Unsolved Gastonia Homicides and Fire Displace Residents
The Gazette profiles cold cases James Clifford Friday and Dan Corry Leach, both connected to Gastonia, with Friday identified as a 1989 homicide victim and Leach shot dead in 1990. Fire on Holland Avenue displaced residents, causing $50,000 in damages and prompting Red Cross aid as investigators probe the blaze.
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Huckleberry Lane
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Dan Leach
Adam Lawson
Alawson
Gastongazette.com
Holland Ave
Gaston County
American Red Cross
Mastodon fiberglass display jams door at Schiele Museum
An indoor fiberglass mastodon lifelike exhibit became stuck in a doorway at the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia. The 15-foot figure, a long time centerpiece in the Earth and Man hall, roared but could not escape, prompting plans to remove and stabilize the troubled room to repair the foundation.
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Gastonia
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Schiele Museum
Ann Tippitt
Elizabeth W. Robinson
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Man
Schiele
Tippitt
John Clark
the Gazette
Cowboy Preacher Embarks Texas to Washington Pilgrimage
Preacher John Riggs blends faith with horses on a Texas to Washington journey. He and riding partners plan a Gastonia stop on Wednesday for an overnight with the horses before continuing their spiritual pilgrimage.
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Washington, D.C
Gastonia
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Lincolnton
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Red Cross offers disaster responder training in Hickory
The American Red Cross Blue Ridge Piedmont chapter announces a Disaster Responder Training workshop in Hickory. The program trains volunteers to feed and shelter neighbors during disasters and serves as a path to deployment for large events like hurricanes, floods, and fires, benefiting Gaston County residents seeking local service.
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Hickory
Suzan Anderson
Blue Ridge Piedmont
North Carolina
Gaston County
Gastonia
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Red Cross
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Hurrican
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Sai Anderson
Red Cross Disaster Responder Training Offered in Hickory
The American Red Cross will host Disaster Responder Training from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m on either Saturday or Sunday at 1375 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd SE Hickory North Carolina. Pre registration is through JoAnn Hedstrom at 704 864 2623 or joannhedstrom red cross.org.
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Lenoir Rhyne Blvd
Hickory
JoAnn Hedstrom
Joannhedstrom
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