Students compete in state oratorical contest held in Shelby
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Shelby American Legion Post 82 Family hosted the 83rd annual State Oratorical Finals competition at the LeGrand Center Sunday.
Four contestants, all winners from their particular regions throughout the state, included Savannah McGlothlin, a sophomore at Burns High, participated. She advanced through local, district, and division competitions to the state finals. The title of Savannah s oration was What Compromise Means to the Constitution.
At Sunday s contest, she was awarded second place, along with a $2,500 scholarship. Other contestants included Emma Hall, who represented Apex American Legion Post 124. Emma took first place in the contest and received a $7,500 scholarship.
Last week, I was talking to my mom on the phone, who was planning on coming up to the Triangle for a visit with my brother and me. We’d been planning the trip for months. She wanted to see my new house and the playset I made for my daughter (and the little Jeep she’d […]
Public forums address COVID concerns in Cleveland County
Twice a month, community health leaders in Cleveland County are addressing the public’s COVID-19 concerns with an online forum.
The COVID Community Forum includes a brief presentation of the latest numbers and vaccination procedures followed by a question-and-answer session during which the public can submit anonymous questions and have them answered on the spot.
Here are the key points that were discussed at the most recent forum Friday held on Facebook Live:
The latest numbers
Cleveland County Health Director Tiffany Hanson gave an update on the latest number of coronavirus cases and vaccines in the county:
As COVID-19 vaccination clinics continue to be held across Cleveland County, a long list of residents and a short supply of doses have prompted a change in the process.
Cleveland County health officials announced Friday that appointments will now be made by phone rather than through the mail.
Previously, those eligible for vaccination received letters in the mail telling them when and where to go for their first doses. Moving forward, Cleveland County residents will be asked to call in to make appointments.
Here are five things to know as we head into February:
1. Residents eligible to receive the vaccine are those 65 and older.
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More people are seeking guidance to navigate the ins and outs of the pandemic from the county’s COVID-19 hotline.
Calls into Cleveland County’s COVID-19 hotline have almost tripled in the last month, according to Deputy Director of the Health Department DeShay Oliver.
“In December, we averaged approximately 130 calls per day to our COVID Helpline. In January, we have averaged approximately 380 calls per day with some days exceeding 500 calls,” Oliver wrote in an email to
The Star.
The increased call volume has brought people from multiple departments in the county to answer questions about anything from the data on COVID-19 to registering for the vaccine. On any given day, people from the Health Department, the County Manager’s Office, EMS, the LeGrand Center and the Cooperative Extension Office man the phone lines.