Blanche Thornburg Beam CHERRYVILLE — Blanche Thornburg Beam, 94, of 111 Harrilson Rd., formerly of Hwy 274, died Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Carolina Care. Mrs. Beam was born on Jan. 5, 1918 in Gaston Co., a daughter of the late Frank and Lillian Dellinger Thornburg. She was a…
MICHAEL GEBELEIN Sports Editor DENVER — The East Lincoln Mustangs varsity football team plays Burns for the fourth time in the Cleveland County Jamboree at Crest High School on Friday. The Mustangs have a 2-1 record in the teams’ previous meetings. The scrimmage is the first time the 2012-2013 Mustangs…
Lincolnton tickets Fans can purchase all-sport passes for $75 or football season tickets for $25 from a sports booster or athletic director Scott Cloninger. Reserved seat holders can pick up their tickets from sports booster Kevin Ray or Ronnie Carpenter. Reserved seats will also be available for pickup at the…
Losses to Wilmington end Post 100’s season in state tournament MICHAEL GEBELEIN Sports Editor GRANITE FALLS — Cherryville Post 100’s baseball season came to a close on Sunday after two mercy-rule losses at the hands of Wilmington Post 10. Wilmington defeated Cherryville 16-5 in seven innings on Friday, but Cherryville…
Lincolnton tickets Fans can purchase all-sport passes for $75 or football season tickets for $25 from a sports booster or athletic director Scott Cloninger. Reserved seat holders can pick up their tickets from sports booster Kevin Ray or Ronnie Carpenter. Reserved seats will also be available for pickup at the…
Suspect’s family claims he’s incapable of violent crimes JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Tears were flowing heavy inside a Lincoln County courtroom Friday morning as family members of murdered Lincolnton couple Mike and Bonnie Vincent listened emotion-filled while Judge K. D. Black told accused killer Wilbert Lester Fair he…
AMANDA SEBASTIANO Staff Writer Lincoln County Board of Education members are set to take action at their meeting Wednesday night to revamp the Lincolnton and West Lincoln high schools’ track fields, in lieu of a majority vote at a Building and Site Committee meeting last month. Board member…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer County commissioners will consider regulating Internet sweepstakes gaming operations during tonight’s board meeting. Zoning Administrator Randy Hawkins will present a suggested amendment to the county’s Unified Development Ordinance, defining electronic gaming centers as “as any business enterprise where persons utilize electronic machines to conduct…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Lincolnton resident Joni Stone still trembles when her mind flashes back to the deadly scene she encountered after a vehicle crashed into a tree across the street from her residence Thursday evening along N.C. 150, she told the Times-News on Friday. William Franklin Baker, 56, of 202…
