Changes coming to Gaston County courts COVID-19 notification policy after judge s positive test
A Gaston County district court judge showed up to work despite awaiting the results of what ended up being a positive COVID-19 test. Author: Brandon Goldner Updated: 5:39 PM EST February 25, 2021
GASTONIA, N.C. Gaston County s chief district court judge has changed the courthouse s COVID-19 notification procedures after a WCNC Charlotte investigation found some people who appeared before a district court judge in November weren t notified he later tested positive for COVID-19.
On the week of Nov. 9, 2020, Lands presided over cases in Gaston County Courthouse s courtroom 3C both Monday and Tuesday.
A three-day search for a man wanted for a double homicide in western Gaston County ended early Monday morning more than 60 miles away in a hotel in the foothills of western North Carolina.
Police from two counties and four agencies captured 19-year-old Michael Shane Barnes of Taylorsville as he left a Quality Inn off U.S. 421 in Wilkesboro just after midnight.
Barnes was booked into Gaston County Jail at 7:48 a.m. Monday without bond on two counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 18 shooting deaths of Robert Lucas Luke Gibby, 22, of Bessemer City, and Adam Kale Wood, 19, of Kings Mountain.
Gaston County Police have now charged two more people with murder in a shooting last week that left two men dead and a third injured.
Police charged Kaleb Isiah Carver, 21, of Taylorsville, with two counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 18 shooting deaths of Robert Lucas Luke Gibby, 22, of Bessemer City, and Adam Kale Wood, 19, of Kings Mountain.
Police filed juvenile petitions against a third person on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
Carver was booked into Gaston County Jail without bond at 6:19 p.m. Monday.
Earlier Monday, police arrested Michael Shane Barnes, a 19-year-old suspect from Taylorsville, on identical charges.
SMC Bond Refinance Saves Taxpayers $26.8 Million
Jan. 23, 2021 at 5:00 am
Savings to be Passed on to District Property Owners through Lower Tax Bills
This past December 2020, the Santa Monica Community College District successfully refinanced a portion of its general obligation bonds, saving the community more than $26.8 million in interest costs that will be passed on to district property owners through lower tax bills.
The District availed itself of the favorable interest rate environment and issued new bonds at a rate of 2.4% to refinance previously issued bonds, which carried interest rates between 4% and 5%. There was no prepayment penalty or extension of the repayment period on the bonds.