Boiling Springs News

Police say a suspect decided to leave his car, drugs and wallet behind last week after a chase through town.

Lori Lail sat at the witness stand Monday morning and detailed the story she said her grandfather told her of a summer day in 1966.

While many iReporters were supportive of their trusty Toyotas, there are other owners who are equally concerned.

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Janice Jolley of Boiling Springs proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Denise Jolley, to Jesse Justin Partin.

Alan and Myra Wright of Boiling Springs and Denene Blanton Wright of Polkville proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristin Michelle Wright, to Brantley Adam Malone.

It is tax time again, and Gardner-Webb University is providing a free tax assistance program for those who qualify.

Heavy overnight rains led to the closing of roads and bridges Monday in Cleveland County.

Published: Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:49 p.m. A man who escaped from the Polk County jail and led police on a chase into South Carolina is being held in jail without bond and faces a total of 86 charges in two states.

Midway through the school year, parents are scrambling to make arrangements after the More at Four Pre-K program their children attended was moved to other locations.

Patches of black ice and a dusting of snow in the northern end of the county closed Cleveland County Schools two hours Friday morning, leaving some parents scrambling to find care for their children before work.

SHELBY For booklovers anxious to read the latest novel hot off the press, local options just became scarcer in Cleveland County.

Boiling Springs Gardner-Webb University recently held its 2009 fall commencement exercises where a total of 292 students received their diplomas.

The classroom was abuzz with chatter about family vacations, favorite foods and visits to grandma's house.

The last thing anybody wants to do on Christmas morning is stand in the kitchen and cook.

BOILING SPRINGS Gardner-Webb University will hold its second fall commencement exercise since 1974 and only the fourth in the school's history, with almost 300 graduates receiving their degrees, Monday at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony takes place in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center's Paul Porter Arena.

BOILING SPRINGS Police, guns drawn, showed up at a college party recently after a report someone had been shot three times in the chest.

The Salvation Army has had 15 or more kettle sites in Cleveland County in past years, "But each year there are fewer and fewer places that allow us to stand," Sgt.

In Mabopane, South Africa, hundreds of children live on the streets, forced to survive by eating scraps in the garbage.

Water levels at the Broad River Greenway flirted with the banks Wednesday evening, as the reddish torrent raced under the bridge carrying traffic from Boiling Springs into South Carolina.

At least two protesters chained themselves to a massive power generator that has been moving through the Upstate, Greenville County deputies said on Monday morning.