JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were on the scene at a Maiden church Thursday after church officials received a letter containing an unknown white powder. The church is home to Pastor Charles Worley, who has achieved national notoriety after proposing to “get rid of” gays and…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Catawba County deputies located a body inside a burned car in a wooded area northwest of Sherrills Ford Thursday morning. Sheriff Coy Reid would not release details about the victim or vehicle but said deputies are currently treating the case as a “suspicious death.” If the…
Annual tour takes look at conservation AMANDA SEBASTIANO Staff Writer “People don’t think about where the food they’re eating is coming from when taking a bite,” said Patty Dellinger, district program coordinator of the Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation. “They should stop and think — if it wasn’t for agriculture,…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Lincolnton man is accused of cutting a hole through the floor of a local convenience store where police said he stole coins and cigarettes Wednesday morning. Lincolnton Police Detective Mark Sain told the Times-News Thursday afternoon that officers responded around 2 a.m. Wednesday to the…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Troopers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol have located the body of a man who apparently struck a tree with his motorcycle and died near the Lincoln/Catawba County line on Tuesday. Roy Sherman Gwyn, 39, had been traveling too fast for conditions when his motorcycle…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer While on his way to a break-in call Wednesday morning on the county’s northwestern end, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy James Owens hydroplaned and struck a utility pole near the city water plant, totaling his patrol vehicle and sending him to the hospital. Shortly after midnight, Owens…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer Graystone Eye of Lincolnton is expected to begin treating patients Monday at its new East Main Street facility, on which began construction last August. Relocating to the new 7,500-square-foot building from Graystone’s former Donita Drive office will take place over the weekend. The project had been…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Deputies recently apprehended a Nevada man, who was convicted of sexually abusing a child in Lincoln County more than a decade ago, and served him a warrant for failing to register as sex offender for the last five years. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said they’ve…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Lincolnton man was allegedly under the influence of a narcotic when he crashed his moped Wednesday afternoon in an area on the southwestern end of the county. Trooper Kyle Adkins with the North Carolina Highway Patrol told the Times-News Thursday morning that Timothy Allen, 50,…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Two western Lincoln County women were placed behind bars Thursday for allegedly filing a fake insurance claim after their house sustained fire damage late last year. Leslie Lee Bolen, 40, and Brandy Cress, 36, both of 7340 Hallman Mill Road in Vale, have been charged with…
