Public shows opioid supply chain details from DEA database
The Washington Post and HD Media won access to a DEA database detailing 380 million opioid shipments from manufacturers to pharmacies and physicians from 2006 to 2012. The report highlights oxycodone and hydrocodone, with Gaston County receiving 9.3 million pills in 2006 and Cleveland County 4.4 million, rising to 13.7 million and 6 million in 2012, averaging about 5.5 pills per resident per year across both counties.
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Vet group forms in Gaston County to aid veterans
Steve Bovee a 20 year Army veteran and former staff sergeant helps launch a new veteran support group in Gaston County. The Ohio native relocated with his mother to Mount Holly seeking community and easing the transition to civilian life through peer guidance and local outreach.
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Drugs up crime down county police stats show
Gaston County police reports show a steady reduction in violent crime for the first half of the year with declines in aggravated assaults arson burglary forcible sex offenses robberies simple assaults and weapons violations versus 2018. Captain Billy Downey cites community policing and visibility as factors while noting reduced stolen property value.
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Local obituaries list prominent area residents
Obituary notices honor Ed Yarbro Jr. 82 of Kings Mountain Carroll Trull 82 of Gastonia David Kayler 65 Annie Bradley 88 of Gastonia Holly McFalls 29 of Belmont Nancy Alexander 63 of Mount Holly Walter Meeks 67 Mary Ann Cory 88 Elliott Montgomery 56 John Nash 55 Steve Biggerstaff 72 Sam Cooper 78 all of various North Carolina communities including Gastonia Shelby and Stanley with dates and brief life notes.
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Ed Yarbro Jr
Kings Mountain
Carrol Trull
Gastonia
David Kayler
Annie Bradley
Holly McFalls
Belmont
Nancy Alexander
Mount
Holly Walter Meeks
Stanley Mary Ann Cory
Elliott Montgomery
John Nash
Steve Biggerstaff
Sam Cooper
Shelby
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