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‘Blood-soaked killing fields’: Fact-checking Trump and Whatley’s claims about Cooper and crime in NC
President Donald Trump joined Republican US Senate candidate Michael Whatley in Gastonia to bash Whatley’s Democratic opponent, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.
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Gastonia police: Suspect wanted in motorcycle theft found in hospital ceiling
According to the Gastonia Police Department, officers said a Flock camera alerted them to two stolen motorcycles shortly after noon in the area of Armstrong Park Road.
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Gastonia police identify person dead after officer-involved shooting
According to the Gastonia Police Department, Derrick Manigault died after a shooting on Saturday inside Jakob's Food Mart on Gaston Avenue. Police said the investigation is still ongoing.
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Woman shot, killed by police after shooting at them in Gastonia
A police officer shot and killed a woman Saturday in Gastonia after they say she shot at an officer.
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Gastonia woman admits to using business COVID relief loans for plastic surgery
She obtained just more than $125,000 by making false applications to get the loans.
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Mother dies after minivan pins her against tree in Walmart parking lot
Her children, who were also hit by the minivan, survived the crash after being thrown aside, but they did have to be taken to a nearby hospital.
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Developing NC community to require American flags at all homes
The 43-home neighborhood called 1776 Gastonia has just completed its infrastructure. The made-to-order homes will be available for purchase in the next few months.
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Gastonia woman sheds light on families struggling with 'hidden homelessness'
As Gaston County tabulates their results from the annual "Point in Time" homelessness count, a Gastonia mother is highlighting a different type of homelessness that isn't easily quantified: hidden homelessness.
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Many families struggling with 'hidden homelessness' often fly under the radar, Gastonia woman says
Her family's experience is called "hidden homelessness" where families couch surf with relatives and friends and have no permanent address. It's partly why there's no reliable numbers tracking how many people experience it.
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Gastonia man charged with threatening Biden and law enforcement
A Gastonia man remains in custody after being charged with threatening President Joe Biden.
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Why Trump can't take red counties in North Carolina for granted
GASTONIA, N.C. -- Republicans in Gaston County still have pictures from the last time a presidential candidate visited here during a general election: They are sun-stained images from 1992, when President George H.W. Bush's Spirit of America train tour made a stop in the town of Ranlo, North Carolina.
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1 injured in officer-involved shooting at Gastonia restaurant
A person was shot as Gastonia police responded to a report of an armed individual at a Buffalo Wild Wings on Tuesday night.
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Charlotte-area trampoline park to remove attraction where child died
The Charlotte-area trampoline park where a 12-year-old boy died after a mishap last week said it will close the attraction where the accident happened.
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Boy, 12, dies after fall at Charlotte-area trampoline park
A 12-year-old boy died during a mishap at a Charlotte-area trampoline park, authorities said.
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Autopsy lists Gastonia boy's death as 'probable drowning'
A 6-year-old Gastonia boy who was found dead in a creek two months ago after disappearing from a local park several days earlier likely drowned, according to an autopsy released Thursday.
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Police: 3-year-old Gastonia girl safe, kidnapper arrested after Charlotte crash
The Gastonia Police Department has located a missing 3-year-old girl who was kidnapped from an apartment Sunday morning.
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'Not the end we hoped for': Authorities find body of missing Gastonia 6-year-old
Authorities said a body believed to be that of a missing 6-year-old Gastonia boy was found Thursday afternoon following an extensive search.
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Father of missing Gastonia 6-year-old: It's been torture
Watch live as Ian Ritch, the father of missing 6-year-old Maddox Ritch, speaks to the media as authorities in Gastonia provide an update on the search for the missing boy.
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Mother of missing Gastonia boy: 'I just want my baby home'
As law enforcement expands the search for a missing 6-year-old Gastonia boy with autism, the boy's mother tearfully pleaded Tuesday for people who might have some information about his disappearance to come forward.
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FBI joins search for missing Gastonia boy
The FBI is involved in a search for a missing 6-year-old boy in Gaston County.
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Loving family lifts woman, children up
On the front porch of a new Habitat for Humanity home in Gastonia, Joe Padilla Jr. stepped up with crisp military efficiency and attached an American flag to the house that his sister Linda De La Garza and her four children will now call home.
