JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A Lincoln County murder case was waived up to Superior Court on Tuesday. Gary Clinton Farmer, 51, of 346 Grandview Lane, who’s been charged with stabbing 31-year-old Donald Lee Hoyle Jr., of 1310 Clark’s Creek Circle, made his second appearance Tuesday in a Lincoln County…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A local man is suspected in a series of recent break-ins targeting three homes north of town, where deputies said he stole a number of items, with aid from a juvenile in one of the incidents. Jessie Allen Adams, 25, of 343 Triple H Lane…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Two robberies took place in the county on Friday, one of which authorities noted was a drug deal “gone bad.†Deputies responded around 10:50 p.m. to a disturbance at a residence on the 1200 block of Highland Bluff Court in search of an orange Cadillac,…
Sheriff Carpenter hopes to have 15-year-old boy charged as an adult JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Deputies and school officials say they know who emailed two bomb threats to Lincoln Charter School last week. Lincoln County Sheriff’s detectives plan to meet with juvenile authorities at the District Attorney’s Office today…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Authorities have identified the body of a Stanley man found 30 yards offshore from Lake Norman’s The Boat Rack in Catawba County Thursday morning. Ronny Robert Gimon, 57, was discovered floating in the water around 10:30 a.m., according to Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid. “He…
SARAH LOWERY and FRANK TAYLOR Lincoln Times-News Staff Records show elections staff shared concerns The Lincoln County Board of Elections dismissed the protests regarding absentee ballot voting in the recent Lincolnton city elections with a 2-0 vote during a special called meeting Friday, but the matter is probably not settled.…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer A murder suspect accused of stabbing a friend at his Lincolnton residence last month is expected to make his second appearance in Lincoln County district court Tuesday morning. Gary Clinton Farmer, 54, of 346 Grandview Lane allegedly used an unknown sharp object to stab to death…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer Action taken in closed session at Thursday’s Lincolnton City Council meeting appears to be at odds with the North Carolina Open Meetings Law. A legal expert specializing in that statute has advised the Times-News that the city acted illegally. The question of legality stems from…
Mike Dunn, a botanist with the N.C. Museum of Natural History in Raleigh, talks with Kiser Intermediate students in Lincolnton last month. MARTHA K. SEAGLE Staff Writer Students at Kiser Intermediate School in Lincolnton experienced science “hands on†recently as they created a natural habitat on the school grounds. Mike…
City sending letter to online publication to protest criticism of Emory SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer The Lincolnton City Council decided to extend City Manager Jeff Emory’s contract but did not offer him any increase in pay. Following the more than two-hour closed session conducted before the end of the…
