JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer At least one person has died following a head-on collision Thursday night on the county’s eastern end, troopers said. According to Trooper C. Cline with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Gary Errickson, 47, was killed just before 9:20 p.m. after his 1998 Honda…
LTN Staff Reports Lincoln Charter received two State Farm grants this month to both increase campus traffic safety and promote safe driving among all state teens, according to a State Farm press release. The school plans to use the $10,000 Good Neighbor Citizenship grant to establish a Teen…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Tammy Peeler, 53, of 6719 Lackey Rd. in Vale was charged April 30 with one count of communicating threats. No bond was set. Erin Rebecca Head, 28, of 715 Church St. in Cramerton was charged April 30 with…
On Monday, April 22, 2013 Denver Fire Department hosted a fundraising event to benefit several fire and EMS departments near West, Texas. These fire departments were devastated in mid-April when 11 fire and EMS responders were killed in the line of duty while fighting a local fertilizer plant fire. Many…
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Kimberly Spring Brittain, 21, of 409 Tot Dellinger Rd. in Cherryville was charged April 27 with one count each of trafficking heroin, possession of a schedule III controlled substance, sell or deliver a schedule III controlled substance, possession with intent…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Hundreds of eager second graders bounced from one educational booth to another at Wednesday’s 22nd Annual Adopt-A-Cop picnic at Betty Ross Park in Lincolnton, learning about safety topics from police, firefighters and additional first-responders throughout the region. During the school year, local law enforcement officers…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer The Lincolnton City Council said no to a proposed bar in downtown after hearing from several speakers on both sides of the issue Thursday night. The decision to turn down the conditional-use permit request came in a split vote, with council member Dr. John…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer Lincoln County, along with 98 others, saw a decrease in its unemployment rate in March, according to new figures released by the North Carolina Department of Commerce on Wednesday. From February to March, Lincoln County’s unemployment rate dropped almost a whole percentage point from…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Gaston County man is accused of engaging in sexual activity with a teen girl last year in Lincoln County, deputies said. Jeffrey Scott Callahan, 47, of the 200 block of Creekside Court in Bessemer City, is behind Gaston County bars under a $900,000…
