Volunteer Fire Department Welcomes New Engine
The Agriculture Center celebrated its seventh fire apparatus with a wetdown ceremony. Firefighters and community leaders praised dedication as Engine 610, purchased from Anchor Richey in Hickory for $450,000 with taxpayer funds, was blessed, christened, and moved into service by 42 volunteers serving 31 square miles.
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Aston County
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Fire Damages Apartment. Oven Ignites Kitchen Blaze
Firefighters arrived at 11:23 p.m. Saturday to heavy fire in an apartment unit. It took 15 minutes to extinguish. A resident escaped after the smoke alarm sounded. Officials say the fire started from food left in an oven and urge cooks to stay in the kitchen and keep flammable items away from the stove.
Belmont church break in leads to multiple felony charges
Reginald Rorie, 61, is charged with breaking and entering a place of worship, larceny after breaking and entering, and burglary tools after entering Belmont’s Upper Room on June 2. Items stolen valued around 2900 include a Yamaha mixer, two speakers, mics, cables, and a monitor speaker combo. He posted 25000 bond. Lou Everette Huckle, 48, faces felony charges for soliciting a child via computer and disseminating obscene material to a minor after a Lincolnton arrest. He is jailed on 250000 bond. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office also reports four drug suspects and one wanted person tied to methamphetamine cases. tips invited via local lines.
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Memorials and a town divided over a teen’s memorial
Residents in Gastonia reflect on memorials for three teens killed in 2013 2014 and 2015 as Samantha Thomas’s tribute was moved prompting debate on preservation. Cornell Thomas runs Samantha’s House a six‑woman recovery halfway home while continuing to honor his wife’s memory and push for community healing.
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West Garrison Boulevard
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East Long Avenue
North Broad Street
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Robinwood Road
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Cornell Thomas
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Samantha
Gaston County teen crowned Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen
Marissa Garrison of Gastonia won the Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen title. She plans to promote the Destiny Lives On Foundation and honor friend Destiny Stafford, who died in a horseback accident and donated organs. Allison Farris was first runner up. Huggins advances to Miss America.
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Gastonia
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