THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent From left, Rev. Anita Ware, Bishop Carolyn Briggs, the Rev. Jamaal Edwards, Council Member Andrew Hopper, Sr., City of Shelby Manager Justin Merritt and Council Member the Rev. Dr. Charles Webber applaud the unveiling of the markers Saturday morning, Sept. 19, 2026. | Chuck Thompson SHELBY / SUNSET CEMETERY – “We remember all those people who may not have a grave marker… today we remember them and we will continue to honor them thr

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent The Shelby City Council meeting Oct. 20, 2025 A special presentation was held for the Shelby City Council Monday night during their regularly scheduled public meeting. The nonprofit organization known as Our Stories Project, has been working on identifying an African American graveyard and the Shiloh School, that once educated black children sometime after the Civil War. Their goal is to place educational markers at the site, to rec