/tags/gaston-county Gaston County en-US Copyright Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:16:06 GMT /news/2025-01-21/trump-commutes-nc-proud-boy-convicted-january-6 According to an NPR database, 50 people from North Carolina have been charged in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:16:06 GMT /news/2025-01-21/trump-commutes-nc-proud-boy-convicted-january-6 Bradley George /politics/2024-10-16/2024-north-carolina-secretary-state-election-candidates-marshall-brown Elaine Marshall has been the Secretary of State for North Carolina since 1997, serving under five different governors. Challenging the longtime incumbent Democrat for a seat of the Council of State is Chad Brown, a Republican, a former small-town mayor, and a former baseball player. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:28:15 GMT /politics/2024-10-16/2024-north-carolina-secretary-state-election-candidates-marshall-brown Mitchell Northam /news/2023-09-14/north-carolina-court-upholds-law-adults-file-child-sex-abuse-lawsuits Child abuse victims effectively have until turning age 21 to file such a lawsuit. But the new law gave people 21 and over time to file such suits in 2020 and 2021. The state Supreme Court likely will have the final say in the matter. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:43:34 GMT /news/2023-09-14/north-carolina-court-upholds-law-adults-file-child-sex-abuse-lawsuits Associated Press /news/2023-04-20/a-6-year-old-girl-and-her-parents-were-shot-and-wounded-over-a-stray-basketball-says-neighbor A North Carolina man shot and wounded a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard, according to neighbors and the girl's family — another in a string of recent shootings sparked by seemingly trivial circumstances. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:29:05 GMT /news/2023-04-20/a-6-year-old-girl-and-her-parents-were-shot-and-wounded-over-a-stray-basketball-says-neighbor Associated Press /news/2022-06-07/8-north-carolina-historic-places-added-to-national-registry Seven of the sites are in central North Carolina and the other is in the western part of the state. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:20:14 GMT /news/2022-06-07/8-north-carolina-historic-places-added-to-national-registry Joe Jurney, Bradley George /politics/2021-11-02/nc-democrats-walk-out-protest-republican-house-loftis-gaston-insurrection Rep. Donnie Loftis of Gaston County said he was just outside the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection in January. Loftis has said he had “zero involvement in the rioting” and condemned how others went inside. At least one Democrat said Loftis' rally participation crossed the line. Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:19:05 GMT /politics/2021-11-02/nc-democrats-walk-out-protest-republican-house-loftis-gaston-insurrection Associated Press /race-demographics/2020-08-04/after-108-years-confederate-soldier-will-no-longer-stand-outside-gaston-courthouse Gaston County commissioners voted 6-1 Monday night to move a Confederate monument that has stood in front of the courthouse since 1912. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:19:20 GMT /race-demographics/2020-08-04/after-108-years-confederate-soldier-will-no-longer-stand-outside-gaston-courthouse Ann Doss Helms /education/2020-07-21/group-says-its-time-to-retire-belmonts-red-raider-mascot A group called "Retire the Red Raider" is lobbying the Gaston County school board to change the mascot for Belmont's South Point High School. Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:06:29 GMT /education/2020-07-21/group-says-its-time-to-retire-belmonts-red-raider-mascot Ann Doss Helms /race-demographics/2020-07-07/panel-tackles-fate-of-towering-confederate-monument-at-gaston-county-courthouse Twelve volunteers will walk past a towering Confederate monument into the Gaston County Courthouse Tuesday to discuss whether that statue should be... Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:25:00 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-07/panel-tackles-fate-of-towering-confederate-monument-at-gaston-county-courthouse Ann Doss Helms, Dashiell Coleman /education/2020-04-28/what-i-am-missing-for-high-school-senior-brooke-cox-science-olympiad-and-tennis-are-memories-now The pandemic has had an especially harsh impact on high school seniors in North Carolina. They've missed events they can't get back, like final… Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:24:12 GMT /education/2020-04-28/what-i-am-missing-for-high-school-senior-brooke-cox-science-olympiad-and-tennis-are-memories-now Cole del Charco