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Tommy Ray Hutchins Sr., 88, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021.

Montgomery Joshelyn Coggins, infant daughter of Joshua and Nikki Coggins, of Shelby passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.

Jimmy Rumfelt, Sr. age 85, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021.

Deanne Rita Hawkins, age 66, of Cliffside, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

Carolyn Edwards Hardin, 72, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

Three members of the Piedmont-Pleasant Hill Community Club sat at long white-clothed tables inside an unlighted clubhouse recently reminiscing about the days of the award-winning community club and how the clubhouse was the center of the community. They discussed the efforts in saving the more than 60-year-old building and community club.

Dave Kager Cox, Sr., age 78, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Tracy Dean Greene, age 54, of Mooresboro, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021.

Andrew Pletts, age 74, of Forest City, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021.

Pat Bivens, age 79, of Rutherfordton, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Donald Ray White, 89, of Union Mills passed away on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

Cheryl Litterio, age 71, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, March 26, 2021.

Perry Mashburn, age 74, of Columbus, NC, passed away Friday, March 26, 2021.

Nell Horton, age 86, of Forest City, passed away Friday, March 26, 2021.

Nell Bagwell Gragg, age 65, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021.

Thomas Neil Ward, age 57, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021.

Dorothy Ann Thrift, age 86, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2021.

Jesse Boyd McEntire, 86, of Rutherfordton, passed away Monday, March 22, 2021.

James Garland Dalton, age 69, of Rutherfordton, passed away on home March 19, 2021.

Faster opening of Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort will accelerate job creation for region

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. - The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs has approved the Catawba Nation's Tribal-State Compact with the State of North Carolina, allowing the state to share in revenues generated by the new Two Kings Casino Resort

DAR has again tapped future heroes and heroines for Rutherford County's youngest generation.

The Griffith Rutherford Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution announced the School and Chapter winners of the Junior American Citizens Contest for 2020-2021.

Ray Edward Matheson, Jr, age 56, passed away December 26, 2020.