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Gaffney -- Kathy Lynn Baldwin Sprouse, 50, of 131 Greenfield Road Lot 31, passed away Saturday, August 15th, 2015, at her residence.

Hoyt Quattlebaum Bailey died peacefully at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby on August 15, after a progressive decline in health. He was surrounded by family, including his beloved dog Charlie.

Harold Dean Ellis, 79, died Saturday, August 15, 2015.

Virginia "Shorty" Lutz Buff, 84, of Jesse Mountain Road, Casar, passed away
Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Zeb Leander Jones, 85, of 1026 St. Paul Church Road, Casar, passed away
Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

Mr. John Broadus Lattimore II, age 73 of Lattimore, NC, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Courtland Terrace in Gastonia as a result of Dementia.

Every Boy Scout must have a minimum of 21 merit badges and be active in their troop, team, crew, or ship for a period of at least six months after they have achieved the rank of Life Scout to become an Eagle Scout.

With the approach of the Labor Day weekend, Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman asks all citizens to join him in making this Labor Day holiday period a happy and enjoyable one for all.

Under North Carolina law, G.S. 20-217, drivers going either direction must stop when a school bus is stopped to let children off unless it is on a four or more lane highway divided by a median or a four or more lane road with a center turning lane.

On Wednesday, August 5th, I was invited to a celebration of Dr. L. Steve Thornburg's quarter century as President of Cleveland Community College.

For the 5th straight year Gardner-Webb University's Assistant Director of Admissions will give free back-to- school basic hair cuts to all girls and boys up to high school age from 1-6 p.m. Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Maple Springs Baptist Church, 1231 Maple Springs Road, between Shelby and Boiling Springs.

Youth-serving agencies and organizations in Cleveland County are invited to compete in the Decorated Hay Bale Contest at the 2015 Cleveland County Fair.

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The retirees were on Lake Norman last week and they will likely stay there until Lake Wylie has better water levels.

Cleveland County Rescue Mission was recently awarded $3,500, a grant from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation, which is the philanthropic program of Food Lion, a grocer headquartered in Salisbury, N.C.

Sixteen-year-old Savanah Briggs fished her first bass tournament on Moss Lake in the weekly Thursday night events.

One of the ways to get a great cycling workout without going a long distance is to ride to the pinnacle.

CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS PRAYER WALK IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD Beginning at 5:00 pm

Sugar Shack & Elliott Productions presents Clear Mountain View IV Music Festival at Elliott Family Farms in Polkville, NC.

Soon the sounds of bluegrass, Americana and country music will ring through the air around upper Cleveland County once again.

South Mountain Bluegrass Church, Casar
South Mountain Bluegrass Church will have The Shady Oak Ramblers with them on Thursday, August 20, 2015.

Casar Masonic Lodge Golf Tournament
Casar Masonic Lodge will hold it's 9th Annual Golf Tournament Captain's Choice Saturday, August 22, 2015, 9:00am, check in at 8:00am. Shotgun start.

Vangie Ella Costner, 81, of 304 Kadesh Church Road, Lawndale, passed away
Friday, August 14, 2015 at Country Time Inn, Assisted Living Community in
Kings Mountain.

Mrs. Doris M. Lloyd, age 72 of Lattimore, NC, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Wendover Hospice House.

Ruby Randolph Poteat, age 83, a resident of Kings Mountain, went to be with the Lord on August 13, 2015 at Carolinas Medical Center Kings Mountain.

James Leon Biddix, 72 of Banner Elk, formerly of Lincolnton, died Aug. 13, 2015 at Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, NC.