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Robby Davis and others participated in the Liver Mush eating contest at the Mush, Music and Mutts Festival.

Brothers, Rome and Cohen Ange seemed to enjoy their sandwiches during the Mush, Music and Mutts Festival.
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Gardner-Webb University and the Office of Student Engagement will host the Western N.C. Benefit Concert Sunday, Oct. 27, at 5pm in the Brinkley Amphitheater. The event will raise funds and collect donations for disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Three musical acts will share their talents- The Local Boys, Howltree, and Mason Cole-and offer the community an opportunity to come together in support of those impacted by the storm in western North Carolina.

Johnny Ray Goble, age 62, of Grover, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at Caromont Regional Medical Center.

Angela "Angie" Auten Wood, 63, of 1219 S. Main St, Waynesville NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024, at Atrium Health Cleveland.

Amy Michelle Hughes, 42 of Vale passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2024.

John Allen Smith, age 76, of Mooresboro, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at his home.

Letty Ruth Moore Nalley, 75 of Wards Gap Road, Casar, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2024 at Cardinal Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Lincolnton.

Martha Pauline McDaniel Piercy, age 81 of Shelby, NC, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2024, at Cleveland Pines Nursing home in Shelby.

Andy Newton Ledford, 89, of Lawndale, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2024 at his home.

After 83 years of love and devotion Nancy Speagle Wright of Vale, left this world surrounded by her loving family to join her heavenly Father Sunday, September 22, 2024, in the comfort of her home.

Ronnie English, age 65, passed away on September 22, 2024, at Atrium Health Cleveland.

Betty Joeann Qualls Redman, age 88, of Cherryville, NC passed away Sunday, September 22, 2024, at Caromont Regional Medical Center.

George Allen Haverly, 78, of 2329 Blacksburg Road, Lot #10, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 22, 2024 at Caromont Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Louise Waters Edwards, age 88 of Shelby, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 21, 2024.

Sara Ellen Anderson Whitley, 76, peacefully passed away on September 19, 2024, at Hospice Wendover in Shelby, NC.

Robert Franklin Blanton, born on March 16, 1948, in Kings Mountain, NC, to the late Virgil Green Blanton and Kathryn Leigh Blanton, peacefully passed away on September 17, 2024.

Faith Loretta Cash, age 60, of Forest City, passed away Friday, September 20, 2024 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Michael John "Mike" Farris, age 70, of Bud Black Rd. passed away peacefully on Friday, September 20, 2024, at his residence.

Helen Beason Burgess, age 83, of Henrietta passed away Friday, September 20, 2024 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City.

Janet Carolyn Carpenter Sellers, age 89, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2024, at Highland Heights.

Dorothy "Dot" Brooks, 91, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, passed away on September 19, 2024 at Peak Resources in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Lela Lucille Canipe, 91, of 5709 Fallston Road, Lawndale, NC, passed peacefully on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Hospice of Wendover.

Ruth Dalton Crotts, 87, of Newnan, GA passed away peacefully Sunday, September 15, 2024.

Donald Vaughan, 78 of Shelby, NC, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Atrium Health Cleveland.