Kings Mountain News

More than 100 paper hearts are taped to a wall in an office in the Cleveland County Courthouse.

Carrying supplies and volunteers, the back of the vehicle will display a magnet that reads "Cleveland County, North Carolina taking donations to Cleveland County, Oklahoma." "We're hoping people will stop us along the way and give," said Michele Putnam, a local nurse who's helped organize aid donations for the victims of this week's devastating ... (more)

"I'm really proud to have grown up there and I miss it," Durst said in a phone interview from Grand Rapids, Mich.

Uptown Shelby Association presents Alive After Five, scheduled to begin May 23rd.

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.

Three people were ejected from vehicles and eight people were injured in a five-car crash on U.S. 74 this morning, according to police.

Mildred Irene Griffin Youmans, age 86, resident of Kings Mountain, NC, died May 17, 2013 at White Oak Manor, Kings Mountain.

Six names were read out and each time a name was announced, an officer pinned a small blue flower in the wreath.

A Kings Mountain man was arrested and faces drug charges after the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office found 30 rocks of cocaine in his possession, according to warrants.

CECHS provides the opportunity for students to graduate in five years with both their high school diploma and associate's degree.

Cleveland County Animal Control received a complaint Wednesday from the Deer Creek Road area that a raccoon was displaying abnormal behavior.

Several Kings Mountain High students were arrested at the school Wednesday in connection with a recent off-campus fight, according to school officials.

A Kings Mountain woman has been arrested and charged with beating another woman with a Bible.

When he was 12, the familiar Charlie Brown piano medley inspired him to play the keyboard.

A free Water Safety Class for parents and children will be held 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 22 at First United Methodist, 190 E. Franklin Ave., Gastonia, in the family life center.

The sheet of paper shows a pen-and-ink sketch of a robed man - symbolic conical hat on his head, slits for eyes - standing in front of a bare-limbed tree.

A House judiciary subcommittee was minding its own business Wednesday, working through a calendar of unremarkable bills, when Art Pope slipped into the room.

Lollie Wells McDaniel, age 95, a resident of 169 Range Road, Kings Mountain, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at her home.

Five years after 42-year-old Jennifer Ramsey Rivkin went missing, life has gone on for the people who loved and cared about her.

Lisa Bridges Adams of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, announces the engagement of her daughter, Ashley Nicole Bridges, to Alan Lane Toler, son of Randy and Angela Toler of Pikeville.