Cleveland News

CLEVELAND a ' Bill Russell and Claudia Register brought their whole menagerie: a bluetick hound, three Italian greyhounds, a Chihuahua, a rabbit and three Tennessee walking horses.

The 2008 Rowan County Fair is officially over. The livestock have been hauled home, the exhibits picked up, the rides dismantled and the food vendors closed until next year.

Volunteer Bonnie Culp helps Samantha Hensley with her tile. On the right is Leyna Pence.

Steven Lee Taylor, 29, was charged Sept. 20 with violating a domestic violence protective order at 1225 Taylors Country Lane, Gold Hill.

Surveillance by federal officials paid off late Sunday night in northern Virginia, when marshals arrested a man wanted on murder charges in Rowan County.

More than 6,600 residents in Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln counties may be eligible for an IRS tax rebate of $300 or more - but they only have a few more days to meet an Oct.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame is under construction in uptown Charlotte between Brevard and Caldwell Streets, north of Stonewall Street.

Fairgoers in Cleveland and surrounding counties are anxiously anticipating the opening of the 2008 Cleveland County Fair on Thursday.

Dr. Jim Emerson and Eric Trail, who are vying for a seat on the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education, have some things in common.

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who died in March after climbing a tree and coming into contact with a power line in Rowan County is suing EnergyUnited, the company that supplies power to the county.

A Cleveland woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday against EnergyUnited, claiming the power company was responsible for her 6-year-old son's electrocution in late March.

A sudden surge in advertising by outside groups is rapidly filling the airwaves and cable channels with unflattering portrayals of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain as their presidential contest ...

The annual Dukeville Village/School reunion was held Sept. 6 at the former Dukeville School building.

A woman was killed in a one-vehicle wreck late Thursday night in west Charlotte.

Hot dog supper A hot dog supper is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Parrish Memorial Baptist Church, 606 Parrish Memorial Road near Pine Level.

Adrian Eugene Spencer, 1315 Oak Breeze Drive, Mooresville, reported vandals caused $500 damage on his property between Aug.

Cleveland's Gary Blythe raises bulls for rodeo competitions. He's taking some to Las Vegas for a national championship next month.

The king of this castle was unseated Monday night. Actually, he was overthrown. Burt Myers bumped home-track heavyweight Brian King out of the top spot and ran off to secure victory in the ASA Southern Modified ...

Fabian Camacho and Francisco Acosta, both from Toluca, Mexico, trim blackberry bushes at Knob Creek Farms and Creamery in Lawndale.

Someone broke into the well house at the YMCA soccer field at 1130 Majolica Road and cut off the pump to the field's irrigation system, according to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.