Lattimore News

RB stars Kenny Lattimore and Deborah Cox are kicking off their summer tour with a benefit concert for the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Here's a look at what some of the residents of Cleveland County are planning to do for the Fourth of July: James Waseman "Usually the Shelby City Park will have something but Kings Mountain has fireworks at the YMCA walking track and that's where we may be going." Crystal Harris "We usually will go to the mall and I will take my daughter with me.

Marcus Lattimore has made numerous visits to North Carolina. This past weekenda TMs visit, though, might have been the most crucial to UNCa TMs chances a ' it marked the first visit by Lattimorea TMs mother.

The deadline is Monday for all entries in the annual Rowan County Juneteenth Celebration, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Kelsey Scott Park.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lee announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Olivia Lee, to Clinton Michael Hardin.

Clemson has landed its first Class of 2011 commitment in DeShaun Williams, a 6-foot-1, 290-pound defensive tackle from Daniel .

A McDonald's employee admitted to doing more than flipping burgers last week, according to police.

Joe and Ruth McDaniel celebrated 50 golden years of marriage on May 27, 2009. A celebration was given for the couple by family and friends on May 9 at their church of 50 years, Drury Dobbins Baptist Church in Lattimore.

Running back Marcus Lattimore of Byrnes Sunday night cut his long list of offers to a final eight.

Township lines in Cleveland County are officially a thing of the past. But don't think Lattimore, Casar or Kingstown are wiped off the map.

My wonderful friend Mary Dalton, a professor of communication at Wake Forest University, knows a lot of interesting people, and I'm fortunate to get to meet them sometimes.

Boy Scout Hunter King knows a little bit about making cornbread from scratch. "You put the kernels in and then it grinds it," said King with Boy Scout Troop 413.

All Things Considered , May 11, 2009 Martha Mason, who lived more than 60 years in an iron lung, died last week at the age of 71 at her home in Lattimore, N.C. Mary Dalton, who directed a documentary about Mason, Martha In Lattimore , offers her insight.

Martha Mason, dead at 71. Ms. Mason died on Monday at her home in Lattimore, N.C. She was 71 and had lived for more than 60 years in an iron lung.

Ever since the 1940s, when she was a girl in a small Southern town, Martha Mason dreamed of being a writer.

RALEIGH A woman who spent 61 years in an iron lung yet graduated from college and wrote a book about her life has died at her North Carolina home.

Polio paralyzed Martha Mason from the neck down in 1948, and she spent the rest of her days inside an iron lung, an 800-pound airtight tube that breathed for her.

Today's Know-it-all : Melvin Tate of Shelby, president of Northeast Weed & Seed Neighborhood Garden Club What he knows : Gardening - I've been doing this ever since I was about 12 years old.

There's one thing Cleveland County farmers agree on: You can't control the weather.

Though nothing is passed - and won't be until after a public hearing in early June - the 2009-10 Cleveland County draft recommended budget is on the table without a tax increase, just as County Manager David Dear and the county board of commissioners hoped.