged Feb. 7 with four-counts of failure to appear.

Two Gaston County men face charges they stole the head from a 1943 World War II statue at Belmont Middle School on July 24, 2011, according to arrest warrants.

A Rock Hill, S.C., man faces an additional charge following a police chase on Jan.

Computer Users Group The Computer Users Group of Lincolnton will meet 10 a.m. Saturday at the Lincoln County Senior Center, 514 S. Aspen St.

Gaston County leaders have looked forward to the economic windfalls they might see from the conversion of a former chemical manufacturing site on the Catawba River.

The city started offering residential recycling two years ago and director of street and solid waste department Mike Santmire hopes to offer that same service to businesses.

A woman employed by Target in Gastonia is accused of stealing a gift card from the store, according to arrest warrants.

A Gaston County Police investigator photographs a car struck by a vehicle driven by Sam Peden Harrington, a suspect wanted in York County, SC, who was fleeing from Gaston County Police before wrecking at the intersection of Hickory Grove Road and Hickory Lane on Friday January 27, 2012.

It took Jasmine McCorkle and her family members an hour searching through waist high weeds to find her father's headstone.

Mountain Island Charter School wants to be inside Mount Holly city limits when the school moves to its permanent location.

Carolinas HealthCare System said today it will not appeal a decision to let Gastonia's CaroMont Health build a free-standing emergency department in Mount Holly.

It's easy to get discouraged about Gaston County's unemployment rate settling into the double-digit range for three years, but as a recent Gazette report on the local jobs front revealed, the county is making progress.

Robert Paul Taft has three previous DWI convictions in North Carolina, according to the arrest citation.

Mount Holly Police arrested Robert Dustin Michael on one charge of embezzlement.

"I was a stick figure," said Lisa Gurr of Gastonia, describing how sick she was while going through treatment for a rare type of cancer.

Chad Brown works on his dance routine for the upcoming Dancing for Future Stars with his partner Dawn Rickus at Extreme Talent in Mount Holly.

First United Methodist, 807 South Point Road, holds its Second Blessings annual Spring children's consignment sale from 7 to 11 a.m. March 3 in Carpenter Hall.