(Family Features) When the school year rolls around, switching from pool to school means finding simpler ways to kick off the day with healthy and nutritious options.  More...

Cherokee County schools begin the 2017-2018 school year Tuesday, August 22, and we want to see your child(ren)’s first day of school photos! Include names of those pictured, school attending and grade. More...

Kings Mountain, N.C.: The water, the sand, the sun, the music and the fun – that’s life along the Grand Strand. On Saturday, August 26, Kings Mountain, N.C. More...

BLACKSBURG — George David Richardson, 69, of 819 Bridges Road, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at his residence.  More...

GAFFNEY — Elizabeth Branom Wilson, 94, formerly of Mills Street, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 18, 2017, at Peachtree Centre.  Born in Sheffield, Ala., she was the widow of the late Charles Winston Wilson and daughter of More...

BOILING SPRINGS — Virginia “Gin” Hogue Harris, age 80, died Thursday, August 17, 2017, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Funeral service was held Sunday, August 20, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Boiling Springs Baptist Church. More...

Left-wing political groups are staging street protests and running television ads to defeat President Trump’s proposed corporate tax cut. If they succeed, the big losers will be anyone hoping for a raise or looking for a better job. More...

Nearly 1,000 people are fatally shot by police in the United States annually, but no one knows exactly how many — or more importantly why. More...

I knew that toe was going to be trouble. It was a couple of days before I was supposed to go away for a long weekend of golfing in the mountains. The big toe on my left foot started acting up. More...