Financial literacy program brings real world lessons to Gaston students
Junior Achievement volunteers led lessons at Saddler Elementary and other Gastonia sites showing private and public sectors, pay and budgeting. Zachary Brown of Woodforest National Bank calls financial literacy key to success, noting even affluent kids benefit from budgeting and savings awareness.
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Man charged with sexual assault and choking child
Gastonia man Henry Theodis Bristow, 33, is charged with felony second degree forcible sex offense and misdemeanor assault on a child under 12. The alleged offenses occurred Friday. Bristow, who once served nearly three years after a 2005 robbery with a dangerous weapon conviction, posted a $30,000 bond and was released.
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Last of WWII black paratrooper dies at 96
Clarence Beavers, Harlem-born sergeant and member of the test airborne platoon that helped form the all-black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, dies at 96 in Huntington Station. He joined the segregated U S Army in 1941 and helped pave the way for later black paratroopers. SpaceX to launch a recycled Falcon 9 with a Dragon capsule for NASA, amid acknowledged risk. A 9th U S Circuit panel hears arguments in a climate cases suit involving the administration and young plaintiffs aged 10 to 21.
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East Carolina freshman dies after Charlotte crash
May muPdare Al, 18, a nursing student from Highland High, died at Carolinas Medical Center after a two car crash on West Boulevard at Billy Graham Parkway. Police say Roberto Juarez Ruiz, 24, drunk, sped through a red light, injuring five others. Sapu, the BMW driver, faces charges for underage drinking.
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Blue Liturgy at All Saints Episcopal Church in Gastonia
All Saints Episcopal Church in Gastonia will host its annual Blue Liturgy on Wednesday at 7 PM. The service led by Rev. Gary Butterworth emphasizes healing in darkness with candlelight and reflective prayer, welcoming all denominations. Attendees write names of loved ones or pains to be prayed over and burned during Epiphany.
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