Man to serve 20 months for crash that killed boy
Joli Stevens says she has a life sentence while the man who killed her son, Maquel McMullen, will serve less than two years after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The crash occurred April 20 on Pinhook Road near McAdenville. Jason Eugene Pruitt II accepted a plea in Gaston County Court.
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Maquel McMullen
Joli Stevens
Superior Court
Jesse Caldwell
Jason Pruitt
Gaston County
Pruitt
M KE Hensdill
the Gazette
Stevens
Maquel Lee McMullen
Pinhook Road
Cabin Street
McAdenville
North Belmont
Kate
Jason Eugene Pruitt II
Gastonia moves ahead with Franklin Urban Sports and Entertainment district plan
Gastonia City Council voted 7 0 to clear the Sears site on Franklin Boulevard and invest nearly 4 million to assemble 16 acres for a future downtown entertainment district. The plan envisions a multi use stadium and surrounding redevelopment including historic Trenton Mill and a Coca Cola bottling plant, with approval from locals and cautious notes from one historian.
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Gastonia
Sears
Franklin Boulevard
John Bridgeman
Franklin Urban
West Main Avenue
Hill and
Clay Streets
Trenton
Coca-Cola
Gastonia Business Services
Kristy Crisp
Timothy Ellis
Trenton Mill Village
North Carolina state employees receive October bonuses
State workers will get across the board bonuses this month, with merit based awards also possible. The budget directed one time bonuses of 0.5 percent of annual salary in October paychecks, and merit incentives range from 475 to 700 dollars for employees with previous year evaluations. The State Employees Association of North Carolina calls the move a pre election political stunt.
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North Carolina
Pat McCrory
Office of State Human Resources
State Employees Association of North Carolina
Democrats say they miss Michelle Obama on campaign trail
Betsy Wells of Kings Mountain and Gastonia City Councilman Robert Kellogg seated near the front at the Charlotte Convention Center as Michelle Obama campaigned for Hillary Clinton before about 1,800. They say Democrats will miss the first lady after the November election and praised her charisma and heart.
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Michelle Obama
Betsy Wells
Kings Mountain
North Carolina
Wells
U.S. House
Democratic
Barack
Gastonia
Robert Kellogg
Charlotte Convention Center
Obama
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Kellogg
Clinton
White House
Donald Trump
Obituary list for North Carolina residents
Margie Prince 64 of Mount Holly Dennis Fox 84 of Gastonia Jerry Smith Sr 68 Maurice Harrelson 93 Lincolnton William Anthony Sr 69 Cherryville Sara Lemley 63 Gastonia Ned Gardner 77 Lititz Pa Larry Proctor 51 Bessmer Terry Buchanan 63 Mount Holly Emily Mayes 74 Kings Mountain Eunice Martin 84 Mount Holly
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Margie Prince
Mount Holly
Dennis Fox
Gastonia
Jerry Smith Sr
Maurice Harrelson
Cherryville
Sara Lemley
Ned Gardner
Lititz
Larry Proctor
Bessmer
Obituary notices and classifieds tease across pages
Obituary references list Barbara Andrews aged 76 Alfred Dover 69 Kings Joyce Jonas 64 and Mary Boykin with notices on pages B3 to B4 and classifieds across C7 to C12 in Volume 137 Issue 279, indicating a regional newspaper brief.
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Fuse District
John Clark
Gazette
The
Associated Press
Lincolnton
William Anthony Sr
Terry Buchanan
Mount
Holly Emily Mayes
Eunice Martin
Barbara Andrews
Alfred Dover
Kings
Joyce Jonas
Belmont
Mary Boykin
Carolinas
Union Rd
Gastonia, NC
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