Hastings calls for Brockman's resignation; Eason condemns behavior By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent N.C. Rep. Cecil Brockman...

By Alan Wooten | The Center Square The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters is seen in Washington, July 29, 2025.  Andrew...

David Causby, Ward 3. Shelby City Council. file photo In what seemed like an unexpected shock to some, City Council Member David Causby,...

Stein, former two-term attorney general, said his review of public safety legislation gets one simple test: “Does it make people safer,” he said.

By David Beasley | The Center Square Courtesy photo Auditor.NC.gov | The Center Square (The Center Square) – In an effort to reduce...

By Alan Wooten | The Center Square (The Center Square) – North Carolina has more than enough money to pay its outstanding bills and...

Water rushes through the construction zone like a river Wednesday, next to the Fairfield, as the result of a waterline that was struck by...

The Charles F. Harry III Cleveland County Admin. Building. Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent A new public portal is expected to...

Boiling Springs Town Hall and Police Dept. Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent Boiling Springs – In a press release Wednesday...

Shelby Mayor Pro Tem David White (Ward 2) speaks to city council and those in attendance Monday night. City Council Member Violet Arth...

Iryna Zarutska was murdered by Decarlos Brown Jr., on Aug. 22 in Charlotte while riding the light rail train. courtesy file photo (The...

The case, United States of America v. North Carolina State Board of Elections, was filed in May and led to creation of the Registration Repair Project.

photo courtesy of Cleveland County government For some Cleveland County residents, recycling and trash will have to go somewhere else in...

The City of Shelby, announced the selection of former Assistant City Manager and Finance Director Justin Merritt as the new City Manager for the City of Shelby. 

“We all have to live here,” he said, bluntly, without hesitation. “Being public servant, it made perfect sense to serve in a capacity to invest in my community and help my community grow by keeping their exposes a s low as possible. It's a calling – Plain and simple, it’s a calling to do this.”

North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDACS) is expected to send the first round of relief checks for farmers sta

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“We have a rich agriculture heritage and as Charlotte moves toward us, we become more urban and less farmland..."

Hunt, arguably a patriarch of the state party, broke ground as the first two-term governor and remains the only politician to do it twice.

By Alan Wooten | The Center Square