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The dedication of the Mable Hamrick Whisnant Teen Center, located at 351 W. Sumter St., Shelby, on Feb. 8, 2018, put an exclamation point at the end of a journey from dream to reality.

Gertrude Parker Sailors, 86, of Casar Road, Lawndale passed away, Friday,
February 16, 2018 at Abernathy Laurels in Newton.

Harold Windell Davis, 79, 1147 Champion Ferry Rd. Gaffney, SC, passed away February 16, 2018 at home.

Rev. George Judson Kneessi, age 75 of Boyles Rd. passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at Carolinas Healthcare System - Cleveland.

Huey Long Webb, 82 of Shelby, passed away, Thursday, February 15, 2018 at
White Oak Manor in Shelby.

Jack Sims of Sevierville, TN passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018.

Mary Gault Carroll, 64 of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on February 15, 2018 at Cleveland Pines in Shelby, NC.

John Ancil Carden, 81 of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on February 14, 2018 at White Oak Manor, Kings Mountain, NC.

SHELBY: Louise M. Ferree, 90, went to be with her Heavenly Father, Thurs., Feb. 15, 2018, at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center.

Blacksburg -- Ethel Wells Putnam, 94, of 559 Holly Ridge Road, passed away Thursday, February 15th, 2018, at her residence.

Calvin Wayne Westmoreland, 26, 195 Old Chester Road, passed away February 13, 2018, at home.

Ernest Webb, age 72, of Forest City, died Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Sunnyside Rest Home.

Victoria Elizabeth Hudgins Luckadoo, age 97, died February 14, 2018 at Fairhaven of Forest City.

Emily Parker, left, purchases bratwurst from Sherri and Hannah Greene of Greene Family Farm during the Foothills Farmers' Market Winter Market

Foster children in Cleveland County now have a new resource.

The annual NC State Poetry Contest is a free literary competition open to all North Carolina residents (including out-of-state and international students who are enrolled in North Carolina universities).

If you love cows and want to learn more about the cattle industry, the NC Cattlemen's Conference is an event not to be missed!

Representatives from Utility Lines Construction Services (ULCS) visited Cleveland Community College (CCC) on February 8, 2018 to present two pieces of equipment and offer pre-employment agreements to two students currently in the Electrical Lineworker Academy.

St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Shelby
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church in Shelby will be holding a Friday fish fry (open to the public) on the following Fridays

I took another trip to the woods the other day.

Lost Playwrights, Hendersonville
Lost Playwrights will meet in Kapplan Auditorium of Henderson County Library. 301 North Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC, on Saturday, February 17, 2017, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. All persons interested in any aspect of theatre or creative writing are invited. There are no dues.

Alma C. Stepp, age 86, of Ellenboro, died Monday, February 5, 2018 at the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.