Preface: A few years ago, Robert A was in the bookstore at Cleveland Community College and happened upon a big stack of textbooks titled Social Issues of Our Times. Robert A picked...

Wind and Fire by Sandra Stroud The winds from Gaston county have been drifting in a Westward direction bringing a “stench” to settle over Cleveland County. We’ve learned that a fire...

“Voter Suppression!” “Voter Suppression!” “Voter Suppression!” has always been the hue and cry of the far left-wing socialist Democrats in North Carolina and other places around the nation when the...

.The attached article from an Athens, Georgia news media tells the tale. “Nothing succeeds like success!” Willie Green’s advice to “work hard” to an aspiring athlete is backed up by the...

Prominent Shelby Attorney Oliver Max Gardner III is presently in a Gastonia Hospital suffering from serious injuries inflicted upon him by his grown stepson, allegedly aided and goaded on by...

North Carolina House District 112 incumbent Tricia Cotham held a Press Conference today to announce that she had officially changed her political affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Completing the process of...

Smell that Smell by Sandra Stroud There’s a strong offensive odor permeating the air! Have you ever heard old folks say that they could “smell a snow a’coming?” They would say...

Editor’s Note: “Administrative leave” is a way to remove an employee from the business or agency operations at their place of employment. Employees are asked to remain at home during regular...

Got integrity Rick Howell? Retiring Shelby City Manager: by Sandra Stroud I would like to encourage the readers of this publication to get a copy of this last Shelby Shopper and...

Parliamentarian or NOT on the School Board??: by Sandra Stroud The Webster’s New American Dictionary gives a clear and simple definition of the words “Legislator” and “Parliamentarian.” Here are the...