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Norma Jean Sisk Henson, age 75 of Shelby, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 7, 2023.

Beulah Mae Davis, 84, died Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at White Oak Manor in Shelby.

Helen Wray Davidson born October 29, 1939 to Fonze and Hattie Curtis White met her savior on July 20, 2023.

Eddie Short, 57, died Thursday, July 20, 2023 at Atrium Health in Charlotte.

Charles Martin Page, 81, died Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at Atrium Main in Charlotte.

Betty Jean Cannon, 87, died Thursday, July 20, 2023, at her home.

Michael "Mike" Eugene Wellmon, age 72, of Shelby, passed away Wednesday, July 12,2023 at White Oak Manor Shelby.

James R. "J.R." McSwain, 80, passed away on Friday, July 21, 2023 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

The 31st annual Hot Nights Cool Rides in Forest City begins Friday, August 18 with a free cruise-in at the Park on Pavilion Square (POPS) beginning at 6pm with music by Ocean Blvd Band.

Saturday, August 19, car registrations begin at 9am and continue until noon. Cost is $30 per vehicle.There will be plenty of food vendors, restaurants are open and stores are also open for shopping.

An awards ceremony begins at 7pm for the more than 400 cars competing in one of the largest car shows in the Southeast. Plenty of parking off Main Street. Bring a chair. Stay all day.

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.