A list of the most recent stories about Gastonia and Gaston County.
Victims of Gaston Co. pastor were hungry, cold girls, prosecutors say
Monday afternoon, a federal judge denied bond for a former Gaston County pastor accused of sexual acts with children. About 25 to 30 supporters of Larry Bollinger came to federal court, including his wife. There were so many people that there weren’t enough seats in the courtroom. Bollinger is accused ...
Police investigate deadly accident as homicide
Gastonia police said they are investigating a deadly crash as a homicide. Officers were called to a crash on Beaty Road where a car appeared to have run off the road. The two people in the car were rushed to the hospital, but the passenger, Justrivus Chambers, died on Sunday. ...
2 charged after wreck in Gaston County
Two people were charged after a wreck in Gaston County Friday night. According to our newspartners, the Gaston Gazette, Wesley White, 18, is charged with DWI, underage consumption of alcohol while driving and driving without a license. Kenneth Calloway Grissom, 17, is accused of aiding and abetting DWI, resisting a public ...
Police puzzled after car ran off road, 1 dead
A deadly crash left one person dead in Gaston County Friday afternoon. The accident has left investigators with many unanswered questions. Troopers said Phillip Palmer Jr. was killed when he ran off of Dallas High Shoals Road and hit a tree stump. Investigators told the Gaston Gazette that speed or ...
Man pleads guilty in fatal drunken driving accident, sentenced to 20 years
Seven months after the death of her boyfriend, Shay Sistare struggles to move forward with her life. "I don't sleep without medication. I'm terrified whenever I get into a car," she told a Lancaster County courtroom Friday. Sistare and her boyfriend, Brennon Conklin, were traveling on Interstate 77 in Chester County last October with a weekend ...
9 Investigates: Watchdogs worried about comfort of state employees using BofA cards to spend taxpayer money
Some watchdogs and even more government insiders worry the Carolinas may be too cozy with Bank of America. Both states’ employees use BofA purchasing cards to buy things with tax dollars. Now, South Carolina tax refund checks come in the form of BofA-branded cards, unless the taxpayer specifically asks for ...
Former Gaston Co. pastor accused of sex with 2 minors in Haiti
A former Gastonia pastor has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of having sex with two minors in Haiti. The indictment states that Larry Michael Bollinger traveled from the U.S. to Haiti and engaged in “illicit sexual conduct” with two minors under the age of 18. The ...
Cleveland Co. representative trying to ban TVs in prisons
A letter written by a man convicted of two murders who now sits on Death Row is sparking some possible changes in the state’s prisons. State Rep. Tim Moore introduced a bill Wednesday that would ban television on Death Row in North Carolina. The move comes after Danny Hembree wrote ...
’50 Shades’ won’t be on shelves in Gaston-Lincoln libraries
Avid readers won’t find any copies of a New York Times Bestseller on the shelves of a local library any time soon. The Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library said it did not order any copies of “Fifty Shades of Grey” because of the book’s erotic content. The book is the first in ...
Alliance Bank faces second federal order
The holding company for Gastonia-based Alliance Bank & Trust agreed to an enforcement action from the Federal Reserve, according to a deal with terms disclosed Thursday. Alliance Bank & Trust was already facing tighter restrictions under a consent order from the FDIC. That was an agreement between Alliance and the ...
Firefighters raise money for teen injured in crash
Firefighters in Gaston County are raising money Friday to help a teenager injured in a recent crash. “It's something that touched our heart,” said Brad Hall with the Union Road Fire Department. “It's something that we as a fire department wanted to reach out and do what we can.” From ...
Local Wells Fargo customers will soon face fees
In a few months, many Wells Fargo customers in the Carolinas will have to pay for their checking accounts. There will be a $7 monthly fee for customers who receive paper statements, and a $5 monthly fee for customers who get online statements. There are two ways for customers to ...
McHenry wins congressional primary
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry has beat out two GOP challengers in North Carolina's 10th Congressional District Republican primary. McHenry is a four-term legislator who previously was appointed as special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Labor by President George W. Bush. He serves on the House financial services ...
Kings Mtn. mayor wants to permanently close crossing where trucks get stuck
Kings Mountain's mayor is now trying to permanently shut down a railroad crossing where trucks keep getting stuck, but he's still worried that would create new problems at the next railroad crossing down the road. Every time a train comes by, shop owner Jamie Batchelor tries hard to ignore it. ...
Felon arrested after police find 6 guns
Police found a man with six guns in his Gastonia home. Jamie Davis, 46, was arrested and charged with six counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. Felons are not allowed to own firearms in North Carolina. Officials confirm that Davis has a 9 mm pistol, a Winchester ...
Police: Man paralyzed after being shot, stuffed in car at night club
A man is hospitalized after being shot Saturday morning at a Gastonia night club. Police said Jehonathan Jackson suffered two gunshot wounds and is now paralyzed. The Gaston Gazette also reports that he was shot in the parking lot of The Glass House nightclub at 316 E. Franklin Blvd. Officials said the ...
Convicted felon fashioned .22-caliber gun from pen, police say
A Gastonia man was arrested after police found a gun disguised to look like a pen during a search Tuesday night. The man, 52-year-old Timothy Virlyn Tilson, is a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty to a felony in 1998, police said. Tilson was charged with possession of a firearm by ...
Police: Man found naked walking through Gaston neighborhood
Gaston County police arrested a man early Thursday morning after they said he was walking around completely naked. Officers found Carl Thomas on Plumbtree Circle Trail just outside him home. Police said a woman and her 4-year-old daughter saw him. Thomas has been charged with indecent exposure.
Tractor-trailer flips on I-85 in Gaston Co.
A tractor-trailer flipped over on Interstate 85 north near the McAdenville exit in Gaston County Thursday morning. The truck spilled fuel onto the roadway. One lane of I-85 was blocked while crews worked to clear the scene. The road was reopened about 7:30 a.m., but crews will be blocking the ...
60 hurt, including children, when 2 buses crash
Sixty people were hurt when two buses collided with a car on Carolina Avenue in Gastonia on Wednesday afternoon. Paramedics treated dozens of children at the scene, and 12 people were rushed to a hospital. All of those injured had been released from Gaston Memorial by Wednesday night. The two ...
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