Rescues and worry after Matthew inundates NC
North Carolina faced flooding from Hurricane Matthew as thousands were trapped in homes and cars. Coast Guard helicopters and military vehicles pulled people from rooftops, including a woman clinging to a tree for hours and a mother and child on a car roof. Authorities feared more victims as rivers rise.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Matthew
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Haiti
U.S
Pat McCrory
Unsolved Gastonia Homicides Reach Back Years
The Gazette revisits long unsolved Gastonia homicide cases, noting 20 city inquiries over five years old per the Gaston Police Department. Victims died by gunfire, stabbing or head injuries in varied locations, including a well, with Cecil Griffin killed July 16 1980 at age 62 by stab wounds.
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Gastonia
the Gazette
Cecil Griffin
Woman jailed after DWI with child in car faces multiple charges
Kristin Hope Pressley, 32, of Gastonia, allegedly passed out from prescription drugs with a 3-year-old in the back seat at the Franklin Boulevard Myrtle School Road intersection. Arrest reports cite DWI, contributing to juvenile delinquency, misdemeanor child abuse, drug possession, driving without registration, and no valid license. Bond set at $50,000.
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Kristin Hope Pressley
Gastonia
Franklin Boulevard
Myrtle School Road
Pressley
Gloves Come Off In Town Hall Debate
In a tense town hall style confrontation in St Louis Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about women show exactly who he is and his unsuitability for president. Trump countered that Clinton attacks women tied to her husband and warned she would be jailed if he won. He pressed attacks and interruptions calling her a liar and the devil while admitting he paid no federal income taxes for years. He dismissed 2005 remarks as locker room talk and blamed Bill Clinton for worse behavior.
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ST. Louis
Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump
Trump
Clinton
White House
Bill Clinton
West Gastonia Sears building nears demolition plan
City leaders plan to tear down the former Sears on West Franklin Boulevard with little delay. Michael Barrett reports from Gastonia as officials work out timing for the neighboring Budget SEE SEARS feature and readers are urged to consider a vigil or memorial gestures in the crumbling parking lot.
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Sears
West Franklin Boulevard
Gastonia
John Clark
the Gazette
Trump tape remarks trigger party switch details error
The Sunday story on Donald Trump’s 2005 remarks cited wrong facts about voters Tanzy Wallace and Kathy Wilson. Wallace says she has been a Republican since 1982, while Wilson left the Democrat Party after Bill Clinton's affair disclosure and became unaffiliated.
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Donald Trump
Tanzy Wallace
Kathy Wilson
Bill Clinton
White House
Obituary list notices for seven North Carolina residents
Sammie Robbins 72 of Kings Mountain Joe Wilson Sr 77 of Shelby Christine Kiser 93 of Cherryville David Patman 84 of Gastonia Kimberly Leaphart 58 of Gastonia Hazel Abernathy 88 of Lincolnton Kevin Wingate 54 of Stanley Rayvon Little 84 of Matthews today.
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Sammie Robbins
Kings Mountain
Joe Wilson Sr
Shelby
Christine Kiser
Cherryville
David Patman
Gastonia
Kimberly Leaphart
Hazel Abernathy
Lincolnton
Kevin Wingate
Stanley
Rayvon Little
Matthews
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Edisto Island
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Associated Press
Diane Turbyfill
Washington University
T. Wilking
West Gastonia
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