THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

By Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent and staff reports | Cleveland County Government A tragic accident on Highway 74 on Monday morning claimed the life of a Cleveland County EMS paramedic, who also served as a field training officer. According to reports, the accident happened sometime around 8 a.m. this morning, in Gaston County, near the Gaston-Cleveland County line. Paramedic / Field Training Officer Ashley Moore, 37, was killed in the accident. Cleveland County governme

Staff Reports | Kings Mountain Police Department Kings Mountain, NC – UPDATE: The City of Kings Mountain has released the name of the pedestrian struck by the train: McKenzie Gibson Coleman, 28. Early in the morning of Sunday, July 5, at 4:56 a.m., Kings Mountain Police Department officers, along with Kings Mountain Fire Department and Cleveland County EMS, responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a Norfolk Southern train approximately one-half mile south of the W. Gol

Staff Reports Pedestrian struck in Boiling Springs. BOILING SPRINGS – In a statement released Monday afternoon by The Boiling Springs Police Department Chief Brian DiYorio, referenced an incident that occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 17, when a pedestrian was struck by a motorist at the stoplight. The Boiling Springs Police Department responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at E College Avenue at S Main Street on Feb. 17 at approximately 3:31pm. "A vehicle

Map of the area, courtesy of Apple maps A single vehicle accident Sunday night resulted in the death of a Mooresboro man, near Camp Creek Church Rd on Abe's Mountain Rd. First Sgt. J.R. Crotts, with the North Carolina highway Patrol stated to The Shelby Independent, "The driver was operating a Subaru sedan, which ran off to the left of the road, struck several trees and overturned." The driver was identified as David Richard Hartman, 62, of Mooresboro. While no known factors

The accident was reported at Abes Mountain Road and Camp Creek Church Road area at 150. Courtesy maps UPDATED: 12:56 p.m. Monday. A single vehicle accident Sunday night resulted in the death of a Mooresboro man, near Camp Creek Church Rd on Abe's Mountain Rd. First Sgt. J.R. Crotts, with the North Carolina highway Patrol stated to The Shelby Independent, "The driver was operating a Subaru sedan, which ran off to the left of the road, struck several trees and overturned." T

OPINION – On Wednesday afternoon, a little before 3 p.m., Sarah Queen, volunteering her time at the Fairgrounds, helping the Cleveland...

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