A Gaston woman has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a fatal shooting early this morning in southern Lexington County. Chesnee Labri Mattress, 23, is also charged with possessing a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the victim as Annette Riley, 44, of […]
Lexington County K-9 handler Adam Clayton and his partner, Bady, were finally in a comfortable working rhythm when the dog contracted an illness that forced him to medically retire earlier this year. “In the beginning it was hurtful because I know he has so much more to do, so many more things to accomplish,” Clayton […]
On Sept. 24, 2009, Debbie Powell received a phone call from someone telling her that her son, Andy, had been found dead in his home on Goodwin Road in Gaston and his prized dragon necklace was stolen. “You give birth to this child and you raise them for 21 years,” Powell said. “Then somebody goes […]
A 15-year-old Airport High School student is being held by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice after school administrators found an unloaded handgun in his backpack. The administrators became aware of the student possibly having a gun at school this morning, according to deputies. Administrators searched his belongings and discovered a .380 pistol, both […]