Seven Hurt In Lake Wylie Boat Wreck Saturday Night
Seven people were injured in a Lake Wylie collision around 11 30 p m Saturday. 22 year old Jennifer Ellerbe was a passenger in a boat split in half by another vessel and taken to Carolinas Medical Center. Four others treated and released. drinking suspected on at least one boat. running lights may have been off. No charges filed by Sunday.
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Lake Wylie
Mecklenburg County
Jennifer Ellerbe
Ellerbe
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte Grateful Dead Concert Sees 115 Arrests
City police say over 110 arrests occurred during the two day Grateful Dead concert in Charlotte with 95 drug related offenses. More than $4,000 in drugs were seized at the Charlotte Coliseum event with 41 arrests at the venue late Thursday and early Friday.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Coliseum
Autopsy Shows Shooting Death Mistaken as Car Crash
Ansonville youth Depatric Quantana Watkins died in a car crash on Independence Boulevard near St Julien Place. The autopsy found a bullet wound to the head. police recovered a gun from the vehicle and say the shooting appeared accidental.
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Ansonville
Quantana Watkins
Watkins
Independence Boulevard
St. Julien Place
Charlotte carjackings plague city
A 35 year old man was robbed at gunpoint on Statesville Avenue as six carjackings occurred in two days. Police reported four carjackings Friday including a southeast Charlotte woman and child abducted at knifepoint and a north Charlotte man kidnapped and robbed.
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Charlotte
Rickey Darnell Stinson
Statesville Avenue
North Charlotte
Debt dispute ends with stabbings in west Charlotte
Two men were stabbed and beaten with iron pipes early Sunday in what police described as a debt collection attempt. John Pressley Moore 42 was stabbed 25 times and battered with a pipe at his Honeywood Avenue apartment. Friend Gary Chisholm 33 was also stabbed and beaten. Both were hospitalized in critical but stable condition. No arrests reported.
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Charlotte
John Pressley Moore
Honeywood Avenue
West Charlotte
Moore
Gary Bernard Chisholm
Carolinas Medical Center
Roadside Seafood Vendors Face Calls for Regulation
In Morehead City area, fishermen urge tighter rules on itinerant sellers to protect industry image and product quality. Local dealers argue that roadside stands undercut established merchants while few inspections occur unless shellfish are sold. Some support licensing and broader oversight to improve public perception.
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Morehead City
Gerry Smith
T.B. Smith Seafood
Beaufort
Smith
Police Warrants Loaded in Gaston County Court Record
Sunday at the Gaston County magistrate's office warrants listed Donald Clayton Propst 31 of Gastonia with two counts of assault on a police officer and a female, held without bond. Corey Donnell White 17 of Mount Holly charged with assault with a deadly weapon, secured bond $400. Joe Radford 14003 Turner Drive Gastonia charged with felony hit and run and DWI, secured bond $1,000. David Roy Picklesimer 21 of Gastonia charged with breaking and entering a motor vehicle, unsecured bond $12,000. John Michael Belk 18 of Gastonia charged with breaking entering and larceny, secured bond. Police investigated break-ins and thefts including ES Commission office, a cash drawer, a candy machine, fishing gear on Dixon Road, and rifles and a shotgun from Birchfield Drive.
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Donald Clayton Propst
Green Circle Drive
Gastonia
Corey Donnell White
Elm St
Mount Holly
Joe Radford
Turner Drive
eDavid Roy Picklesimer
Linwood Road
Gaston County
State Employment Security Commission
Dixon Road
Belmont
Birchfield Drive
Gaston schools rely on local funding amid budget strain
The Gaston County schools rely on local tax dollars to cover costs federal grants do not, funding teacher training, computer programs, guidance services, and extra teachers. Superintendent Eddie West notes a link between budgets and rising test scores while officials push for more funds to meet regulatory and educational goals.
John's Grill in Gastonia and its immigrant tale
Porter McAteer and Jimmy Heracllis reflect on a Gastonia staple, John's Grill, founded by Homer Heracllis after arriving from Greece and aided by C P Nanny. The restaurant's history ties to Ellis Island migration, local philanthropy, and family toil, with the secret to its enduring dishes rooted in homemade, from scratch cooking.
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Homer Heracllis
Rock Hill
S.C
Gastonia
C.P. Nanny
Heracllis
John’s Grill
Gaston County Chamber Offers Cash Reward Information
1CRIMESTOPPERS: The Gaston County Chamber of Commerce offers cash awards for information leading to an arrest. Call 861 8000.
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Gaston County Chamber of Commerce
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