Lattimore News

Firemen and troopers were stunned by the sight of a four-door Ford with the front bumper on a creek bed and a rear wheel gripping a wood plank on a one-lane bridge on Gin Road.

Caple-Dedmon Sarah Gwen Dedmon and Benjamin George Caple were married Saturday, June 7, 2008, on the Cleveland County Courtsquare.

Macon-Cromer Emily Louise Cromer and Daniel Reid Macon were married Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Cliffside Baptist Church.

Steele-Dover Kelli Renee Dover and Steven Carlton Steele were married Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Lattimore Baptist Church.

Here are new corporations filed with the N.C. Secretary of State for Cleveland County.

When Martha Mason read of the death this week of 61-year-old Dianne Odell due to a power outage that caused her iron lung to stop working, she said she found it "appalling." Mary Dalton talks with Martha Mason ...

“We're here to celebrate, remember and fight back”

You meet the happiest people at Relay for Life. They're there to talk about cancer, to raise money to fight cancer and to remember family and friends who have died from cancer, but there's no gloom. via The Star Online

“For projects that are not interested in moving to an existing building and would prefer a site to build on, that site must have the necessary infrastructure in place for most to consider building there”

For Kristin Fletcher, vice president of economic development at the Cleveland County Chamber, there are many components to attracting businesses, but a site without proper infrastructure - storm drainage, ... via The Star Online

Champion-Brown Mr. and Mrs. Terry B. Champion of Cherryville announce the engagement of their daughter, Teri Nicole Champion, to Nathan Scot Brown. via The Star Online

“I listen to the water. It is an awesome job.”

The USS North Carolina arrived in Wilmington Monday, prepared for an official christening later this week. via Wral.com

“We'll be better able to move around and thoroughly examine the structure - for example, determining which walls are load-bearing”

Cooperative local efforts have identified a better storage location for the thousands of historical artifacts held in the former county courthouse building here. via The Star Online

Roberts-Fox Collette Lynn Roberts and Derek Reid Fox announce their engagement. A June 28, 2008, wedding is planned at Bethel Baptist Church in Shelby. via The Star Online

The Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland County held its annual awards banquet and program at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer on Friday night. via The Star Online

Library for western county ready for donors The Star's Know-it-all: Shirley Lail, Boiling Springs library supporter The Know-it-all: Shirley C. Lail, teacher, literacy advocate What she knows: There will be new ... via The Star Online

“Not only because of the high mortality, but the chickens were also about a week behind in growth.”

Three local farms, and the thousands of chickens they house, are feeling the effects of a virus poultry farmers to the east know all too well. via The Gaston Gazette

Mary Sommers Neisler of Kings Mountain recently received the Historic Shelby Foundation's Lifetime Preservation Achievement Award.

She served on the Historic Preservation Task Force that culminated in the production of the book, 'Architectural Perspectives of Cleveland County, North Carolina.'

Neisler has worked on her own historic properties in Kings Mountain and been a force for preservation. She was instrumental in forming a Kings Mountain historic properties group.

Her projects have included researching and restoring the 1870 store and attached residence at 104 Battleground Ave. in Kings Mountain. Read more

“They need to fix that problem and not penalize everybody else”

Gail Smith worries about how she and her neighbors who live in the Craven County town of Bridgeton will be able to get to work after a new law regarding driver's licenses takes effect July 1. The new law ... via The Star Online

“We're bringing him in as a linebacker, and that's where we'll probably use him this next season”

MURFREESBORO - Jamari Lattimore might be Middle Tennessee State's prototypical defender. via The Tennessean

The Know-it-all: Carl "Teddy Bear" Fortenberry, Windjammers Motorcycle Club What he knows: That a club with about 35 members draws thousands from the Carolinas, Virginia and beyond to the annual Ride for the ... via The Star Online

“A library is an indicator of quality of life”

Shirley Lail has been working for more than five years on getting a library in her hometown. via The Star Online