THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

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

By Alan Wooten | The Center Square October municipal elections will hold canvasses Tuesday, early voting for those in November begins Thursday, and North Carolinians continue to trend toward independence of the major parties. Fifty-five weeks away from the 2026 midterms, the unaffiliated bloc gained 4,220 voters in the most recent seven-day period measured ending on Saturday. Republicans added 912 and Democrats lost seven. The more than 7.5 million registered to vote are spli