Third-grade students from Carr Elementary school joined Dallas Mayor Hayley Beaty last week for a day of learning about local government. Beaty coordinated with the school to create a writing prompt ...

With just over 6,000 residents, the small Gaston County community elected Republican Hayley Beaty as mayor. She will be sworn in on Tuesday. Beaty is a high school teacher, former collegiate athlete, ...

The town of Dallas had a new mayor on Nov. 6. A Carr Elementary School third-grader took control. Encouraged by Mayor Hayley Beaty of Dallas, Rylee Behmer tentatively banged a gavel outside the Dallas ...

Dallas residents can now keep chickens in their yards. But with some limits. The town of Dallas Board of Aldermen voted 3-2 to allow residents to keep backyard hens, according to Mayor Hayley Beaty.

On Tuesday, Oct. 15, Dallas Mayor Hayley Beaty, Dallas school board representative Josh Crisp, and Gaston County Commissioner Cathy Cloninger hosted a candidate forum at the gazebo on Dallas Square.