The annual peach festival in Gaffney, South Carolina is a time to celebrate the town’s heritage, but this year’s festival has a new meaning after the town was terrorized by a serial killer. Members of the Gaston County Police Department were honored during this weekend’s festival.

Authorities say a North Carolina parole officer should not be blamed for failing to tell jail officers to keep the suspected South Carolina serial killer behind bars.

Officials have decided a Dallas, N.C., couple will get a $30,000 award for calling in the tip that led to a man who authorities say was a serial killer who shot to death five people in South Carolina.

The man police have identified as the serial killer spent days “partying” in Gaston County while investigators searched for him. That’s according to the Charlotte Observer and NewsChannel 36, in Charlotte.

Rumors circulate of the Augusta Lynx folding after reports on a Charlotte North Carolina newspaper’s website.  Although the ECHL, the league the hockey team is in, has said that these rumors are NOT true, the future for the lynx may not be so good.  WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

Rumors circulate of the Augusta Lynx folding after reports on a Charlotte North Carolina newspaper’s website.  Although the ECHL, the league the hockey team is in, has said that these rumors are NOT true, the future for the lynx may not be so good.  WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

The ECHL announced late Wednesday afternoon that the Augusta Lynx will remain a member of the league.

One moment it was up, the next moment it was gone.  A report on the Charlotte Observer’s website announced that its city’s hockey team would have schedule changes because a planned game against the Augusta Lynx was off.  The article reported that the Lynx were on the verge of disbanding.  That was news to the Lynx officials who told WJBF News Channel 6 that it was “business as usual.“  Meantime, the Observer’s original article has since been pulled.  Developing.

The ECHL announced late Wednesday afternoon that the Augusta Lynx will remain a member of the league.

One moment it was up, the next moment it was gone.  A report on the Charlotte Observer’s website announced that its city’s hockey team would have schedule changes because a planned game against the Augusta Lynx was off.  The article reported that the Lynx were on the verge of disbanding.  That was news to the Lynx officials who told WJBF News Channel 6 that it was “business as usual.“  Meantime, the Observer’s original article has since been pulled.  Developing.