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Are your kids bored this summer? Looking for a fun summer staycation idea that is free and offers a wide variety of exciting hot-weather activities?

Shelby - August 6, 2016 - The American Heart Association has teamed up with Renaldo Auto Mall to offer the Kids Cook with Heart culinary program

Elizabeth Baptist Church held it's kick-off for Vacation Bible School on Saturday, July 16th.

The first annual Cleveland County Pro/AM Motorcycle ATV Race was held at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds over Saturday and Sunday, July 16th and 17th.

The City of Shelby Stormwater Division will be having a First Broad River Clean-Up Event on July 30, 2016, from 9 - 11 a.m.

After a year of planning and strategy development, Cleveland County business leaders are continuing to make progress with the Certified Entrepreneurial Community (CEC) program,

The message board at Shelby High recently read, "Congratulations SPARCS Girls. Continue to Shine. Love, Melody and Jessica." It sounds like being a "SPARCS girl" is part of an afterschool club and while that is true, in a way, the SPARCS girls group is so much more.

Fresh local food is finding its way to agencies in the county that are working to relieve hunger.

Tara Lynn Absher, 46 of Shelby, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Living Word Ministries, Lowesville
The Cockman Family Bluegrass from Sherrills Ford, NC will be our featured artist Saturday, July 23, 2016, at Lowesville Gospel Concerts/Living Word Ministries, 1062 South Hwy 16, Lowesville (Stanley) NC.

Hospice Cleveland County
Calendar Events for Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC:

If you've been around the woods or the farm long enough, you have had the opportunity to fight a swarm of bees.

Violet Ray "Midget" Self Wright, 87 of 1821 Ridings Road, Shelby passed away
Friday, July 15, 2016 at Hospice at Wendover.

Margie Taylor Black, age 77, died Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Brian Center of Lincolnton.

Marilyn Sue Biggers Neisler, 87 of Kings Mountain, NC passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at her home.

Joseph Andrew Bradshaw, Sr. age 89, formerly of Sylva, Jackson Co., passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at his apartment at Carolina Care.

Joseph Walter Edwards, 75, of 133 Acre Rock Rd., Lawndale, passed away
Tuesday July 12, 2016 at Peak Resources in Shelby.

Gaffney -- Marie Cash Wray, 79, formerly of Blacksburg, passed away Tuesday, July 12th, 2016.

Charles Thomas "Tommy" Baxter, age 73, died Monday, July 11, 2016 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Ruth Kathleen McSwain Whisnant, 88, 1777 Country Road, Boonville, IN, formerly of Shelby, NC died Monday, July 11, 2016 at ­St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, IN.

Edgar David "Eddie" Mauney, age 59 resident of Kings Mountain, NC entered his heavenly home on July 11, 2016 at Caromont Health, Gastonia, NC after a courageous battle with cancer.

Blacksburg -- Carl Glenn Bell, 79, of 157 North Cherokee Ford Road Ext., surrounded by his family after a long battle with Alzheimer's, answered God's call on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at his residence.

Mr. Leonard Douglas Bridges, 72, of Bessemer City, passed away July 11, 2016 at Peak Resources in Gastonia.

Gaffney -- Emma Lavern Brown Lee, 59, of 301 Rita Street, passed away Saturday, July 9th, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Patsy Billingsley Scott, age 68, of Forest City, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2016 at her residence.