THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

By Ron Humphries | Contributing columnist to The Shelby Independent OPINION - Being a boomer and a member of the original TV generation, I watched my share of television as a child. We only had four channels, and TV time was mostly limited to evening news, family shows, and Saturday-morning cartoons. If the sun was shining, playing outside was the preferred form of entertainment. While lifestyles, particularly in rural areas, limited the negative effects of TV time, warnin

Road to Hope and Crime Stoppers' Easter Bunny fundraiser continues this weekend By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent The Easter Bunny poses for a photo with road to Hope and Crime Stoppers members. From left to right, Robert Medlin, Zach Stearns, Mr. Bunny, Cheryl Yates, Jeff Yates, and Scott Howell. They will be at the mall again this Friday and Saturday only, for photos and raffle entries. Cleveland Mall – The Easter Bunny was such a big hit this past weekend, that a

By Alan Wooten | The Center Square file graphic | The Shelby Independent AFFECTS LOCAL – North Carolina has joined antitrust litigation filed in California seeking to block Nexstar’s $6.2 billion acquisition of rival Tegna, a move Attorney General Jeff Jackson says will send cable and satellite bills rocketing higher while local newsrooms are gutted. The first-term Democrat says eight northeastern counties, and the markets around Charlotte and Greensboro have 2 million cons