JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Local businesses, nonprofit organizations, schools, churches and area residents will come together Friday evening in eastern Lincoln County to once again raise money for one of the most deadly diseases in today’s society — cancer. According to the American Cancer Society website, more than…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Four Lincolnton High School students had a run-in with the law on Friday, according to a police report. School Resource Officer B. Hunsucker said officers located the teens skipping school in an area on Highland Drive, and when they approached the suspects, they ran…
LTN Staff Report Those interested in receiving financial guidance at no charge will have a chance to do so Friday. Fifth Third Bank, in collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of Lincoln County, the United Way of Lincoln County, the Lincoln County Coalition Against Child Abuse and…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Lincoln County’s Child Advocacy Center and at least 20 other North Carolina nonprofit organizations focused on aiding abused and neglected children will be forced to close their doors this year if they can’t find additional financial assistance following the state’s more than $7 million…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer The Lincoln County chapter of the Boys & Girls Club could commence operations as soon as August, two years after organization officials said they started working on establishing a local unit. Lincoln County Unit Director Shaun Newton, currently an employee with the Department of…
JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer Deputies have arrested three Catawba County teens and a fourth individual connected to a northern Lincoln County drug deal and kidnapping Thursday night, the Sheriff’s Office said. Taryn Suzzette Parrish, 18, and Bradley Ryan Good, 20, both of 2423 South N.C. 16 in Newton,…
SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer A new co-op business aimed at helping local artists display and sell their work recently opened in downtown Lincolnton. East Main Street Artisans celebrated its official grand opening with the Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce last week, though it first opened its doors in…