MAN
CHARGED WITH PRESCRIPTION FORGERY
Officers say
Justin Edward Brooks took a prescription
pad while at the emergency room at
Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln.
By
Jon Mayhew
An
eastern Lincoln County man is jailed
after authorities say he
took around 100 blank prescription forms
from a doctor’s desk,
while the staff was distracted.
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POLICE
INVESTIGATING ASSAULT AT SCHOOL
By Jon Mayhew
Authorities say a student was assaulted
by another student at a
Lincoln County School, with the events
being witnessed by a
teacher.
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Questions and
Answers
By: Kevin D. Starr
County Extension Director
N.C. Cooperative Extension Service
 Folks
have a lot of questions about
horticultural plants. There are an
unbelievable number of different plants
and varieties out there. No one is an
expert on all of them.
But there are a lot of good sources of
information. I also want to encourage you
to ask yourself three questions when you
consider paying for any horticultural
product or service:
1) Will it help you achieve your desired
goal?
2) Is it cost-effective?
3) Is it environmentally friendly?
With that in mind, I want to share
several questions and answers that may be
of interest to you.
Question: I noticed that many people had
their trees topped this winter.
How does this help the trees?
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UPDATE:
MORE THAN FIVE INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN
Snow falling on North Grove Street in
Lincolnton around 8pm Sunday.
WINTER'S
HERE!
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLN
COUNTY -- Mother Nature
proclaimed Sunday winter wasn’t over
yet, as rain and sleet pounded Lincoln
County during the day, followed by a wet
snow that started around 6pm.
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LINCOLNTON
POLICE CHIEF DEAN ABERNATHY ANNOUNCES
RETIREMENT OCT. 1
During the
City of Lincolnton's weekend budget
workshop at Lincolnton City Hall,
Lincolnton Police Chief Dean Abernathy
announced he will retire on October 1,
2009 after a 30-year law enforcement
career.
Abernathy
has been chief of the Lincolnton Police
Department since 2004.
FIREFIGHTERS
RESPOND TO INCIDENT
Authorities
responded to a residence on Lawing Street
after a residence heard a large boom.
By
Jon Mayhew
BOGER CITY – Firefighters
from Boger City and Lincolnton responded
to a residence in the 100 block of Lawing
Street to reports of an explosion in a
house Saturday night.
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MAJOR
TRAFFIC ISSUE IN EAST LINCOLN
As
of 10:15pm Sunday, Highway 16 completely
blocked
By Jon Mayhew
DENVER – It looked more
like a parking lot than a major highway.
Radio traffic indicated more than 20 cars
were stuck in the middle of Highway 16 in
front of the Westport Shopping Center.
Firefighters at the scene reported one of
the vehicles was a tractor-trailer that
was trying to turn around in the roadway.
Additional crews were on the way just
after 10pm to assess the situation.
No injuries were reported from the scene.
MAN
WITH INFANT IN CAR ASSAULTED
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – A 22-year-old
male with his infant in the car is
assaulted in the parking lot of a
Lincolnton restaurant.
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CITY
CONSIDERS RAISING
WATER/SEWER RATES
Lincolnton City
councilmen Fred Houser (left) and Larry
Mac Hovis (right) concentrate during a
budget presentation during the city's
3-day budget workshop at Lincolnton City
Hall.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – Taking a
shower, washing clothes and flushing a
toilet may cost Lincolnton residents more
starting April 1, and city leaders say
that’s no “April fool.”
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AUTHORITIES
INVESTIGATING THREATS OVER FAKE DRUGS
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – Police are
investigating an assault after one man
admitted to authorities he was sold fake
crack cocaine that was actually soap
flakes.
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MAN
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AT REST HOME
Paul
Hensley is accused of assaulting someone
at Boger City Rest Home.
By
Jon Mayhew
BOGER CITY – A Lincoln
County man faces charges after an assault
at a rest home facility in Boger City.
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How Then Should
We Live?
by
Skip Heitzig
We who
follow God are His servants. He is the
Master. I want to remind you that if you
are a Christian, … you can never see
your life as independent from God. In
fact, that's the very essence of sin.
Jesus says, "Who then is a faithful
and wise servant, whom his master made
ruler over his household, to give them
food in due season?" (Matthew
24:45). This indicates a task done in
God's household, the church. How are you
helping to build up other believers in
God's household? How are you sharing the
Good News of Jesus Christ with those who
don't know Him?
… What if you didn't show up for
work two or three days a month—just
because you didn't want to? Would your
employer say you are faithful? … In
the same way, if you just come to church
sporadically, but not enough to get
involved, are you faithful?
… Wise means you have enough insight
that would prompt your obedience. Do you
know that the wisest way for you to live
is in absolute surrender to Christ?
Romans 12:1 says "I beseech you,
therefore, by the mercies of God, that
you present your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service."
It's the smartest way to live. It's
faithful and it's wise.
For information about Skip Heitzig go to:
http://www.skipheitzig.com/
FIRE
CHIEF: NO CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 09-10
BUDGET YEAR
Lincolnton
Fire Department chief Mike Lee during
Friday's first day of the city's budget
workshop.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – City leaders
and city department heads sat down Friday
to get insight on departmental needs
within the City of Lincolnton.
And in a surprise development, one
department didn’t actually make any
official budgetary requests for the
upcoming fiscal year.
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James W. Warren Citizens Center
The Carolina Scoop Photo
The Lincoln County
Board of Commissioners will meet Monday
at 6:30 p.m.
will be held in the auditorium on the
first floor of the James W. Warren
Citizens Center
at 115 W. Main Street.
The citizens of Lincoln County are always
encouraged to attend. The following is
the agenda for
this meeting
Click HERE
for the Agenda
Lincoln County Sheriff's Department
Chapain Brian Williams
Photo by Elizabeth Mayhew/The Carolina
Scoop
LINCOLN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
February 27, 2009
INCIDENT REPORT
Publisher's
Note: Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln
County will pay a reward of up to $1,000
for an anonymous tip that leads to an
arrest in any crime. Call the tipline at
704-736-8909.
2009-01357
Larceny
Assigned: Officer Locklear
Location: 1884 Arrowood Ln.
Victim: Dustin Rhodes
Suspect took assorted clothing
Date Reported: February 24, 2009
District A
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for the Whole Story
Lincoln
County Courthouse
The Carolina Scoop Photo
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
LOCATION: LINCOLNTON, NC DISTRICT COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF LINCOLN
COURT DATE: 03/02/09 TIME: 09:00 AM COURTROOM NUMBER: 0001
JUDGE PRESIDING : HONORABLE K. DEAN BLACK
COURTROOM CLERK : CATHY KEENER
PROSECUTOR : R. KAY KILLIAN
:
NO. DEFENDANT NAME OFFENSE COMPLAINANT FILE NUMBER
*************************************************************************************
1 BALLENGER,KRISTA,DAWN SIMPLE ASSAULT BALLENGER,D 09CR 050626
2 EHRHART,DENISE,ALEXAND COMMUNICATING THREATS VASH,LINDA, 08CR 054703
3 GREEN,HOLLY,ANN SHOW CAUSE STATE OF NC 09CR 000682
4 GREENE,MICHAEL,ANTHONY ASSAULT ON A FEMALE DEW,DONNA,H 09CR 050625
COMMUNICATING THREATS DEW,DONNA,H 09CR 050625
5 ICARD,JIMMY,ERIC COMMUNICATING THREATS LEWIS,SARA, 08CR 054353
6 OVERCASH,AMANDA,DIANE SHOW CAUSE FONVIELLE,J 09CR 000230
7 PEELER,CAITLIN,RHAE SIMPLE ASSAULT SCRONCE,DAN 09CR 050351
8 SHUFORD,STEFAN MISDEMEANOR STALKING STANLEY,KAY 09CR 050480
COMMUNICATING THREATS STANLEY,KAY 09CR 050480
* MISSING/INVALID CHECK DIGIT
** DEFENDANT NEEDS TO BE FINGERPRINTED
Lincolnton
Public Works and Utilities Director Steve
Peeler talked about the need for keeping
city benefits.
See the story
below as part of continuing coverage of
the weekend budget workshop at City Hall.
FORGERY
SUSPECT CHARGED
By
Jon Mayhew
DENVER – More charges are
expected to be filed against a Lincoln
County teenager, arrested by
sheriff’s detectives on forgery
charges.
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TALK
OF NEW FIRE STATION?
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – During the
first day of the three-day budget
workshop at Lincolnton City Hall, fire
chief Mike Lee told city leaders he would
like for them to consider future plans
for a more centrally located fire
station.
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An afternoon
accident shut down traffic to the west
part of the Courtsquare for about 20
minutes. Around 3:40pm, authorities
responded to a wreck involving a BMW that
rear-ended a Ford pickup truck. According
to the accident report, the truck stopped
to allow for a car to back out of a
parking space. Damage to the BMW is
estimated at $12,000. Nobody was injured.
FEE
INCREASES ON THE WAY?
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – City residents
may have to pay higher fees and taxes if
the finance director’s budget
presentation is any indication of
what’s to come financially for the
City of Lincolnton.
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Lincolnton City
manager Jeff Emory (left) and mayor David
Black prepare notes for the budget
workshop Friday.
BENEFITS
KEY TO KEEPING CITY EMPLOYEES?
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – With all of
the City of Lincolnton department heads
gathered together Friday at City Hall,
one message through all of the capital
requests came out loud and clear.
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