Charlotte man arrested for statutory rape in Gaston County
Gaston County Police say Paul R. Nock, 51, turned himself in Tuesday on a statutory rape charge involving a 15 year old girl. He posted a $50,000 bond and remains jailed. The alleged incident occurred May 26 in Gaston County. police expect possible additional charges as the investigation continues. Adam Lawson
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Paul R. Nock
Nock
Adam Lawson
Dancer Accused in Attack at Gastonia Club
Elizabeth Cochran, an exotic dancer at Leather and Lace in Gastonia, says fellow dancer Holly Ann Rowland attacked her with a beer bottle in a dressing area after a Sunday dispute. Rowland was released on $2000 unsecured bond for misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon.
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Leather & Lace
Elizabeth Cochran
Holly Ann Rowland
Cochran
Rowland
Gaston County
Adam Lawson
Police seek 28-year-old Marcus Corry on multiple felonies
Police seek Marcus Anthony Corry 28 listed as a habitual felon by the state DPS on warrants including cocaine trafficking by possession manufacture and transport possession of a firearm by a felon and traffic offenses. He may be in Gaston Cleveland or Lincoln counties. He last appeared in Gaston County Jail in July on injury to property charges. He is 5 6 and 174 pounds. Call Gaston County Police at 704 866 3320 or Crimestoppers at 704 861 8000 with information.
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State Department of Public Safety
Gaston
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Lincoln
Corry
Gaston County
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Piedmont students win NC history essay awards at Tar Heel event
Three Piedmont Community Charter students earned awards at the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association Annual Convention on April 29 in Raleigh. Prem Gandhi won second in the Essay Contest, Megan Hastings tied for second in the Civil War Essay Contest, and Nadia Brown earned honorable mention in the African American Essay Contest.
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Junior Historian Association
N.C. Museum of History
Raleigh
North Carolina Museum OF History
Piedmont Community Charter
Tar Heel Junior Historian Association
North Carolina
Jessica Pratt
Tar Heel
Megan
Hastings
Nadia Brown
Gandhi
India
Piedmont Patriot Historians Club
Matt Richards
Ray Hicks
Jack
Europe
Appalachians
County approves 2017 budget boosting schools and staff
Gaston County commissioners unanimously approved the 2017 budget proposed by County Manager Earl Mathers after a public hearing. The plan holds the 87 cent per $100 property tax rate while adding 1.5 million for school operating expenses, 3 percent raises for about 1,600 county employees and college staff, 250 thousand for HVAC upgrades at the courthouse and Health and Human Services building, and 3.1 million more in school debt due to new construction.
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Earl Mathers
Health and Human Services
Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Mathers
Community mourns 12 year old Zachary Saunders in Gaston County
A 12 year old student from Crest Middle School, Zachary Saunders, died in a Friday afternoon I-85 crash in Gaston County. His family plans a memorial at the crash site. The GoFundMe fundraiser surpassed $5,000 in a few days as community members mourn his loss.
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Crest Middle School
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Gaston County
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Jacob Saunders
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McKinney
Brandon Saunders
Amy Jones
CMS
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