Infant Shot in Apparent Accident at Bessemer City Home
An 18 month old child was shot in the shoulder at a home on 310 S Skyland Drive in Bessemer City. The shooting appeared accidental, with detectives investigating and the child transported to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte in stable condition. Police urged gun safety and locks to keep firearms away from minors.
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Bessemer City
S. Skyland Drive
Gaston County
D.M. Robinson
Bessemer City Central Elementary
Robinson
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte
Rice Street
Putin bans US adoptions of Russian children
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning American adoptions of Russian children as retaliation for U.S. sanctions. The measure bars future adoptions, with about 52 Russian children already in process awaiting finalization and takes effect January 1. Around 1,000 Russian children move abroad each year.
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Laurel Kish
Kim Hughes
Vladmir Putin
Associated Press
Putin
U.S
Love at first sight for new family
Kim Hughes and her husband Jeff fell in love at first sight with a 4 month old Russian baby boy during a 2002 visit. They pursued international adoption to avoid potential parental rights termination issues in the United States. They prayed for guidance and found the child they hoped to adopt in Russia.
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Kim Hughes
Hughes
Jeff
Russia
United States
Photo of potential adopted daughter haunts Kish memory
Amanda Memrick recounts how Ustine Kish slept with a photo of her future family under her pillow in a St. Petersburg orphanage in 1992. At age four and two, she watched a video showing a photo of Laurel and Zoltan Kish labeled as Momma and Poppa, while in Pennsylvania the couple held the same image. Source: U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs.
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Ustine Kish
St. Petersburg
Russia
Kish
Pennsylvania
Laurel
Zoltan Ladislaus Kish
Momma
Poppa
Brother
Inside. For more on the new law see Page 2B
A brief interior note directs readers to Page 2B for additional details on a newly enacted law. The notice provides no further facts within the accessible text.
Suspected bank robber nabbed in minutes
Suspected robber Wendell Dryden, 32, held up PNC Gastonia South Bank at 3707 S New Hope Rd with a rifle at 9 28 a.m. Friday. By 9 35 a.m. police caught him at Chateau Village Apartments two miles away. He faces robbery with a dangerous weapon and other charges.
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South New Hope Road
Gastonia
Wendell Troy Dryden
PNC
Gastonia South Bank
S. New Hope Road
Gaston County
Chateau Village
Cramerton
Dryden
Jay Human
Lexington
Duluth
Khaliff Lamar Culbertson
FBI
Human
Amanda Memrick
AmandaMemrick
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Ray Smith
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Lynchburg
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Newton
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Sherry Lowe
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