Browse past news stories for Bessemer City High School in Bessemer City, NC.

• Teen girl charged with attacking fellow Bessemer City High student (The Gaston Gazette)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 12:45:28 am
  A Bessemer City High School student was arrested after allegedly hitting another girl in the face Wednesday. Jasmine Monique Williams, 16, of 2007 Redwood Circle, Kings Mountain, was charged with intentionally causing a public disturbance by
• Schools get $650,000 to help at-risk students (The Gaston Gazette)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 04:29:39 pm
  Gaston County Schools finance department took home two awards for its 2008 annual financial award. The finance department’s report earned the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Association of Business Officials
• Bessemer City High student charged with reaching for policeman's gun (The Gaston Gazette)
  posted on August 29, 2009 at 12:10:16 am
  A Bessemer City High School student is accused of reaching for an officer’s gun as police arrested him on disorderly conduct charges Friday. Larome O’Brian Hopper, 19, of 930 Hallmark Drive, Gastonia, tried to take Gaston County Police
• Bessemer school board approves 2010 budget (Birmingham News)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 02:42:09 am
  The budget projects general fund revenues of about $30.1 million.
• Mason called up to Triple-A (The Gaston Gazette)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 07:36:00 pm
  Chris Mason was added to the Buffalo Bisons Class AAA International League roster on Tuesday night. By late Tuesday night, Mason had shown he was ready to be back at the next-highest level of professional baseball. Mason, a 2002 Bessemer City High
• Teen driver faces charges in fatal crash (The Gaston Gazette)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 10:32:02 pm
  A teen driver whose passenger was killed in a July 31 crash now faces criminal charges. Ty Williams, 17, is being charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and driving after consuming under age 21, according to Trooper T.R. Lee with the
• Teen killed in wreck, friend in critical condition CMC (with VIDEO) (The Shelby Star)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 11:11:40 pm
  BESSEMER CITY — A teenager was killed when his friend’s sport utility vehicle skidded and flipped on a rural road Friday afternoon. State troopers said Matthew Harold Mortensen, 16, of Kings Mountain, died at the scene. The driver,
• Meet the $88.1 million winner (The Shelby Star)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 04:07:31 pm
  RALEIGH - For years, Bill Wilson has bought lottery tickets for his family members. After buying the tickets, he lays them on a table and family members pick their ticket, hoping to strike it rich. On Saturday, Wilson's son, Jeff Wilson, picked the winning
• Gaston County teachers prepare for the worst (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 09:48:28 pm
  GASTONIA, N.C. -- More than 600 Gaston County school employees, mostly educators, are being told they might not be renewed next year because of state-mandated budget cuts.
• High school senior juggles perfect attendance, firefighter duties, associate's degree (The Shelby Star)
  posted on May 23, 2009 at 03:55:10 pm
  Bessemer City High School senior Matthew McCutcheon hasn't even graduated yet, but in addition to holding down a part-time job, maintaining perfect attendance for 12 years in a row and working for the Tryonota Volunteer Fire Department, the 18-year-old
• Ex-KM coach Leigh dies at 60 (The Shelby Star)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 02:19:03 am
  The local sports community has lost a longtime coach, mentor and friend. Tony Leigh, a former coach at Bessemer City, Kings Mountain, East Gaston and West Lincoln high schools died Sunday after a bout with cancer. He was 60. Leigh coached football,
• HOT DISH: Brad Paisley, Keith Urban Get Love From the ACM (cmt.com)
  posted on April 5, 2009 at 10:50:03 pm
  ( CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel's Hot Dish: Cookin' With Country Stars , she also hosts CMT's Southern Fried Flicks With Hazel Smith and shares her recipes at CMT .com.)