THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

By Chuck Thompson | The Sunday Column OPINION — A few months ago, I wrote about the state-wide Five Hour Bingo play limit law. I can’t seem to let this one go. It still haunts me that nobody can explain why it’s illegal to play bingo for more than five hours. In North Carolina, you can drive barefoot and swim naked (Don't try it in public, but in seclusion at an uninhabited pond, or at home in your pool, is your business). You can eat while driving, you just can’t hold your p

Staff Reports Kings Mountain, N.C. – In coordination with the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (NC ALE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Kings Mountain Police Department (KMPD) executed a search warrant at a business known as “Lucky Teeters,” located at 402 E. King Street, in connection with an ongoing illegal gambling investigation. In the press release sent out late Thursday afternoon, it stated, "The Kings Mountain Police Department received multiple