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Tim Dybdahl gets his 1936 Ford Coupe ready to show at the Senior Center's Annual Car Show and Vendor Fair that was held at the Neal Senior Center in Shelby on Saturday, November 1st.

The Blue Healers Band entertained the crowd at the Town of Lattimore Craft Fair on Saturday, November 1st.

Members of the Crest FFA Chapter recently attended the 98th National FFA Convention and Expo held in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the chapter and its members earned several prestigious recognitions for their outstanding achievements in agricultural education, leadership, and research.
Crest FFA was honored as a Top 10 National Finalist in the Premier Chapter Award Program, which recognizes local chapters for exceptional events contributing to the National Chapter Award model. The chapter received recognition for its "Blue Jacket Jam" initiative in the Strengthening Agriculture category. Representing the chapter during the national judging process were members Cheyenne Carpenter and Caleb Pless, who presented the program before a panel of judges.

Keith Allen Burns, 59, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, passed away at home on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

Blacksburg - Thomas Boyce Davis Sr., 86, of 614 Old Chester Road, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at his residence.

Paul Edward McKinney, 84, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving and devoted family on Friday, October 24, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

William "Billy" Scott Lewis, was born August 15, 1962 in Cumberland, MD, growing up in Mt. Pleasant, MD.

Regina Ann Fox Owens, 59, unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2025. She was born in Union County, SC to Tony Ryan Fox, Sr and the late Brenda Wood Fox.

Wanda Teresa Clinton, 58, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 while at Caromont Regional Medical Center. She was born in Gaston County.

Jamie Rae Baker, 31, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 09, 2025. She was born in Dallas, Texas.

Edith Cooper Adkins Heatherly of Hamrick Road, Shelby, NC, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at the age of 94, having just celebrated a birthday the previous Saturday.

Rebecca "Becky" Arey Smith, age 87, passed away peacefully at her home in Shelby, NC on October 27, 2025.

Donald Dwight "Don" Stinnette, age 86, of Bessemer City, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Caromont Regional Medical Center.

William "Bill" Norman Clark Jr., 85, of Kings Mountain, NC, entered his heavenly home surrounded by his family on October 29, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Richard Steven Franklin, lovingly known as Steve, was born on February 5, 1946, in Cleveland County, North Carolina.

Mark Tate, age 65, of Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Cherryville - Mr. Charles David "Mike" Randall, 90, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2025 at his residence.

Kings Mountain - Mr. Jerry Michael "Mike" Beattie, 72, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at his residence.

Mrs. Maude Kathryn Gettys Melton, 92, of Casar, North Carolina passed away on October 27, 2025, at Testa Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

William Doug Clinton, age 66, of Cherryville, passed away October 27, 2025, at his home.

Elizabeth Venable, 84, of Union, New Jersey went on to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully on Monday, October 13, 2025, in Shelby, North Carolina, where she enjoyed her later years of life. She was born May 30, 1941, in Chester, South Carolina to the late Jack and Willie Wilmore. She moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, where she grew up with her sister, Audrey Morton.

Grace Cannon Palmer, age 89, of Shelby, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 26, 2025.

Alfred "Al" Taranto, 82, of Shelby, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2025, at Caromont Regional Hospital in Gastonia.

Blacksburg - Dorothy "Dot" Wyatt Earls,77, of 491 99 Island Road, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2025 at her residence.

Mooresboro, NC - - Ava Estelene Henderson Spake, 94, of 2749 McCraw Road, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Spartanburg Medical Center.