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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 2016
Page
1
Matthew reports teams opting for Thursday night sports, highlighting the push for dusk games, broadcast interest, and local participation. Coaches, players, and fans anticipate competitive matchups and community engagement across the schedule.
In Gaston County Hank Haskins president of Lumiere Medical Industries leads a local Haiti relief chapter as Hurricane Matthew threatens with wind and rain. He describes substandard housing, tents with wood floors, no cars and poor roads hindering evacuation and aid. Donations of time or money can be directed to Lumiere Ministries via phone or website.
Highway Patrol investigates a fatal head-on collision near Cherryville and Old Stubbs roads in Cleveland County around 6 p.m. Wednesday. A 68-year-old woman in a white Chevrolet Impala struck a 70-year-old man in a Ford F-150 head on. Both drivers died at the scene. Names not released. The woman may have had a medical issue and was driving on rims after losing two left tires. Investigators continue pursuing details. Photo by Joyce Orlando.
The Akers Center auction, overseen by Patti Dobbins, was postponed to November 18 at 3 p.m. It is the second delay with no comment from the lender. DLC Management bought Akers Center for 17.65 million from Kimco in 2006 after a 15.4 million loan from Column Financial Inc. and has defaulted on that loan, missing every monthly payment since September 2015, per Gaston County foreclosure filings.
A list of obituaries from Lincolnton Cherryville Gastonia Belmont Kings Mountain and Charlotte area entries includes Maurice Harrelson 93 Moree Harrelson 92 Forrest Hawley 75 Helen Jenks 87 Roy Sullens 75 James Brown Sr. 63 McArthur Rankin 72 Danny Curry 64 Gail Hulett 76 Jessica Miller 28 Terry Buchanan 63 Vickey Classen 68 James Reagan 85 Joyce Jonas 64 Jean Lay 70 Lola Morrow 79 Lavonia Wilson Ethel Adams 97 Nancy Norman 84 Ronnie Cope 76 Thelma Fisher 87 Nelson Wharf 81 Isaiah Carter Jr. 80 Christopher Jones 78 Dorothy Hudson 79 Doris Brazzeli 80 and other notices listed on Page B2.
More than 200 Cherryville residents gathered at the Gantts’ Cherry Street home for a vigil honoring Noah Hampton and Clint Gantt. Mourners, including Hampton’s basketball coach Scott Harrill, prayed and shared memories as classmates recalled their friendship and school life.
William Joseph McCullen, 25, charged with first degree murder in the August death of Jordyn Dumont. The body was found near her Bessemer City home after a frantic 911 call. McCullen, dating the mother, is held without bond as legal proceedings continue.
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