GASTONIA, N.C. -- A Lowell police officer charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl he was mentoring has pleaded guilty to statutory rape. The teen is now 14 years old and is pregnant. According ...

LOWELL — Holiday cheer filled the aisles of Target earlier this month as first responders helped dozens of children shop for gifts. Lowell police officers and firefighters, along with state troopers, ...

Scammers continue to prey on Lowell residents with more than $220,000 in losses reported in November. There was also a breaking and entering that contributed to one Main Street business deciding it ...