Shelby News

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Lt. Thomas Lewis and his son Spencer grow shiitake mushrooms in their backyard to sell at the farmers markets in Shelby and Lincolnton.

Ten North Carolina newspapers, including the Gaston Gazette and The Star of Shelby, are being sold to a Florida-based publisher.

LaLisa Carpenter accepts her Golden Heart Award while holding daughter Anna-Leigh at the Belwood Community Center on Saturday.

Cleveland County residents will be given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see Venus crossing the face of the sun next week.

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Darin and Brooke Aldridge with Doc Watson at his home. Darin said being with Doc that day "is one of the best memories I''ve had -- - one of my top five -- - such a great honor that I will always hold high." Doc Watson was a Grammy Award winner who made millions, but his fame didn't change him, said Dan X. Padgett of Shelby, a banjo player who has ... (more)

Some clutched Bibles in their hands, warning of God's condemnation of homosexuality.

Far right, Darius Bush, from Gastonia, and Roctavius Fewell, from Gastonia, far right in the back row, advanced to the Las Vegas auditions of America's Got Talent Monday.

Click HERE for a clip of Inspire the Fire, Inc. audition at American's Got Talent A singing and dancing group with Shelby ties advanced to the next round in a national talent show this week.

The General Assembly passed the first vote last week on a bill that would pay eugenics victims who were sterilized from 1929 to 1974 through a state program.

A Shelby teen has been charged with a sex offense following an incident with a 12-year-old girl at Bubba's Fun Park, according to the park's manager Bill Lowe.

A slight breeze fluttered the miniature American flags placed into the rolling ground.

The Sterilization Victims Foundation continues to assist individuals who believe that they or someone they know may have been affected by the N.C. Eugenics Boards program.

In January, county officials said they hoped to begin preliminary grading for the range, planned to be located at the landfill on Cherryville Road, outside Shelby, this summer.

Pastor Gene Ware and the congregation of New Life Baptist Church, 611 S. 11th Street in Bessemer City invite you to attend their revival Sunday through Wednesday this coming week.

The award was presented Tuesday at the Ballantyne Country Club in Charlotte during the 2012 Business Leader of the Year banquet.

A Cleveland County man is accused of breaking into East Elementary School in Kings Mountain and stealing a laptop computer early Thursday.

While summer is a time to relax and be lazy, too much lying around, watching TV or playing video games can cause boredom and crankiness.

SHELBY - Hundreds of fans formed a snaking line at the Keeter Ford Lincoln Roush dealership Wednesday.

A Cleveland County woman died Tuesday afternoon when she sped around a curve and smashed into an oncoming car, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.