North Carolina conducts seat belt survey in Gaston County
Gaston County among 25 NC counties chosen for a June seat belt survey to gauge usage as part of a statewide effort directed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NC reported an 89.9 percent usage rate in 2015, with Gaston drivers at 87.1 percent and passengers at 91.9 percent. The Click It or Ticket program enters its 23rd year, promoting belt use and reducing fatalities with broad law enforcement participation.
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Gaston County
North Carolina
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Is Your Driving Record Wrong Beliefs Spark Inquiry
A reader questions their driving record accuracy and suggests possible errors or misentries. The note requests guidance on verifying records and correcting potential mistakes with agency contact steps.
Obituaries list with dozens of regional names in brief notice
Obituaries list multiple local figures with ages and hometowns including Letha Metcalf 89 Kings Mountain Eric Johnson 49 John Speas 57 Bessemer City Mary Davis 83 Charlotte Billy Tench 75 Gastonia Mildred Enroe 84 Shelby John Jones 93 Sherri Hovis 41 Dallas Audrey Davis 93 Hendersonville Norris Rayfield 57 Murrells Inlet Alfrieda Rollins 76 York South Carolina Aliie Huffstetter Gastonia Made Conner 79 Kings Mountain Annave McWaters 94 Clinton South Carolina. Volume 137 Issue 155 indicates newspaper page sections Crossword and Sports.
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Letha Metcalf
Kings Mountain
Eric Johnson
John Speas
Bessemer City
Mary Davis
Charlotte
Billy Tench
Gastonia
Mildred Enroe
Shelby John Jones
Sherri Hovis
Dallas
Audrey Davis
Hendersonville
Norris Rayfield
Murrels Iniet
Alfrieda Rollins
York
S.C
Aliie Huffstetter
Made Conner
Annave McWaters
Clinton
Beckley man dies in Kings Mountain crash en route to transplant
John Michael Newman 56 of Beckley died when his relative's Ford Explorer was rear ended on the U S 74 East on ramp to I 85 near Kings Mountain. A Chevrolet pickup pulling a bass boat struck from behind at about 65 mph. Two others were injured and charges are pending. Construction near the ramp may have contributed. The group was en route to Motel 6 in Shelby and then to San Antonio for an artificial lung transplant.
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John Michael
Mike” Newman
Beckley, W.va
San Antonio
Texas
Newman
Kings Mountain
Summer Thornton
Beckley
Ashley Wingrove
Wingrove
U.S. 74
Highway Patrol
L.T. Randall
Randall
Charity Causby
Shelby
Jeffrey Shane Vassey
Mooresboro
State Department of Transportation
Forestview graduate leads in service and studies
Elissa Miller, a Forestview High graduating senior, helped found Scout Venturing Crew and serves as VP of programming. She volunteers at Victory Rides and Blumenethal Theater, totaling over 60 hours as a junior ambassador, and will attend UNC Charlotte on the Levine Scholarship to study mass communications and political science with minors in international studies and journalism.
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Elissa Miller
Forestview High
Scout Venturing Crew
Boy Scouts
Victory Rides
UNC
Charlotte
Levine
Blumenthal Theater
Rider Returns to School After Tragedy and Recovery
Kyle Thompson, a Hunter Huss High School senior, survived a fatal ATV crash that killed his best friend Dalton Wright near Gastonia, South Carolina last July. He endured a severe open femur fracture and lengthy recovery, returning to school and planning to graduate next week. Wright had moved from Gastonia to live with his father the prior year.
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Hunter Huss
Gregory Kyle Thompson
Thompson
Eric Wildstein
the Gazette
Kyle Thompson
Dalton Wright
South Carolina
Gastonia
Wright
Dalton
HB2 Backlash As AG Opposes LGBT Law Remains Split
North Carolina officials clash over HB2 as Attorney General Roy Cooper opposes the law while his office seeks an extension for the state to respond to a federal lawsuit. Gov. Pat McCrory’s legal team says Cooper’s stance risks the state’s defense, with the filing naming McCrory, DPS, and UNC system among defendants. The UNC system says it will not enforce HB2 and seeks funding for its legal fees. The law, enacted in March, requires transgender people to use bathrooms matching birth certificates in many public spaces.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
U.S. Justice Department
Pat McCrory
Associated Press
Roy Cooper
Bob Stephens
Stephens
Cooper
Samantha Cole
Attorney General
McCrory
State Department of Public Safety
University of
North Carolina System
Board of Governors
UNC
Attorney General's Office
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Lomrefy
Kevin Elliskellis
Gastongazette.com
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