Cleveland County News

A popup thunderstorm in Cleveland County sent a bolt of lightening down a tree and into a nearby home, setting it on fire early Wednesday.

At this point, at least, it appears Apple Inc. won't be calling Cleveland County home.

Catawba County or Cleveland County? Everyone's waiting on Apple Inc. to make an announcement of where the company will locate a computer server farm in North Carolina.

More than a $1 million has been awarded to Cleveland County municipalities through the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc.

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTOWN...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

Southern Power plans large, gas-fired plant in Cleveland Co. Charlotte Business Journal - by John Downey Senior staff writer Duke Energy Carolinas' controversial Cliffside Steam Plant expansion isn't the only power plant construction slated for Cleveland County - nor perhaps the biggest.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced a $906,840 Economic Development Administration grant to Cleveland Community College of Shelby, N.C. to help renovate and expand a campus building into a workforce training facility.

Since January, Cleveland County has seen frequent wrecks resulting in either serious injury or death.

The General Assembly changed its corporate-tax law to favor Apple Inc. after fears that the technology giant would take its $1 billion data center to Virginia, state documents released yesterday show.

CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. a ' The North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating an accident that left two men dead and another seriously injured.

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One of four men who police say orchestrated an attempted robbery at a Food Lion recently pleaded guilty.

In a memorable "Fireside Chat" President Franklin D. Roosevelt had with the American people about his federal jobs programs in 1934, he didn't cite statistics to support their value to national progress.

Robbie Stevens came from half a world away to see the legendary Earl Scruggs play Friday night.

Two tornadoes touched down in neighboring Cleveland County Tuesday night. One struck two miles north of Stony Point Road and another hit near Fallston, said National Weather Service Meteorologist Harry Gerapetritis.

Violent winds and baseball-size hail pounded the Cleveland County area Tuesday night and now residents are working to clean-up the damage.

The sounds of power saws cutting through trees filled the air in Kings Mountain Wednesday morning.

Gaston County narrowly escaped the rash of storms that produced hail, heavy rains and lightning and wreaked havoc on neighboring Cleveland County today.

The National Weather Service says it recieved several reports of a tornado touching down in Cleaveland County knocking down hundreds of trees and dropping one on a busy highway.

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