Lincolnton Police Dept. warns of rise in scams
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 Servic...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
SHELBY––Methamphetamine and cannabis continue to top the list of favored illegal drugs among Cleveland County’s addicts.According to...
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GCPD FAST Team Arrests Man Wanted for Multiple Child Sex Offenses
GASTONIA, N.C. – On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, officers with the Gaston County Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension and Suspect Tracki...
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Alabama woman dies in Saturday crash
MOORESVILLE––An Alabama woman died Saturday, following a collision in Iredell County.According to North Carolina State Highway ...
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South Carolina man sentenced for meth
CHARLOTTE––A South Carolina man was sentenced Thursday in connection with methamphetamine distribution.According to spokeswoman Lia B...
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Shoplifting at Dollar General on Union Road
GASTONIA––Another Dollar General has been the target of a clearly co-ordinated robbery.According to a Wednesday statement from the Ga...
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