THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

Staff Reports | Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Jackson CRIME — Investigators with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by patrol deputies, located and arrested a suspect wanted in connection with multiple felony fraud offenses. On Sept. 1, 2026, investigators received information that a vehicle associated with John Clay Jackson had returned to Cleveland County. Jackson was previously identified as a suspect in multiple incidents involving an individual represent

By Alan Wooten | The Center Square U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks at the Department of Agriculture in Washington on June 12, 2025. Photo: Tom Witham / U.S. Department of Agriculture via Flickr (The Center Square) – North Carolinians receiving food assistance benefits from the federal government are yet to learn when and how their reapplication process will work. Or, according to a published report Thursday, if they even will have to reapply. In the interim

Shelby Police Department releases statement regarding charges On Friday, August 15 th , 2025, investigators with the Shelby Police...