Two men plead to involuntary manslaughter in heroin deaths
In two North Carolina cases, Jacob Scott Russell and Austin Blake Sutton pled to involuntary manslaughter after providing fatal heroin doses. Each received 16 to 29 months, with Sutton facing an extra six to 17 months. DA Locke Bell notes Second degree murder was misapplied when victims knowingly sought drugs.
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Sutton Xu
Jacob Scott Russell
Austin Blake Sutton
Sutton
North Carolina
Locke Bell
Wild Wings at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
The Wild About Summer Series hosts biologist Susan Campbell and team guiding data collection on ruby throated hummingbirds. Participants may hold a bird, with crafts and educational activities for kids, lunch and drinks for sale. Free for members, adults 12.95, seniors 11.95, children 2 to 12 at 6.95.
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Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Susan Campbell
New Hope Road
Belmont
Federal judge weighs NC bathroom law case after Supreme Court action
A federal judge in Winston Salem considers delaying any ruling on North Carolina gender restroom rules as the Supreme Court weighs a Virginia dispute. The high court allowed a Virginia school board to temporarily bar a transgender boy from the boys’ restroom, influencing nearby cases.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Obituaries Listing For Local Residents
Obituary notices list Richard Halk 59 of Gastonia Carrie Dyer 57 of Gastonia Marvin Welch 73 of Lawrenceville Ga Afred Homessey 87 of Stanley Ray Daves 83 of Shelby Edwin Barker of Bessemer City Robert Russell 87 of East St Louis Ill with Sandra Tate 52 of Cherryville. Watch for our special quarterly remembrance section coming soon and see Obituaries on Page B3. Classifieds Volume 137 Issue 219 includes Lottery numbers A2.
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Richard Halk
Gastonia
Carrie Dyer
Marvin Welch
Lawrenceville
Afred Homessey
Stanley
Ray Daves
Shelby
Edwin Barker
Bessemer City
Robert Russell
East St. Louis
Ill
Sandra Tate
Cherryville
Downtown Gastonia eyes Pokemon Go drawing crowds
Downtown Gastonia business owners see potential from the Pokemon Go smartphone game as residents like Byron Smith count crowds near a real world map driven lure. Kurt Ferreira watches a Cubone appear outside Howlers on East Franklin Boulevard as the craze grows in Gaston County.
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Kurt Ferreira
Howlers
East Franklin Boulevard
Mike Hensdill
the Gazette
Byron Smith
Gastonia
Smith
Distinct Beat Audio
Downtown Gastonia Pokemon Crawl Opens at 6 PM
The event, hosted by the Gastonia association, features a Pokémon Crawl with smartphone charging stations, costumes, food vendors and souvenirs. Mayor John Bridgeman will welcome players at 6 p.m. August 13 at Rotary Centennial Pavilion, 111 N. South St. The crawl runs until midnight with activities and vendors available downtown.
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John Bridgeman
Rotary Centennial Pavilion
N. South St
Gastonia
Planning board approves new digs for Gaston spay clinic
The Animal League of Gaston County seeks to move its Gaston Low-Cost Spay Neuter Clinic to 425 W. Franklin Blvd and obtain a special permit to operate as an animal hospital with indoor kennels in Gastonia.
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Animal League
Gaston County
Gaston
W. Franklin Blvd
Gastonia
NC Redistricting Lawsuit Challenges Partisan Map
Common Cause the North Carolina Democratic Party and voters sue in Greensboro federal court alleging the new congressional map is biased by politics after a court found racial gerrymandering in the prior layout. The suit targets state leaders and Gov. Pat McCrory.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Common Cause
Democratic Party
Democratic Voters
Pat McCrory
Greensboro
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