A list of the most recent stories about Cleveland County.
Victim smashes robber's car window with rake
Police have released new information about a burglary in Cleveland County. Deputies said a victim tried to chase the criminals away with a rake and smashed a car window. The Shelby Star reported that is how police identified the car Sunday morning and arrested five people. Three of the suspects ...
Man accused of following 3 young girls
A Cleveland County man is accused of following three young girls. On Saturday, three girls, ages 13, 14 and 15, said they were sitting at a picnic table, looked over to some bushes and saw Henry Abernathy performing a lewd act. One of the girls still seems traumatized by what ...
Cleveland Co. man dies after falling into waste disposal container
A Cleveland County man died from injuries after he fell into a waste disposal container. The accident occurred last Wednesday, but the Shelby Star reported that Donald McSwain died at Carolinas Medical Center Sunday. Investigators have not released any details about the incident.
Woman charged in deadly Shelby 5-car pileup to be in court
A woman charged with causing a deadly five-car pileup will be in court Friday. Bridget Henson was charged Wednesday with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. The Shelby Star said Henson bailed out of jail this week. Police said she slammed into a truck on Highway 74 in Cleveland County last ...
Cleveland Co. representative trying to ban TVs in prisons
A letter written by a man convicted of two murders who now sits on Death Row is sparking some possible changes in the state’s prisons. State Rep. Tim Moore introduced a bill Wednesday that would ban television on Death Row in North Carolina. The move comes after Danny Hembree wrote ...
Teen accused of planning to have mother killed will serve 2 years
A teenager accused of planning to have his mother killed will serve two years in prison. Caleb Mellon took a plea deal Tuesday. Investigators said he had a friend slash his mother's throat in February. Mellon could have been sentenced to as much as 30 years in prison. Instead, he ...
Shelby water main break repaired
Crews in Shelby repaired a water main break at a busy intersection Saturday. Road blocks were set up in the afternoon, blocking a section of Graham Street that intersects with Dekalb and Harris streets. The utility department said there was a six-inch split in the water main. The water supply to the Presbyterian ...
Police looking to holster recent trend of shootings
A Sunday morning shooting that left one man dead and two in jail on murder charges was the first of a string of gunshots heard around the city this week. On Tuesday afternoon, police say, an officer was on Gardner Street investigating a car riddled with bullet holes when the ...
Woman tells jurors of rape
A woman says she woke in the night four years ago to find a man she had never seen before in her home. He raped her and then disappeared while she was in the bathroom, she said during court testimony as the trial of the man accused of her rape ...
Man accused of sex offense against child
A Kings Mountain man faces charges he took indecent liberties with a child and allegedly committed a first-degree sex offense against a child, according to arrest warrants. Santy Sivanh Wood, 24, of 104 Myers St., is accused of engaging in a sex offence with a girl under the age of ...
Shelby teen who police said hired friend to kill mom offered plea deal
A Shelby teen accused of hiring a classmate to kill his mom has two options: take a plea deal or be tried as an adult. The Shelby Star reported Thursday investigators testified that Caleb Mellon, 15, told his friend he was not getting along with his mom, Lindsey Wood, and ...
Kings Mtn. mayor wants to permanently close crossing where trucks get stuck
Kings Mountain's mayor is now trying to permanently shut down a railroad crossing where trucks keep getting stuck, but he's still worried that would create new problems at the next railroad crossing down the road. Every time a train comes by, shop owner Jamie Batchelor tries hard to ignore it. ...
Shelby teen goes from homeless to Harvard
A Shelby teen, who was abandoned by her parents and was left to work as a janitor at her high school, is headed to Harvard. Dawn Loggins' story is gaining national attention after turning her life around from vagrant to victory in one year. Loggins said she knew she wanted ...
Shelby man arrested three times in three days
A Shelby man was arrested for the third time in three days on Friday. Deputies said Shannon Murray, 35, was arrested and sent to the Cleveland County Detention Center Friday after being suspected of breaking into a home and stealing property. He is accused of stealing electronics and a nine-price ...
Truck ripped in half by train in Kings Mountain
A train barreled into a tractor-trailer that was carrying cotton in Kings Mountain on Friday morning. There have been several similar wrecks at the crossing in the past few years. The driver and passenger in the truck involved in Friday’s crash jumped out before the collision and weren’t injured. Bales ...
Grandmother in fiery crash: ‘Would have lost my life’ before grandson’s
A Shelby woman survived a deadly wreck Monday with only cuts and bruises even though she was stuck in a multi-car pile-up with her 9-week-old grandson as flames started appearing. A video taken at the scene of the accident shows people trying to comfort Teresa Chandler. They were some of ...
Man killed by train in Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain police are working to identify a man hit and killed by a train Monday morning. The collision happened shortly before 7 a.m. Police said the engineer saw the man walking on the tracks with his back to the train. He told police he blew the horn several times, ...
Crash shuts down U.S. 74 near Shelby for hours
U.S. 74 near Shelby was shut down for most of the day Monday after a fiery crash involving five vehicles. A few people heard the collision and rushed to try to rescue the people involved and put out the flames. “There was nothing we could do to get it to ...
Gingrich bus rolls on despite reports of dropping out
Newt Gingrich plans to make several stops in North Carolina Thursday even though reports indicate he will drop out of the race next week. In Kings Mountain on Wednesday, he refused to answer questions from reporters on dropping out of the race. “I’m not going to talk to the press. ...
Gingrich has sobering words for supporters in Kings Mountain
In Kings Mountain on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich stopped just short of confirming he would drop out of the presidential race. The crowd in Kings Mountain gave Gingrich a standing ovation when he arrived. “I just trust him to no end,” one supporter said. When his supporters calmed down, Gingrich gave ...
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