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- Driven to download: Paramedic wins car from The Gaston Gazette
As a paramedic, Jason Stowe often finds himself checking patients' pulses and monitoring heartbeats.
- 2010 APA National Team Championship: Wrap-up
The 2010 APA National Team Championships is officially over and everyone has returned home already looking forward to next year at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas .
- Nighttime maintenance work will slow I-85 traffic
State maintenance workers will be doing nighttime pavement repair on I-85 North west of Bessemer City beginning at 9 p.m. Monday and ending at 3 a.m. Tuesday, Aug.
- Police: Man used high-tech trickery to get prescription painkiller
A Bessemer City man is accused of using high-tech trickery to fake a prescription for the painkiller hydrocodone.
- Tonight's Games
August 27, 2010 Albemarle at West Stanly Alleghany at Grayson County, VA Apex at Durham Riverside Ardrey-Kell at North Mecklenburg Asheboro at Southeast Guilford Asheville at Tuscola Ashley at South Brunswick Aycock, C.B. at Rosewood Ayden-Grifton at Greene Central Bandys at St.
- Father and son accused of dealing drugs out of motel
A father and son face charges of dealing drugs from a local motel. Paul Neil Sisk, 54, and Robert Neil Sisk, 23, both face multiple drug charges related to the sale and delivery of marijuana and prescriptions from their motel room, according to a press release.
- A dog story with a happy ending
When their dog went missing after a car wreck Thursday, Paul and Shirley Hager spent four days in anguish over what had become of their longtime pet.
- 2010 / 2011 Live @ Your Library Project Announced
Photo: Bluesman Mike "Lightin'" Wells will be the featured performer in November 2010.
- Gaston Memorial worker fighting for life after cycling wreck
A Belmont man is fighting for his life in an Asheville hospital after being severely injured in a cycling accident Saturday afternoon.
- Gaston school board agrees on almost everything
The school board has split its vote just 11 times in five years, according to a Gazette analysis of school board meeting minutes.
- Man accused of choking stepdaughter faces child abuse charge
Police say a Bessemer City man choked his 13-year-old stepdaughter and slammed her against a wall Friday.
- Couple needs help finding dog after wreck near Cherryville
Paul and Shirley Hager are nursing bumps and bruises after being involved in a wreck Thursday near Cherryville.
- Gaston standoff ends with shooting
A two-hour standoff in Bessemer City ended Thursday night with a man shooting himself after he had refused to surrender to police, authorities say.
- Man survives shooting himself in the head
A two-hour standoff in Bessemer City ended Thursday night when the man involved shot himself in the head.
- Man charged with child abuse, drug possession
A Bessemer City man allegedly hit a 5-year-old boy in the ear then got caught with a cocaine-laden straw in his pocket when approached by police.
- Murder trial will focus on self-defense
An altercation over a video poker machine ended in homicide nearly four years ago.
- Democrats choose former Bessemer City councilman to battle Republican for state Senate seat
Democrat Jim Long will face Kathy Harrington for the N.C. Senate District 43 seat after winning a majority of the votes from the Gaston County Democratic Party Thursday.
- Gastonia finally pushes through annexation of Paysour Mountain land
An annexation that seemed inevitable finally became official this week when Gastonia assumed full control of 685 acres near Paysour Mountain.
City DescriptionBessemer City is a city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,119 at the 2000 census. Settled in 1756 and founded in 1893, the city's motto is City with a Heart.
Bessemer City is located at 35°17′3″N 81°16′58″W / 35.28417°N 81.28278°W / 35.28417; -81.28278 (35.284262, -81.282853).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.1 km²), of which, 4.2 square miles (11.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.70%) is water. Elevation: 904 feet (276 m).
Bessemer City is named for Sir Henry Bessemer who created the Bessemer Process for smelting iron. Bessemer City was founded on land purchased from the Ormand family, near the Sloan-Washington-Ormand Iron Furnace. Ironically, it was the Bessemer Process which made Bessemer City's early iron smelting industry obsolete.
The earliest European settlement in the Bessemer City area dates to 1754, when King George II of England granted about 2,000 acres (8.2 km) to James Ormand (b.1716 - d. 1771) who was married to the dau. of Adam Meek. His wife was Mary Meek Ormand. This land was named in his will, and was given to his children. One of his ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Gaston County
- North Carolina
City Contains:- Bessemer City High School
Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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