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A former high school track coach has been charged with having sex with a student while he was a coach at Forestview High School in Gastonia.

A former high school track coach has been charged with having sex with a student while he was a coach at Forestview High School.

Man jailed for five years on murder charge asks for trial

Case dismissed against man accused of killing a Shelby man

Roger Self will serve at least 38 years in prison after being convicted of killing his daughter, Katelyn Self, and daughter-in-law, Amanda George Self, in 2018 by driving his Jeep into a restaurant where his family was seated after attending Sunday morning worship services. While 38 years represents the minimum prison sentence for the 65-year-old Self, his maximum sentence handed down Friday by Superior Court Judge Athena Brooks was 48 years. "I wish I would have had an opportunity before I di...

The facts are not up for debate. Roger Self, a prominent Gaston County businessman, used his Jeep Grand Cherokee as a weapon on May 20, 2018, and drove it into a Bessemer City restaurant where his family was seated to eat.  In the process, he killed his daughter, Gaston County Sheriffs Cpl. Katelyn Self, and his daughter-in-law Amanda Self, a CaroMont Health emergency room supervising nurse. Several others were also injured, including his wife, Dianne, son, Josh, who was the husband of Am...

The Gaston Gazette A former Dallas businessman pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder Monday for killing two family members and injuring others by driving his Jeep through a restaurant where he and his family had been seated. Roger Self cried out just as District Attorney Locke Bell described the deaths of Selfs daughter, Gaston County Sheriffs Office Cpl. Katelyn Self, and his daughter-in-law, CaroMont Regional Medical Center nursing supervisor Amanda Self, to Superior Court Judg...