THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

Take a photo with the Easter Bunny, and enter for a chance to win a 70" TV By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Officer Randy Conner, left, and Cleveland County Crime Stoppers Chairman Jeff Yates show one of the two TVs that will be raffled at the Cleveland Mall. | Chuck Thompson Cleveland Mall – The Easter Bunny will be at the Cleveland Mall giving away two 70” televisions in a raffle drawing, thanks to Cleveland County Crime Stoppers and Road to Hope - Shelby. B

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Crime Stoppers Board Member Cheryl Yates assists Michael and Katina with their BBQ order Saturday afternoon. Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent For anyone that says crime solving and BBQ doesn’t go hand-in-hand must have missed out on Crime Stoppers BBQ fundraiser. On Saturday, Cleveland County Crime Stoppers, in association with Black Hat BBQ, at First Presbyterian Church in Uptown Shelby, held their first ever sold-out BBQ pl

Crime Stoppers will host its BBQ fundraiser on Nov. 15 By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Have you ever wanted to help fight crime by eating BBQ? Now you can – and sign me up, too. Cleveland County Crime Stoppers is hosting a BBQ fundraiser on Nov. 15. Since the reboot of Crime Stoppers in Cleveland County in early 2022, the organization has relied mostly on grants from local entities for their funding to pay anonymous tipsters reward money for information that leads

Recently, a $1,000 reward was paid to an anonymous tipster.