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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.

Six Crest HS FFA members receive State FFA Degrees in special degree ceremony.

Sergeants Les and Mary Ashby have spent a great portion of their lives working for the Lord through their ministry with the Salvation Army. The couple recently retired (June 30) and have moved to Tennessee, but, like many believers, they never really retire from working for the Lord.

A very dedicated group of fishermen took part on Saturday, May 3, 2023 in the Cleveland Masonic Lodge's 3rd Annual Charity Bass Fishing Tournament at Moss Lake's Main Landing. The money raised - which later amounted to over $16,000 - will benefit, according to the flier, the Life Enrichment Center Adult Day Care & Health Services.

Music aficionado Phil Weathers said the Cleveland County Music Hall of Fame (CCMHOF) is undergoing some rehab work and its new home will soon be at 1511 West Dixon Blvd., Shelby.

Burns High School Bulldogs head baseball coach Alex Leonhardt knew the obvious question - "How did it feel winning the 2A state championship?" - was going to come up eventually so he had his answer ready; it was a short, sweet, and got to the point, "It was a surreal feeling."

The City of Shelby and the Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport will host its annual Fly-In and Open House on June 10, 2023, from 10 a.m., until 2 p.m.

The American Legion family of organizations will flag the graves of veterans for the fourth year in a row at Shelby City cemeteries on Thursday, May 25, beginning at 6 p.m., at Sunset and Webb Memorial Cemeteries.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay For Life of Cleveland County invites the community to join the movement to honor and remember loved ones and fight back for lifesaving change on Saturday, May 20, 4 p.m., at Dover Foundation YMCA, located at 411 Cherryville Rd., Shelby.

The Cleveland County Rescue Mission (CCRM) is still in the business of helping people and that isn't going to change any time soon, if ever, according to Mr. Micheal A. Woods, CEO/President of Western Carolina Rescue Ministries and Cleveland County Rescue Mission.

Walmart customers in Shelby were welcomed inside the newly transformed Supercenter at 705 E. Dixon Blvd., Shelby, on Friday, April 21, as their much-anticipated project is now complete. The store's associates marked the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony, community celebration, and a community inspired mural unveiling by local artist, Sherri Hager.

Shelby minister Dr. Jim Wooten has penned a very personal book he feels will help many people who have been touched in some way or fashion by suicide. He knows about the issue as he has been touched by it; his father was a suicide.

An important Cleveland County crime deterrent, dormant since 2017, is set to start back up, according to Cleveland County Crime Stoppers, Inc. Chairman Jeff Yates.

The 2023 Don Gibson Singer/Songwriter Symposium begins Friday, March 31 with a "Writers in the Round" night with Cherryville, N.C.'s "Sweethearts of Bluegrass", Darin & Brooke Aldridge, who are also a couple of the judges for the Saturday, April 1, songwriter competition, said Stan Lowery, Executive Director for the theatre.

Township #3 Elementary PTO member and a parent of a student at the school, Halie Ruppe, recently noted that on Feb. 17, the school received what she termed, "...an exciting addition to the school grounds in the form of a large, hefty boulder."

Cherryville Golf and Country Club owner and operator, Dan Arthurs, is a boxing practitioner of the "Sweet Science" and has been for most of his life. As a matter of fact, according to Arthurs, he has been fighting for most of his life, though many times it was not really for any sort of fame or fortune, and sometimes it had to do with... well, keeping someone from hurting him or his loved ones and friends; basically just staying safe.

Crest High School Agriculture Teacher Matt Harris said recently the school's FFA Chapter coordinated a project with "Meals of Hope" on Feb. 25 that packaged 51,840 meals for those in need in Cleveland County.

It's official! One of the best historical plays about the Revolutionary War, especially as it was fought in and around the Old North State, returns this fall on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, to the Joy Performance Center in Kings Mountain.

According to a recent media release, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, representatives of T.C. Strickland Construction, Holland & Hamrick Architects, and the USDA joined students, faculty, and members of the board of directors at the new groundbreaking at the school's Joe's Lake Road campus.

The Lady Yetis softball team has a new home field on which they can rack up wins for their alma mater, Cleveland Community College.

If you've ever wanted to learn how to play guitar and didn't know where or even how to start. And even if you've been playing a while and wanted to hone your chops, then the Guitar School at the Earl Scruggs Center (103 S. Lafayette St., Shelby) may be just the thing for you.

On Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, the City of Kings Mountain Fire Department and Gaston County Emergency Services (GEMS) partnered with each other to provide a new Quick Response Vehicle, or QRV, to the Kings Mountain Fire Department.

Amazing live music is coming to The Earl Scruggs Center (ESC) in Uptown Shelby. The ESC recently released its Center Stage Concert Series lineup for 2023.

Looking for new veterans to "come, go fishing" as well as for donations to make it happen for them

For retired, disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ben Travis, fishing was something he did when he was a kid or a youth. Who knew it would become a veritable life-saver for him, but it certainly did! So much so, he had to spread the word and help out others like him who were needing something to help them like being out on the water and fishing did for him.

Looking for a new hobby in the new year? Enjoy nature and the outdoors and want to find a way to benefit your community and your own well-being? Then beekeeping might be just the thing for you!