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Norga Dellean Manns Davidson, 87, of Shelby passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022.

Deanna Michelle Rippy Blanton passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022.

Barbara Ann Fitch Odle, 80, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

William "Bill" Ronald Parnell, 78, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

Joel Dan Earls, 71, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2022.

William "Preston" Greene, age 77, of Ellenboro, died Saturday, December 17, 2022.

Opal H. Thompson, age 88, of Columbus, NC, died Wednesday, December 14, 2022.

Pastor Kenny Frye, age 70, of Speedwell, Tennessee, went home to with the Lord on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.

Darcus Marie Revels, age 76, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2022.

A new mural in the library at Ellenboro Elementary School is so much more than a stunning, eye-catching painting of a reading book path through a quiet forest with lanterns lighting the way while forest animals look on.

Mary Joan Jenkins, age 87 of Forest City died Friday, December 9, 2022.

Angela Jean Scott, age 68 of Forest City died Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

Mildred Naomi Crawford Bowlin, 88, passed away in Sparks, Nevada December 7, 2022.

Lois Jean Lane Condrey, 89, of Union Mills passed away Monday, December 5, 2022

Alice Hawkins McGinnis, 66, of Cliffside, NC passed away Tuesday, December 6th, 2022.

As the sounds of the Ole' 74 Jazz band rang across the Town of Rutherfordton Saturday evening, more than 100 people stood around the courthouse lawn waiting for the lighting of the Christmas cedar tree. The ceremony was held after the annual Christmas parade.

Dozens of Rutherford County's U.S. Marine Corps members celebrated the 247th birthday of United States Marines at the Forest City Clubhouse recently. Across the US and the World, Marines reflected on November 10, 1775, when the Continental Congress adopted a resolution to create a Marine force composed of two battalions.

Brian James Finley, 57, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in Mooresboro, NC.

Steven "Steve" David Hamrick, 55, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022.