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Commission recognizes 10 years of senior games News

Commission recognizes 10 years of senior games

Editor , Thomas 2026-03-17 15:32:21

 LINCOLNTON––The Lincoln County Senior Games are this year celebrating a decade of athletic excellence and fun.According to Lincoln C...

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Two wanted men taken into custody, Monday News

Two wanted men taken into custody, Monday

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-17 14:11:34

GASTONIA––Two wanted men were arrested and taken into custody on Monday afternoon.According to a Tuesday statement from the Gastonia Polic...

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Dollar General-robbing pair caught by GCPD News

Dollar General-robbing pair caught by GCPD

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-16 19:43:19

GASTONIA––A man and a woman who recently robbed a Gastonia Dollar General store have been caught.According to a Monday statement...

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Morganton man dies in Monday crash News

Morganton man dies in Monday crash

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-16 18:36:41

 STATESVILLE––A Morganton man died Monday morning in a crash on I-40.According to a same-day statement from North Carolina State High...

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Lincolnton Police Dept. warns of rise in scams News

Lincolnton Police Dept. warns of rise in scams

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-16 17:41:34

LINCOLNTON––The Lincolnton Police Department wants you to be aware of rising numbers of new scams.According to a Monday statement fro...

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Avery Named Coordinator Of LCS Athletics, Safety, and Custodial Services News

Avery Named Coordinator Of LCS Athletics, Safety, and Custodial Servic...

Lincoln County Schools 2026-03-16 17:29:22

 LINCOLNTON, N.C.—Lincoln County Schools has named Victor David Avery as the district’s new Coordinator of Athletics, Safety, and Cus...

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Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies Recover Kidnapped Child News

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies Recover Kidnapped Child

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office 2026-03-15 01:12:13

 DENVER, N.C.—On March 13, 2026, deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check at an address in the ...

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Boone man dies in Thursday crash News

Boone man dies in Thursday crash

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-12 23:57:10

LAUREL SPRINGS––A Boone man died Thursday, following a collision in mountainous and rural Alleghany County.According to Nor...

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Vale Man Facing Drug Related Charges News

Vale Man Facing Drug Related Charges

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office 2026-03-12 20:05:31

 VALE, N.C. — Michael John Lavecchia, of 3446 Hog Hill Rd., Vale, NC, was arrested and charged with multiple drug-related offenses.Lavecchi...

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Undercover Operation Leads to Drug Arrest News

Undercover Operation Leads to Drug Arrest

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office 2026-03-12 19:49:51

 LINCOLNTON, N.C.—The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit conducted an undercover operation in the Bison Trail area after ...

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Wilkes County Registrar of Deeds arrested News

Wilkes County Registrar of Deeds arrested

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-12 09:26:03

WILKESBORO––Sometimes the war on drugs brings in some surprisingly high-level suspects.And so it was on Wednesday, when agents of the Nort...

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Narcotics-related search warrant nabs three News

Narcotics-related search warrant nabs three

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-11 12:41:26

SHELBY––A trio of felons was arrested Tuesday in connection with illegal narcotics.According to a same-day statement by the Clev...

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Dallas man jailed on paedophile-related charges News

Dallas man jailed on paedophile-related charges

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-11 11:51:28

DALLAS––A local man has been arrested in connection with multiple counts of paedophile-related crimes.According to a Tuesday statemen...

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Ferguson convenes summit on public safety News

Ferguson convenes summit on public safety

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-10 21:34:55

CHARLOTTE––North Carolina Western District United States Attorney Russ Ferguson held a public-safety summit Tuesday.According to spok...

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County’s third rabies case for year so far News

County’s third rabies case for year so far

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-10 17:57:55

STANLEY––Lincoln County just saw its third case of rabies for the year thus far.That’s the word Tuesday from Vanessa León. Th...

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Heroin, meth, cannabis top CCSO drug busts News

Heroin, meth, cannabis top CCSO drug busts

Lincoln Herald Staff 2026-03-09 20:10:35

SHELBY––Methamphetamine and cannabis continue to top the list of favored illegal drugs among Cleveland County’s addicts.According to...

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