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By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Dr. Tim Sims, (center right) Senior Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Shelby, leads a group of Wayne King’s supporters in a moment of prayer. Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent With candidate filing well underway, many Cleveland County residents, both current elected officials and new hopefuls have stepped forward to throw their hat into the ring for elected office. Wayne King, a Cleveland County native and lifelong Kings Mountai

A roundtable discussion with the administrators of Kings Mountain Town Talk By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Kings Mountain Town Talk. From left, Matt Dover, Amanda Smith, Jada Henson and Emily Ruff. Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer of this article tried to post on Kings Mountain Town Talk and the post was intentionally held from publishing it to the Facebook page for several weeks until it was so far buried that no one could see i

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

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Cooper will be the sixth former governor of the state to try for the U.S. Senate. One from each major party has lost

Kings Mountain needs to make some major changes.

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.

It’s unfortunate that public employees and elected officials ignore a reporter’s calls and emails.

Candidate filing ends July 18 Registration deadline for filing is July 18 at Noon. All across Cleveland County, seats are up for...