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Friday, April 26, 2013  Dolores Rainwater now wants to know why she was fired after she said a student hit her in the face.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Two former Gaston town officials have been sentenced to prison for misusing public funds.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A Gaston man accused of assaulting his wife with a box cutter is wanted by the  Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  A Columbia man has been charged with operating a chop shop in Gaston.

Monday, February 18, 2013  An overnight fire claims the life of an elderly woman.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Daimler Trucks North America is warning 1,300 jobs could be lost at three North Carolina factories, reversing course a year after announcing plans to rehire more than a thousand workers there.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  A meth lab being operated out of an unoccupied home near West Columbia was busted by Lexington county law enforcement officers Tuesday afternoon. Two men were arrested.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  A husband and wife are in jail after Lexington County deputies seized a mobile methamphetamine laboratory early Tuesday morning.

Saturday, January 12, 2013  A man is dead after being hit by a car Friday evening.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Lexington County deputies trying to serve an arrest warrant on a woman wanted for driving with a suspended license found a toddler, wearing only a diaper, locked alone in a bedroom of a home.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  The South Carolina Highway Patrol is working to gather information about a hit and run involving a moped and an unknown vehicle in Gaston Wednesday night.

Monday, November 19, 2012  A 60-year-old man is dead after being shot multiple times Saturday morning near Gaston.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  The Chester County grand jury has indicted a Richburg man in the July shooting death of another man.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  The former town administrator in Gaston has pleaded guilty to taking money and supplies from the town for her own use.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  A man accused of throwing a 17-month-old child across a room could face 20 years in prison if convicted.