THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Cleveland County manager David Cotton presents the Board of Commissioners with the late audit findings while Chairman Kevin Gordon listens intently. | Video still CC video feed. The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners listened to County Manager David Cotton present the FY 2024-2025 Audit Response this past week during the May 19 public meeting. A consultant via the North Carolina of Commissioners was hired to assess the county’s

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent The Cleveland County Administrative Building | Chuck Thompson An alleged botched protocol after a bomb threat and a late county audit put County Manager David Cotton in the hot seat last Tuesday evening. The March Cleveland County Commissioners’ meeting was going as expected until during the public comments section, Angelica Haslam spoke to the commissioners about the prank bomb threat made to the county administration building,