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Volume 135 • Issue 12
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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Groups partner for second annual prom dress giveaway This photo is from a 2016 Gateway Trail race. ( provided by Photo KM Gateway Trail)
Time is running out to register for Gateway Trail races By Loretta Cozart Kings Mountain Gateway Trail will hold their 5K Walk and 10-Miler on Saturday, March 25 at 807 S. Battleground Avenue in Kings Mountain. This race is happening on a beautiful segment of Thread Trail in
Kings Mountain, NC and this year's t-shirts will have a special NC Year of the Trail logo on them. To register, visit runsignup.com, or call 704.6853549 or 704-739-9663. Email Shirley Brutko at sbrutko@att.net.
Pictured L-R: Ashley Champion, Tiana Roberts, and Kyrea McCluney, partnered to bring the prom dress experience to local young women. Photo by Loretta Cozart By Loretta Cozart Earlier this year, Kyrea McCluney founder of Book Me Boo Events and Rentals felt called to help local girls get the full experience of shopping for, choosing, and trying on dresses for their school proms. She and her business partner, Ashley XYZ partnered with Parents Against Bullying and wrote
a proposal for New Bynum Chapel AME Zion Church requesting the use their fellowship hall. As Kyrea prepared her proposal, she kept hearing the Lord tell her, “Be still.” Little did she know that Tiana Roberts, founder of Girl Talk Ministry, a program that allows adolescent girls transform their mind See PROM, Page 5A
Kings Mountain Little Theatre’s production of “Nunsense – The Mega-Musical” completed a successful opening weekend and will return to the Joy for its final weekend on Friday, March 24th at 7:30 p.m. KMLT and corporate sponsor, Edward Jones Investments, Jack and Pam Buchanan are pleased to announce that performances are scheduled for March 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m. and March 26 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 for all ages and are on sale at www.kmlt.org or by contacting the box office tickets@kmlt.org or 704-730-9408. Tickets for groups of 10 or more is $12 See NUNSENSE, Page 5A
The Sisters portrayed by: Gaia King – Sister Mary Luke; Sara Corbin - Sister Robert Anne; Ginger Bullock – Sister Mary Wilhelm; Antoinette Matthews – Sister Mary Toni; and Brenda Elliott – Sister Mary Bree. Photo by Katherine Stone
Shelby teen drowned in Nunsence – The Mega Musical Moss Lake rocks the Joy Performance Theater By Loretta Cozart
On Friday, March 17, just before 12:30 p.m., Kings Mountain Police and Cleveland County Emergency Management personnel responded to Moss Lake near 121 Sunshine Ln. in Cherryville, for a search and rescue of an individual that had entering the water, but had not resurfaced. Witnesses told investigators on scene that a black male had jumped off a pier and entered the water. Once in the water the black male began to struggle and soon fell beneath the water’s surface. Cleveland County Emergency Management Director Perry Davis contacted Charlotte Mecklenburg Fire
Department Dive Team to assist in the rescue. Around 3:30 p.m., rescue divers recovered the victim from the lake. The victim was transported to Atrium Health Care in Shelby, and was pronounced dead at 5:03 p.m. The victim has been identified as Jeremiah Roberts, 18, of Shelby. Kings Mountain Police Department thanks the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department, Cleveland County Emergency Management, Cleveland County EMS, Waco Volunteer Fire Department, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Fire Department for their prompt response and support during this incident.
Two-hundred and fifty dresses are available for girls going to prom or a middle school dance. Photos by Loretta Cozart
CC Crimestoppers More changes near the casino back in business By Loretta Cozart
Cleveland County Crimestoppers introduced their new Facebook page for the Cleveland County Crimestoppers. Cleveland County Crimestoppers, Inc. is back in business for Cleveland County, and are ready to pay for tips leading to an arrest or successful conclusion to a case.
Cleveland County Crimestoppers is affiliated with the following agencies: Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, Boiling Springs Police Department, Kings Mountain Police Department, and Shelby Police Department. Cleveland County Crimestoppers Inc is pleased to announce the addition of P3 Tips! The addition of P3 Tips will help encourage citizens in the community to See CRIMESTOPPERS, Page 2A
The area around Two Kings Casino continues to evolve, as roads are widened, and city services expand in that section. Driving southwest on Dixon School Road, near the intersection of Kings Mountain Blvd., a new natural gas gate station has been built. Nearby, large traffic signal poles span the newly widened streets. Traveling toward I-85 on King Mountain Blvd., fiber optic cable has been installed and the ground seeded beside the new New traffic signal poles have been installed at Dixon School Road and KM Boulevard. See CHANGES, Page 3A Photo by Loretta Cozart
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