Safe Streets crackdown aims to slow speeders this summer
Gastonia Police Chief Robert Helton and Highway Patrol Sgt. John Brodhage describe a June enforcement push to deter speeders and impaired drivers. A wolfpack patrol, increased radar, and visibility are expected to reduce collisions as temps rise and summer travel increases. Officials note two thirds of wrecks stem from speeding, distraction, or impairment, citing past crashes in Gastonia and statewide fatalities.
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Gastonia
Robert Helton
Highway Patrol
John Brodhage
K.C. McCabe
Brodhage
Gaston County
N.C. Highway Patrol
J.A. Brodhage
Honors for work at Cherryville High
The Cherryville High School Education Foundation honored Dr. Howard Homesley with a reception at First Presbyterian Church in Cherryville. He retired from the foundation board after six years, and the group has awarded nearly $100,000 to CHS students while recognizing his ironman perseverance.
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Cherryville
Cherryville High School Education Foundation
Cherryville High School
Homesley
Nan Davis
The
Education Foundation
CHSEF
Ironman Pride
Kevin Ellis
Gingles- Pinckney
Lincoln County suspects charged in Atlantic Lane robbery case
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office links two groups to a May 22 robbery on Atlantic Lane in which a man was confronted by two masked gunmen and $780 taken. Shasta Oxendine, 32, faces conspiracy and aiding and abetting charges and a false report misdemeanor. Other suspects include Jody Crawford Adams, Miranda Strickland, Brandon Stewart Shrence, and McMichaels, with Adams and Strickland arrested in Gaston County and others detained.
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Lincoln County
Oxendine
Atlantic Lane
the McMichaels
Jody Crawford Adams
Blue Print Court
Crouse
Miranda Michelle Strickland
Brandon Stewart Shrence
Young Road
Bessemer City
Strickland
Adams
Shrence
Gaston County
Shronce
Public defender urges evaluation in murder case
In Gaston County, Rojas awaits trial for the stabbing death of Costner. Gus Anthony, appointed public defender, says Rojas should be evaluated after meeting him. Prosecutors seek medical records. Rojas previously sought mental health care and has a $2 million bond. Costner leaves two children and was killed in a domestic incident. Rojas, 40, has prior convictions for theft, weapons offenses and assaults.
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Gus Anthony
Rojas
Costner
Gaston County
Megan Rhoden
Ralph C. Gingles
Skip
Gingles
University of Virginia
Gastonia
District Court
N.C. Advocates For Justice
Gingles Foundation Forms Endowment and Youth Camp
The Gingles family launches a scholarship endowment with UNC Chapel Hill and a week long youth camp for ages 10 to 16. Programs target debt free college access and hands on business skills for students, guided by District Court Judge Pennie Thrower on the board.
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Pennie Thrower
Thrower
Gingles
Honorable Ralph C. Gingles Foundation Scholarships and Programs
The foundation offers a UNC Chapel Hill endowment to fund debt free degrees for admitted students. It runs Moolah U summer camps for ages 10 to 16 with a year long Apprentice Program, the FACE-IT Investor Program for high school sophomores, and stipends up to 2500 dollars for Gaston County students for college readiness, conferences, job shadowing, and international study. Details at hreg foundation.org or 980 785 4724.
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University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Judge Gingles
Moolah U
Moolah U Camp
Foundation
Gaston County
Ralph C. Gingles Foundation
Hregfoundation.org
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Twitter
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UNC Chapel Hill
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MonaLisa
MonaLisa Jouch
Pure Reflection
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