Shelby News

The Shelby waste water treatment plant will need a major overhaul, costing an estimated $8 to $10 million, to meet more stringent permit regulations and the implementation of Shelby's Phase II Storm water permit will begin.

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died.

From left, Detective Jim Hollingsworth and Detective Jimmy West of the Cold Case Unit look over books of files at the Cleveland County Sherriff's Department.

The first meeting by a General Assembly committee examining death penalty cases and racial bias in North Carolina again shows sharp differences about whether changes to the Racial Justice Act are needed.

I was in a Rotary meeting today when a Clearwater Paper executive talked about how company leaders really got into the "Knobby" story on shelbystar.com as the final days and hours ticked down before the company eventually decided to choose Shelby for its new plant.

SHELBY - Donnie Thurman Jr. will tell you right away he has the best parents in the world.

Schoolmates charged in a Shelby woman's throat-slashing could find themselves in different parts of the court system - despite being separated in age by less than a year.

Keith "Corky" and Kathy Wilkinson of Boiling Springs announce the engagement of their son, Clayton Allen Wilkinson of Boiling Springs, to Deborah Ann Knupp of Black Mountain.

Police say gangs weren't involved in the throat-slashing attack on a Shelby mother, despite finding what a city councilman and longtime sheriff's deputy says is a gang symbol at the crime scene.

Make it a night of music, dinner and romance at the Don Gibson Theatre on Tuesday.

Zac Lovelace plays with Shadow outside the Cleveland County Animal Control shelter on Friday.

Miguel Lopez's, age 16, house located in the 400 block of Martin St. in Shelby, NC.

Seth Strickland, an 8th grader battling cancer, sits with his dog Scooter who according to Seth's mom never leaves Seth's side when he is home.

You'll get your chance Friday night at the Cleveland Mall as a "Hunger Games" costume contest will be held as part of Cleveland County's month-long "Read Unite Survive" festivities.

From the outside, the 105-year-old former Cleveland County Courthouse in downtown Shelby looks pretty much as it always has.

Cindy Cochran, Jeremiah Swafford's great aunt, holds photos of Jeremiah as she talks Tuesday about the death of Dwight Stacy Justice in Shelby.

Shelby police are looking for a man who stole three surveillance cameras and damaged a fourth camera at a Mexican restaurant.

Kings Mountain police have arrested a Shelby man in connection with two Jan. 30 armed robberies in Kings Mountain.

A Cleveland County woman is accused of trying to sneak a container of urine into her court-ordered drug test.

North Carolina authorities have charged a Madison County man in a 17-year-old murder case that recently was reopened.