Gastonia police probe linked home in Leach killing case
Police linked Dan Corry Leach’s Huckleberry Lane home to possible criminal activity as they pursue leads in the April 6, 1990, murder of the 65 year old man. Leach’s daughter found his body after he was shot multiple times in the back neck and arm. The Gazette seeks input from family or friends for a Gastonia cold case feature.
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Dan Corry Leach
Huckleberry Lane
Leach
The
Gazette
Gastonia
Dan Leach
Adam Lawson
Alawson
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Trick or treat date in area set for Oct 31 this year
Halloween falls on Monday this year and communities plan trick or treat on Oct 31 unless Sunday. Towns listed chiefly keep the date Oct 31 with Dallas and others noting adjustments only if Halloween lands on a Sunday. City workers report routine inquiries each October to clarify scheduling.
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Dallas
Belmont
Bessemer City
Cherryville
Cramerton
Gastonia
High Shoals
Kings Mountain
Lowell
McAdenville
Mount Holly
Ranlo
Clinton draws support from local Democrats at UNC Charlotte
At a Sunday event in Charlotte, Gastonia Councilman Robert Kellogg and Kings Mountain chair Betsy Wells greeted Hillary Clinton after her outdoor set. They credit her with inspiring political involvement and praise her relaxed tone. Wells noted Clinton’s pledge to make college affordable for families earning under 125000, as Election Day nears.
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UNC
Charlotte
Gastonia
Robert Kellogg
Betsy Wells
Kings Mountain
10Th
U.S. House Democratic Party
Kellogg
Wells
Clinton
Gaston County
Democratic Party
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Cherryville man arrested on child sex charges
Ron Burns 60 of Cherryville former Cleveland County Schools employee faces seven counts indecent liberties with a child two counts statutory sex offense with a child by an adult and one count attempted statutory sex offense with a child by an adult. Investigators say two seven year old girls were involved and the incidents began after one girl told her mother Burns knew the family and a search warrant was executed at his Harbor Road home.
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Cleveland County Schools
Ron Burns
Cherryville
Cleveland County
Alan Norman
Burns
Harbor
Plan to downsize business park near Dallas area
Gaston County commissioners allocate 50000 to study about 180 acres north of Dallas Bessemer City Road near the former Apple Creek Golf Club. The project, linked to Gastonia Technology Park, proceeds after a public hearing with no resident objections and aims to evaluate development viability on the site.
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Dallas
Gaston County
Michael Barrett
the Gazette
Dallas -Bessemer City Road
Gastonia Technology Park
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