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Thanks to dry weather over the summer, fall foliage in Western North Carolina is predicted to be spectacular in the coming weeks.

Barbara Wright Hunter, age 67, died Monday, September 26, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare Cleveland.

Elizabeth "Lib" Collette Hamrick, age 87, died Saturday, September 24, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare Cleveland.

Estelle Greenway Canipe, age 98 died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Hospice Cleveland County.

Euzelia McSwain Vollbracht, age 94, resident of Kings Mountain, NC went to be with her Lord on September 26, 2016 at the Testa Family Hospice House, Kings Mtn. NC.

Blacksburg -- Harold Wayne Taylor, 43, of 1453 Blacksburg Highway, passed away Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, at his residence.

Herbert Jaynes, age 96, died Friday, September 23, 2016 at his home.

Inez Pearl Classen Koontz, age 71, died Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare System-Cleveland.

Jackie Greene Clark, age 71, of Forest City, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2016 at her daughter's house in Spindale.

Jareen "Jake" Hartman, 93, a native of Cleveland County went to be with the Lord September 25, 2016.

Surrounded by her family, Katherine Terry McCraw passed away peacefully at home on September 24, 2016.

Larri Livengood Poss, age 95, resident of Kings Mountain, NC passed away on September 25, 2016 at her home.

Mary Alice Flynn Cash, 75, of Rutherfordton, died Monday, September 26, 2016 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.

SHELBY-Michael "Mike" Edward Tiddy, 67, passed away Sun., Sept. 25, 2016, at his residence.

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Millage Carrington Spires, 73, passed away Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Wendover Hospice House.

Patsy Sweezy Stroud, age 82, died Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Hospice Wendover.

Peggy Greene Hewitt, age 82, of Emory Avenue, Forest City, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Stephen Junior Smith, 71, of Shelby, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Testa Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain.

I've learned over the years to keep a watchful eye when I travel to a tree stand in an unfamiliar place.

Josh Morris caught this beautiful Mahi-mahi while on a fishing trip off the Virginia Beach Coast

Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Ellenboro
Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Ellenboro, NC, will hold a "Country Bazaar" Saturday, October 1, 2016, 7:00am until.

Golfers Granting Wishes
2016 Golfers Granting Wishes sponsorship opportunities: Friday, September 30, 2016, at 1:00pm, at Deer Brook Golf Club.

The Small Business Center at Cleveland Community College will offer a FREE seminar in Belwood on Monday, October 3, 2016, at the Belwood Community Center, from 5:30-8:00P.M.

Tickets are going fast for the premier historical ghost tour based around the Battle of Kings Mountain.

In the middle of July, when most Cleveland County kids were vacationing or going for a swim, students at Graham Elementary School in Shelby were starting a new school year.

Janie, not her real name, has turned 18 but at 18 she does not magically become an independent adult. She has aged out of the foster care system, with no safety net, and she finds this transition troubling.

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern North Carolina, Cleveland County has long been cultivated.