JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Burning embers led to a laundry room fire Thursday at a residence in the northeastern part of the city. County EMS Manager Bill Summers said the fire appeared to be accidental in nature and was the second occurrence that day at the home, located at 713…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Four more suspects have been charged in connection with Lincolnton Police’s drug round-up for the year. Starting early last month, authorities sought-after close to 100 individuals wanted on nearly 400 charges in a 16-day operation headed by local police but aided by various law enforcement…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer Despite last week’s announcement by Sears Holdings Corp. that it would be closing more than 100 stores across the country, it looks like Lincolnton’s Sears Home Services should be safe. An associate with the Lincolnton store, located on East Main Street, told the Times-News Friday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Baby boomers take note: Medicare as your parents have known it is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012. You may not like it, but you might have to accept it. Dial down the partisan rhetoric and surprising similarities emerge from…
Dee Littlejohn spearheaded the Lincolnton offense with more rushing yards than anyone in Wolves’ history.…
Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies prepare to enter the home of a drug suspect in August. The Lincoln Times-News team sat down this week to look over the past year’s headlines and rank the top Lincoln County news stories of 2011. We tried to identify stories that represented bigger trends and…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer An appeal to the North Carolina Board of Elections over protests regarding absentee-ballot voting in this fall’s Lincolnton city elections has been temporarily withdrawn. The decision appears to be part of a wait-and-see strategy from those who lodged the protests, because of an ongoing criminal…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Lincoln County fire crews helped to rescue a dog Wednesday that had been stranded for more than day on the South Fork River during a time when heavy rain’s contributed to an increase in the river’s water levels. According to a Denver Fire Department press…
