Kara Fohner | The Gaston Gazette (AP)

Nine-year-old J.D. Jackson didn’t just ask for toys for Christmas this year. Instead, his holiday wish was for something far more important.

A 9-year-old North Carolina boy wrote to Santa. Then his grandmother made a mistake.

Gastonia's Charly Lindsey launched her nonprofit, Hope’s Helping Hands, in 2020 with a mission of helping women of color succeed in life. Last fall, she opened a thrift store, Second Chance Community Thrift.

James Ijames, a native of Bessemer City in Gaston County, won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play "Fat Ham," an interpretation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" that is set at a North Carolina barbecue.