JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Deputies seized cocaine and marijuana from a vehicle Sunday night during a traffic stop on U.S. 321, resulting in the arrest of three Catawba County residents, the Sheriff’s Office said. Deputy R.D. Richard stopped the suspects’ vehicle around 9 p.m. after the…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A city light pole fell on a parked vehicle Monday morning, crushing the back window, after police said a second vehicle hit the pole, located in front of Mainstreet Cafe & Grille in Lincolnton. Restaurant employees said they were not surprised by the incident, which occurred…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Gaston County man is wanted by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office after deputies said they chased him by vehicle Friday morning into a neighboring county before ending the chase at the South Carolina state border. The Sheriff’s Office issued a press release stating that Deputy…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Following three months of surveillance at a Denver man’s residence, narcotics investigators and fellow patrol deputies locked up an alleged drug offender Wednesday night for using his home to grow nearly 20 marijuana plants, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said. Raymond William Taylor, 66, of 5230…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer An eastern Lincoln County mother and daughter were arrested after Sheriff’s detectives said the mother robbed at least five pharmacies in three different counties, and her daughter, who was not involved in any of the incidents, happened to be in the same vehicle Monday night. Local…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has released the name and cause of death of a man accidentally killed while working Saturday morning at a cabinet-manufacturing plant on the county’s northern end. Marendonio Francisco Viruel Lopez, 35, of 1007 Grazing Meadows Ct. in Lincolnton, suffered traumatic injuries…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Fire Officials said they have not ruled out arson yet as the cause of a blaze Sunday morning that destroyed the Glen Oaks Country Club in Maiden. “We haven’t ruled anything out at this point,” Catawba County Fire Marshal Mark Petit told the Times-News Monday morning. “That’s common practice.” Petit said…
Lincoln Times-News Staff Lincoln County Schools Facilities Director Darrell Gettys has resigned, according to Board of Education Chair Candy Burgin. “I can confirm that Mr. Gettys has resigned effective (Tuesday) to pursue other avenues,” Burgin wrote in an email. “The Board wishes him the best. We will be working closely…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A vehicle struck and killed a 25-year-old Georgia man who was walking in a roadway Tuesday morning near the Lincoln / Catawba County line, troopers with The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. The incident occurred just after 5:30 a.m. near 4149 Biggerstaff Road in central…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Lincoln County sex offender appeared in court today on charges he illegally went to a local middle school with his wife to pick up a student last month. Michael Wayne Perry, 58, of 2793 Wingtip Court in Iron Station, went inside East Lincoln Middle School…
