Boiling Springs News

Water and tax rates are expected to remain the same next year, but the Boiling Springs town budget includes funding for a proposed new $2 million town hall and salary increases for town employees.

Hannah Marie Mayfield of Spring Hope graduated recently from Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs with a B.A. degree in English.

More than 700 students recently graduated during Gardner-Webb University's 2013 spring commencement exercises.

Prior to the wreck, traffic going into Boiling Springs was at a standstill for several miles due to three high school graduations at Gardner-Webb University.

Gardner-Webb University is hosting Carolina Crown, a 150-member drum and bugle corps that is conducting its annual spring training in Boiling Springs.

The Shanghai Volunteer Fire Department of Shelby and the Boiling Springs Fire and Rescue are working together to take donations to the two families.

Gordon Hamrick might just be one of the most interesting men in the county. The 83-year-old Shelby resident, who was recently honored by Rotary for 50 years of perfect attendance, lives in one of Cleveland County's oldest houses, the Joshua Beam home.

The 83-year-old Shelby resident, who was recently awarded by Rotary for 50 years of perfect attendance, lives in one of Cleveland County's oldest houses, the Joshua Beam home.

Although they were on opposing sides of the school merger debate in the 1990s, former Cleveland County Commissioner Willie McIntosh considered Joe Cabaniss a mentor and friend.

Shope's Shoes, 1843 E. Dixon Blvd., Shelby, recently became a permanent drop off site for Soles4Souls, an international shoe charity that recycles gently worn footwear and redistributes them in the United States and internationally.