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The City of Kings Mountain brings the Beach back to downtown as the NC Beach Blast Festival comes to Patriots Park Friday and Saturday, August 18 and 19!

Music lovers can find something to sing about from the time the 9th Annual 7th Inning Stretch Festival opens at 3:00 PM until it closes at 10:00 PM.

On Saturday, Aug. 5, the festival, with two music stages and plenty of food, trinkets, and games, will fill the streets on three sides of Shelby's uptown Court Square and spill over onto South Lafayette Street to the Graham Street intersection.

Robert Eugene Mathis, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 while at Foothills Hospice in Forest City, NC.

Steven Riley Peterson, 28, of 1068 Asbury Road, passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 13th, 2023.

The family of Kent Easter Russ lost their patriarch, and the greatest role model anyone could ever ask for on Monday morning, July 17th, 2023.

Ralph Eulan McKee, 78, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at Hospice Wendover in Shelby.

Angela Walters Hebert, 30, passed away at her residence on Monday, July 10, 2023.

JoAnn Wylie Hambright Pollock, 91 passed away on July 4, 2023 at Atrium Health Shelby.

Ansley Moore Schenck Newton, age 95, died Sunday July 2, 2023 at Atrium Health Cleveland Pines in Shelby, NC.

Beth Wilson Wilkie passed away Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Shelby.

Ronald Eugene McMasters, age 67, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2023 in Shelby.

Donnie "Don" Richards passed away on Monday, June 27, 2023 at Hospice of Carolina Foothills in Forest City, NC.

Norman Gene Welborn, 88, of Blacksburg, SC, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023 at his son's home in Deltona, Florida.

Betty Jean Blackwell Whiten, 80, of 510 Thompson Street, passed away on Wednesday, July 19th, 2023, at Blue Ridge In Brookview Healthcare Center.

Joel Ronnie Wesson, age 73, went home to be with the Lord while surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 11th, 2023, at Atrium Cleveland.

Roy Grady Burrus, III passed away Monday, July 17, 2023.

Allen Roger Condrey, age 76 of Shelby, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at Atrium Health in Shelby.

Ronald Lee Dobbins, 61, passed away while at his home on Saturday, July 15, 2023, He was predeceased by his mother, Frances Curry Wall.

Brigitte Dee St. Clair, 63, passed away on Monday, July 10, 2023 while at Select Specialty Hospital in Greensboro.

David Duane Kruse, aged 76, passed away peacefully in the loving arms of his daughter, Shannon, on Sunday, July 16th, 2023.

Jerry Lee White, 79, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on July 18, 2023 at Peak Resources of Gastonia.

Angela Bridges Malone, age 46 of Shelby, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at Atrium Health in Shelby.

Nancy Gibson, 84, went to be with her Lord on July 17, 2023, at her residence surrounded by her loving family.

Bobby Charles "Chuck" Deaton, age 62, of Bessemer City, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2023, at CaroMont Health in Gastonia.

Mark Champion, age 50, of Ellenboro, passed away Monday, July 17, 2023 at Mission Health-Asheville.