Staff reports When a small power-equipment company in Denver was purchased by a Chinese firm last month, the news received some attention and speculation in regional news media. But an industrial announcement event Thursday morning for Chongqing-based RATO that is being held at Verdict Ridge Country Club in…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer John O. Gilleland Sr., father of Lincolnton’s mayor and former S. Ray Lowder Elementary School principal, has passed away at the age of 79. He died late Monday afternoon after a long struggle with kidney issues, according to correspondence between members of the Lincolnton Rotary…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Maiden man convicted of a sex crime nearly a decade ago was jailed over the weekend after deputies said he illegally accessed a social networking site. According to a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office warrant, Lester Scott Turner, 40, of 4760 Kemp Dellinger Road…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Lincolnton man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death inside their city home Friday afternoon. Police responded to 1225 Untold Way in Lincolnton around 1:30 p.m. where 41-year-old Jerry Alvin Black Jr., claimed his girlfriend Jennifer Costner, also of the same residence, had…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said vehicular break-ins have slowed down in the last week after a string of incidents in neighborhoods around north N.C. 150 flooded the reports earlier this month. According to Lt. Tim Johnson, head of criminal investigations, deputies have had…
Karen Banker’s “Ode to Rothko†is an example of what she calls her “abstract expressionism.†JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer “The artist may control the process, but the paint is always in control,” local artist Karen Banker said. Starting Saturday, Banker’s artwork will be on display…
This Crouse building, the former site of Schwan Food Company, is going up for auction next month. SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer The former facility of The Schwan Food Company on Old Lincolnton Road in Crouse will be up for auction on March 22. Five other surplus facilities of…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Less than three weeks are left to purchase raffle tickets for Habitat for Humanity’s playhouse fundraiser drawing next month. The 6-by-10 feet wooden structure, built by students from Lincoln County’s School of Technology under the direction of carpentry teacher Clay Ledford, will be awarded…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer The Lincoln County Board of Education unanimously approved the drafting of a letter showing support for the Mountain Island Educational State Forest at Wednesday’s meeting. Superintendent Sherry Hoyle will draft the letter, which will then be up for approval. Laura Shidal, supervisor of the forest, presented…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Three men were arrested after a neighbor spotted them stealing an A/C unit from an unoccupied residence in Lincolnton Thursday morning, according to deputies. The incident occurred just before 10 a.m. at a home on Drew Drive, where two of the suspects lived, authorities said. According…
