Police arrest three in Gaston County drug and bus tampering cases
Brandon Ledford, 20, of Gastonia, is charged with second degree trespassing and tampering with vehicle parts after allegedly boarding a school bus at H H Beam Elementary, removing a fire extinguisher and spraying it inside the bus on April 30. He is jailed on $1,000 bond and set for May 26. Kelvin Boyd, 28, and Akil El, 29, both of Charlotte, were arrested for attempting to pass fake prescriptions to obtain opiates. They face multiple felony counts and hold $100,000 bonds each in Gaston County Jail.
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Brandon Ledford
Gastonia
Ledford
H.H. Beam
Gaston County
Charlotte
Kelvin Boyd
Akil el
Boyd
CVS
South New Hope Road
Walgreens
Union Road
Obituaries and notices in Charlotte area Classifieds
Obituary list includes Thomas Hicks 85 of Charlotte Edward Hooper Sr 79 of Dallas Mable Davis 103 of Stanley Patsy Honeycutt 95 of Gastonia and others with ages and hometowns. Also mentions Belmont Clover Gastonia Shelby and Kings Mountain locales with brief classifieds and sections for Lottery Business Crosswords and Sports in Volume 137 Issue 129.
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Thomas Hicks
Charlotte
Virginia Gibson
Kings Mountains
Edward Hooper Sr
Dallas
Margaret Woods
Shelby
Troy Dills
Alexis
Howard Hardin
Mooresboro
Gerald Seigler
Clover
S.C
Sherita Kee
Belmont
Howard Blanton
Rose Huffstetter
Davidson
Bobby Hoyle
Shirley Bowman
Cherryville
Mable Davis
Stanley
Pete Meredith
Clover, S.C
Patsy Honeycutt
Gastonia
Louise Piercy
Mother's Day Messages From Beloved Moms Across Families
A collection of heartfelt Mother’s Day tributes honoring moms who raised children, beat illness, and offered unwavering support. Readers praise resilience, guidance, faith, and family unity while sharing personal thanks and memories.
Father dies in crash. sons hurt, others critical
A single father, lauded for his devotion to his young sons, died in a Friday night crash that left his boys fighting for life and a driver and her daughter in critical condition. Three other children sustained injuries from serious to minor in a two vehicle wreck on a stretch of road. Investigators cited driving at high speed, with the other driver reported to be speeding in a 45 mph zone.
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Wade Barrett
Jaiden
Dakota
Gaston man, 20, stabbed to death in Charlotte
A 20 year old Gaston County man died after being stabbed in Charlotte in an early morning incident on the 1400 block of Quail Street off Moores Chapel Road. Skyler Riker of Lowell reportedly suffered non life threatening injuries and later died at CareMont’s urgent care in Mount Holly. Initial police notes describe an altercation.
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Gaston County
Charlotte
Skyler Riker
Lowell
Quail Street
Moores Chapel Road
West Charlotte
Mount Holly
Riker
CareMont
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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Allison Guffey
Crystal
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Kezhon
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Olivia Lipscomb Burris
Betty Jo Cope Barker
Lanie Cope
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la Plata, MD
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Navy
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Loretta Conyers
Taquina Darby
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Fred A. Davie Jr
Reginald V. David and
Thomas A. Davis Sr
Virginia Hunter Davie
Kevin Elliskellis
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