SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will consider officially terminating its contract with the Lincoln County Lifesaving Crew during its meeting tonight, following the group ceasing operations last Sunday after more than 50 years of service. As the Times-News previously reported, members of the volunteer…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Lincoln County SWAT officers busted down the door of a Denver residence late Thursday night and served a search warrant that led to the arrest of two men for alleged cocaine and marijuana possession, the Sheriff’s Office said. The raid concluded a…
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…
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…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer The Lincoln County Apple Festival may be months away, but preparations are already beginning, with a winner for the annual event’s T-shirt design contest announced this week. Halee Good, a 23-year-old graphic designer, has been selected by the Apple Festival Board for her entry into…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Locals gathered at the Lincoln County courthouse Thursday morning to pray for their community and country as part of National Day of Prayer. “I’m not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ,” Lincolnton resident Paula McSwain said after gathering for several minutes with the group in a…
