Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen ...

The scam involves an impersonator calling the family member or friend of an inmate and demanding they pay a percentage of ...

A 7-year-old boy died crossing the street. His parents are being charged. The accused parents remain in the custody of the Gaston County Jail with $1.5 million bonds, according to inmate records.

A captain at the Gaston County Detention Center was fired in March for misconduct. Capt. Timothy Lancaster, 49, was fired March 22 for "unbecoming conduct," according to a notice of disciplinary ...

A news release from the Gaston County Sheriff's Office said it and the District Attorney's office had asked the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation on Dec. 5, 2024, to look into ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, on his last day in office Tuesday, commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without parole.

Governor Cooper Takes Capital Clemency Actions RALEIGH – Governor Roy Cooper announced today (Tuesday) that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row in North Carolina to life without ...

Specifically, officers missed two supervision rounds in Teague’s block and left inmates alone for more than 40 minutes. The lawsuit names Gaston County, former Sheriff Alan Cloninger, current ...

North Carolina's jails are on the frontlines of the mental health crisis. Jail staff have to tend to inmates with mental health issues, even though they’re not fully equipped to do so. That can ...

County officials want to use opiate settlement funds to pay for the program. Gaston County will receive $43 million in settlement funds over 18 years. Forty-two counties in North Carolina have ...

North Carolina's jails are on the frontlines of the mental health crisis. WFAE examines how jail staff have to tend to inmates with mental health issues and the toll that kind of work can take.