Regional News

Gaston County police say a 64-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday evening by two police officers after the armed suspect threatened them.

Catawba County sheriff's investigators are looking into the off-campus death of a Lenoir-Rhyne University student Monday.

Seven cars carrying coal for a power plant in Catawba County derailed early this morning. No one was injured but the cleanup may cause traffic jams.

A full-scale search involving ATV's and a helicopter paid off this morning, as two hikers who had been missing since Monday evening in the rugged Pisgah National Forest in Burke County were found.

Gaston County Board of Education member Ruth Angel, known statewide as an advocate for special needs children, died Sunday in Gastonia at 78.

Voters may have sent Larry Kissell to Washington, but to Charlotte city code inspectors, he's a litterbug.

The late afternoon sun had slipped behind Gastonia's old Loray Mill by the time I got there.

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All aboard! Two new train displays and a trackless train will enchant visitors at this year's Holiday Lights at the Garden, opening Nov. 28 at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont.

More like a river, this fast-flowing stream splits the Caldwell County hills with beauty and power, attracting admirers who fish, swim or paddle its waters or simply soak in the landscape.