On Monday, July 17, at 10:14 a.m., Kings Mountain Police Department received a call that a vehicle had struck Hardee’s restaurant at 509 East King Street.

Initial reports indicated that numerous customers inside the restaurant were injured along with the

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KM’s Blueberry man predicts a bumper crop

By Loretta Cozart

On Saturday, July 15, the Herald paid a visit to Lawrence Etters, otherwise known as Kings Mountain’s blueberry man, for a report on the yield from his blueberry bushes this year. Since 1980, he has had blueberries and has become well known for them in the community. And this year he has had a bumper crop.

“The last five times I’ve picked, on five consecutive days, I have averaged five quarts of blueberries each time. It has never happened like that before,” Lawrence