GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Emergency personnel in Gastonia freed and transported a driver to the hospital following a rollover crash Tuesday morning. Fire and EMS crews responded to the accident located at April and Homestead Drives.  Fire companies arrived at the scene to a work truck with an attached trailer on its side.  Crews safely extricated a pinned-in patient and took the individual to CaroMont Hospital ..read more

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Video shared by a viewer shows high-powered cars doing donuts in a Gastonia shopping center parking lot. Witnesses said it happened around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, along Union Road ..read more

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - A raid on two Gastonia hotel rooms netted nearly $1 million in cocaine and fentanyl, Gaston County Police said on Friday. Search warrants were issued on Tuesday regarding California residents Esmeralda Dominguez, 51, and Omar Herrera, 49. The warrants stemmed from a previous traffic stop. During a search of two Gastonia hotel rooms, approximately $390,000 in cocaine and $520,000 in fentanyl, according to the police report. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol and Gaston County Police were among the departments involved in the investigation. Both face ..read more

GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Fans left CaroMont Health Park disappointed in the outcome of the Gastonia Baseball Club’s season opener, but they had high hopes for the future of the team.  The baseball club does not have a permanent name, but it has a new front office and new names on the team following a tumultuous offseason. The team’s managing company under its previous name, the Gastonia Honey Hunters, was accused of not paying players, employees, and the county back for services.  The Gastonia baseball Club is a temporary name since a new ownership group is in place follo ..read more

CLOVER, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Poultry farmers across the Carolinas aren’t taking any chances.  Many are turning to strict protocols as another wave of bird flu continues to threaten the chicken population across the country.  Since 2022, it is estimated more than 90 million birds have either died from the virus or were killed to prevent further spread in the U.S.  ..read more

GASTONIA, NC (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The desperate search intensifies for a missing marine from Gastonia. Corporal Charles Alex Benfield was reported missing after a night out in downtown San Diego. The Marine stationed at Southern California’s Camp Pendleton had just reenlisted for four more years this past fall. His family is questioning the circumstances surrounding his sudden disappearance. “It's just unbelievable and bizarre to us that this happened,” said Sarah Lazo, Benfield’s sister. Corporal Charles Alex Benfield Gastonia native Sarah Lazo and her family are desperate for answers after h ..read more

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The Gastonia Baseball Club is set to embark on an otherworldly adventure as they take the field under one of eight temporary team names. Introducing the Gastonia Gastronauts. This move is part of an innovative initiative by team management to engage the community and explore new horizons in baseball ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – A North Carolina family is trying to find Marine Corporal Charles Alex Benfield, who has reportedly disappeared from Southern California's Camp Pendleton. "We’re all worried. This isn't normal behavior for Alex, just to leave and not to have any contact with anyone, especially my mom," Sarah Lazo, Benfield's sister, told sister station KSWB/KUSI. Alex was in downtown San Diego earlier this month when he was detained for public intoxication. He was later released from the McAlister Institute Recovery and Bridge Center on Sunday, April 14. Lazo explains what the fron ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – A North Carolina family is trying to find Marine Corporal Charles Alex Benfield, who has reportedly disappeared from Southern California's Camp Pendleton. "We’re all worried. This isn't normal behavior for Alex, just to leave and not to have any contact with anyone, especially my mom," Sarah Lazo, Benfield's sister, told sister station KSWB/KUSI. Alex was in downtown San Diego earlier this month when he was detained for public intoxication. He was later released from the McAlister Institute Recovery and Bridge Center on Sunday, April 14. Lazo explains what the fron ..read more

GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - Gastonia Baseball Club manager Mauro 'Goose' Gozzo is in his fourth year and previews the upcoming season ..read more