Fire at Valley Proteins plant sparks early morning blaze
A cooker inside the Valley Proteins plant at 5533 York Highway in Gastonia sparked a fire around 1 55 a.m. five workers escaped unharmed as flames reached 14 feet high. Crews from Crowders Mountain Fire and Rescue Union Road Volunteer Fire Department and Banl Fire and Rescue battled the flames for about 90 minutes. No damage estimate yet and inquiries to Valley Proteins were not returned. Valley Proteins operates 15 plants processing restaurant greases and animal byproducts into ingredients for feed and fuel.
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Valley Proteins
CBP Resources Inc
York Highway
Gastonia
Chris Stowe
Crowders Mountain Fire and Rescue
Stowe
Union Road Volunteer Fire Department
Banl Fire and Rescue
Texas
New Mexico
Cuba defends asylum for fugitives amid Chesimard case
Cuba asserts it has a right to grant asylum to U S fugitives signaling no plan to extradite Joanne Chesimard despite ties with Washington. Gov Christie pressed Obama to demand Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, be returned before full relations. FBI list leader remains in Havana with a $2 million Jersey police reward.
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Cuba
U.S
America
New Jersey
Chris Christie
Barack Obama
Joanne Chesimard
Obama
Raul Castro
Chesimard
Fidel Castro
Vidal
White House
Christie
Assata Shakur
FBI
Pope Francis rails at Curia sins in Christmas address
The pope delivered a stark Christmas rebuke to the Vatican bureaucracy, decrying 15 ailments of the Curia and urging bishops cardinals and priests to reform spiritually and structurally. He warned that gossip hypocrisy and power struggles threaten the church and called for renewed integrity and communion.
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Vatican City
Pope Francis
Francis
Vatican
Curia
Holy See
Sala Clementina
Vatican Watchers
Benedict XVI
Benedict
Alberto Melloni
Corriere Della Sera
Melloni
St. John Paul II
Robert Wister
Seton Hall University
Police Arrest Log From Gaston County Agencies
Daily police report lists adult arrests Dec 20 in Gaston County. Jeanette Denise Brice 49 at 319 N Boyce St charged with larceny shoplifting at 223 N Myrtle School Rd. Candice Marie Cooper 22 at 1543 Echo Ln charged with larceny shop. Mariela Andrea Rodriguez 48 at 2919 Heather Ridge Rd Dallas charged with assault simple at 2300 E Franklin Blvd. Charles Miller Short 49 at 3094 Fraley Church Rd Gastonia charged with narcotic drug violation at 3094 Fraley Church Rd.
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Gaston County
Gastonia
Brice
Jeanette Denise
N. Boyce St
N. Myrtle School Road
Cooper
Candice Marie
Echo Lane
Rodriguez
Mariela Andrea
Heather Ridge Road
Dallas
E. Franklin Blvd
M Short
Charles Miller
Fraley Church Road
Satanic Temple display goes up at Florida Capitol
A controversial Satanic Temple holiday display is erected at the Florida Capitol with a sign reading Happy holidays from the Satanic Temple above a falling angel diorama. Officials previously blocked it last year but permit persistence this season alongside a Nativity scene and a Festivus tribute.
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Capitol Building
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Capitol Building
Capitol
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Gastongazette.com
Epted
Gaston College
Opportunities For Life
Gaston.edu
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