Gastonia church asks for help after fire destroys food trailer used to serve 135,000 people
Mount Zion Restoration Church uses the refrigerated trailer to serve an average of 3,700 people a week. Author: Brandon Goldner Updated: 6:02 PM EST January 12, 2021
GASTONIA, N.C. Mount Zion Restoration Church in West Gastonia is asking for the community s help after its refrigerated trailer caught fire early-Monday morning.
The church stored food in the trailer for its weekly food drive on Thursdays, which, according to church leaders, has served 135,000 people since the start of the pandemic.
Dr. Rodney Freeman, the church s pastor, said investigators determined the fire was caused by either an electrical issue or a power line hanging over the trailer. No food was in the trailer at the time of the fire.
AMBER Alert for 3-year-old girl canceled after child found safe
Officials said 3-year-old Kaysie Jay Lipscomb was found in Stallings, NC, with 31-year-old Raheem Pate. Pate is being held in the Union County Jail under no bond. Author: Brandon Goldner, Emma Korynta Published: 3:31 PM EST December 26, 2020 Updated: 11:32 PM EST December 26, 2020
GASTONIA, N.C. The AMBER Alert for 3-year-old Kaysie Jay Lipscomb has been canceled; officials confirmed she is safe. Lipscomb was found in Stallings, North Carolina, with 31-year-old Raheem Tyshawn Pate after a search spanning several hours and over 40 miles.
The Union County Sheriff s Office said Pate has been taken into custody, arrested on unrelated charges.