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GASTONIA, N.C. — Police in Gastonia are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect who stole multiple packages from the same home earlier this month. The incidents happened at a home on Normen Street on Aug. 6, police said. In a tweet, the Gastonia Police Department said the thefts were committed by the same suspect.

The brother of an Upstate teenager who died earlier this year, has now been charged in her death. As we previously reported, a 14 year old disabled girl died in Cherokee County April 11th.

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Multiple demonstrators have voiced concern over the constitutionality of a state statute being enforced in Gaston County. The statute, G.S. 14-225.1, entitled ‘picketing or parading’, places limitations on the rights of demonstrators who are gathered outside of a courthouse. It specifically notes that citizens need to remain 300 feet away from a courthouse to prevent the influence of a judge, juror, witness or district attorney.

30-year-old Aaron Seagraves plead guilty Tuesday to two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and resisting arrest in connection to the violent assaults of two individuals in 2020.

A man accused of killing a Cherokee County man last month has been arrested in West Virginia.

Tractor-trailer fire closes I-77 N near John Belk Fwy. in Charlotte. Medic said one person was taken to Atrium CMC with serious injuries. Charlotte planners adopt new Unified Development Ordinance draft. Updated: 5 hours ago. The current draft includes input from the community and stakeholders on how this plan can...

The Blue Ridge Coyotes 10u came home Champions of the NSA Season Closer at Reep Park in Hickory on July 30. The team battled hard in the heat going 3-0-1 for the day. […]On July 30, Izzabell Heinke (age 14) and Payten Heinke (age 10) from Jonesville, competed in the National Martial Arts Open Tournament at State Games of America held in Ames, Iowa. […]Surry County student-athletes showed they could compete with the best high schoolers in the state this past school year. […]MARION — Wilkes County Post 31’s season came to an unfortunate end early last week in the...

GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - Police are looking for a man they say tried to rob a home in Gastonia while pretending to be a food delivery person. According to the Gastonia Police Department, the incident happened on Audubon Drive. Investigators say the man rang a doorbell to see if someone...

CHESNEE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A Chesnee man has been sentenced to prison for the violent assaults of two people in 2020, according to Murray Glenn with the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Glenn said Aaron N. Seagraves, 30, pleaded guilty on Aug. 9 to two counts of assault and...

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Officials have released the identity of a man who died in a suspected drowning at Lake James over the weekend. Officials told WSOC the body of 78-year-old Julius Kocsis, of Morganton, was found on Saturday, Aug. 6, "in about 12 feet of water just south of the Fonta Flora access point."

GASTONIA, N.C. — A Gastonia man is taking home over four million dollars after winning a North Carolina Education Lottery game. Jimmie Shindler played the Lucky for Life game online Wednesday. He won after matching all five white balls with the yellow Lucky Ball, lotto officials said. His game...

Jimmie Shindler of Gastonia had a choice to make, but he really couldn't make a bad decision with this one. Shindler won the Lucky for Life top price of $1,000 a day for life off a $2 North Carolina Education Lottery ticket he purchased online last week for the Aug. 3 drawing.

GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - Whether it’s a door knock or a doorbell ring, it’s a crime that seems to start the same in one Gastonia neighborhood. Police say some people are posing as bogus delivery workers to target homes. On Audubon Drive in Gastonia, neighbors are concerned about...

Burglary suspect poses as food delivery person in Gastonia, police say. Police are looking for a man they say tried to rob a home in Gastonia while pretending to be a food delivery person. Updated: 18 minutes ago. Shocking video shows a man dressed as an Amazon delivery driver as...

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Albemarle Corp. plans to build a “mega-flex” lithium conversion facility in the Southeast by 2029. It would process lithium ores from the company’s proposed Kings Mountain mine and recycled lithium feedstocks. The plan calls for a factory that can process up to...

GASTONIA, N.C. (WGHP) — Jimmie Shindler, of Gastonia, bought a $2 Lucky for Life ticket and won the top prize of $1,000 a day for life, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. Shindler bought his winning ticket for Wednesday’s drawing through Online Play on the lottery’s website. He won his prize by matching […]

A MEGA jackpot winner who beat a 30.8million to one odds has shared why he decided to collect instant millions rather than a yearly sum for life. Jimmie Shindler of Gastonia, North Carolina, became an instant millionaire after his $2 Lucky for Life ticket struck gold. Shindler, 60, purchased the...

According to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, an unknown man broke into Heart of the Foothills Animal Rescue, located at 380 US 221N Hwy. at 1:45 a.m.

"Police officers cannot be judge, jury and executioner," an attorney for the family of Brandon Combs says.

A new Taco Bell is coming to Shelby. The city has one restaurant already on East Dixon Boulevard and a second is planned for the former Zaxby’s location near Cleveland Mall four miles down the road. The empty building was vacated last year when a new Zaxby's opened next...