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🌱 How Shelby’s offense exploded for a record 84-point title win

Greetings Shelby! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Shelby’s offense exploded for a record 84-point title win
  • How new warrants detail three deadly domestic cases in Shelby
  • Shelby resident linked to neo-Nazi group stopped in Arkansas U-Haul

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Break Delivery — Feeding Kids Cleveland County.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Shelby? Post it to Shelby photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 53 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Thursday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 50, low: 45.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 54 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tarboro wins 11th state championship, Kinston drops high-scoring title match to Shelby (wcti12.com) — Shelby’s high school football team capped its season with a record-setting 84-point outburst to claim the program’s 20th state championship, overpowering Kinston in the title game. In another classification, Tarboro secured its 11th all-time state crown, while Kinston’s Tyreek Copper set single-season receiving and touchdown records despite the loss.
   

• Warrants reveal details of Cleveland County woman's death (shelbystar.com) — Shelby and Cleveland County residents are learning more about three recent domestic-violence-related homicides, including two attacks at Shelby apartments and a September shooting death on Sandy Point Drive. Newly released warrants outline how one victim’s son discovered her body and how investigators tracked her husband across state lines before his arrest. The cases remain active in local courts.
   

• Police stop U-Haul carrying Neo-Nazi group in Arkansas; 4 linked to North Carolina (cbs17.com) — A Shelby resident, identified as having ties to a neo-Nazi group, was among four North Carolinians stopped in a U-Haul after a protest at the Arkansas State Capitol. Little Rock police removed 22 people from the truck, issued a traffic citation to the driver, and released the group after they arranged safer transportation, saying there was no ongoing public safety threat.
   

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  • Please share & repost to help reunite this lost cat!
    Sable was LOST on December 12, 2025 in Greer, SC 29651 near Pennington Rd, Berry Mill Rd. Camp Dr., Hwy 101 Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest… (Nextdoor Earl Township III)
  • I have three strings of colored icicle lights to give away.
    The three strings can be connected into one. Let me know if you are interested. I hope they will brighten somebody’s holidays! (Nextdoor Deer Brook)
  • Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Shelby. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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