When leaders from the Town of Forest City began developing its 2013-14 fiscal year budget one of the positive factors for town residents is the result of social media giant Facebook locating in Forest City.
"Everybody loves George," said Crystal Deviney as she served birthday cake to George Ledford at Smith's Drug Store Friday afternoon.
The battle between a Rutherford County electric provider and a private land owner will head to court Tuesday.
"It's such a beautiful day and we've been blessed with wonderful weather," said Hickory Nut Gorge Outreach volunteer Nancy Wait, as she gazed across the vendors and crowd of festival-goers at the Lake Lure Arts & Crafts Festival Saturday afternoon.
NASCAR chairman Brian France said Saturday that the organization is not talking with IndyCar about making it easier for drivers who want to try racing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.
FOREST CITY – It wasn’t pretty as Asheville and Rutherford County committed a combined seven errors, but Post 423 scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to take a 5-3 come-from-behind win over Post 70 Saturday night at McNair Field.
Defending series champion Brad Keselowski believes he's still the fastest in Sprint Cup, even if his results four months into the season don't bear that out.
Luke Kuechly was hoping for a little help this offseason.
So it's no surprise the Panthers second-year middle linebacker was pretty excited when Carolina fulfilled his wish and selected Utah defensive tackle Star Lotulelei with the 14th pick in last month's NFL draft.
“Roll camera.... Action!” called a producer of a new television reality show being filmed at Walnut Grove Rangers Gun Club off Hollis Road near Ellenboro on Tuesday.
"Everybody loves George," said Crystal Deviney as she served birthday cake to George Ledford at Smith's Drug Store Friday afternoon.
Memorial Day weekend in Chimney Rock features national storyteller and award-winning old-time musician John Fowler. He will perform authentic Appalachian storytelling and music at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 25-26 at the park’s Meadows area.
Ken Shamrock, a mixed martial artist, Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Famer and a professional wrestler, is coming to Forest City Saturday.
As a critically injured man was being flown to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Wednesday afternoon, Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedics rolled the stretcher back to the waiting ambulance.
Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering.
A Duke Energy Carolinas electricity rate increase that took effect last year will stay in effect while state regulators review it under a state Supreme Court order.
An influential national anti-tax advocate says he's not taking sides in North Carolina's tax reform debate as Republicans in the House and Senate have released competing plans.
Many times through the years my parents shared the stories of their teenage relatives who went off to World War II and didn't return.
So, what does Memorial Day really mean?
In current times, we tend to forget the answer to that question.
Cheers ... to Amie Sessoms and to all the recipients of ROPE awards who are now heading to college with a great assist from the McNair Foundation.
