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City of Statesville Career Opportunities (December 12)

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Applications are being accepted online only. Apply for open positions online by clicking HERE. Current Openings Assistant Director of Planning Planning Assistant Facility Supervisor-  Marketing/Programs Recreation/Parks Athletic Supervisors (Part-Time) Recreation/Parks Automotive

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Town of Mooresville Career Opportunities ($2,000 to $3,000 Signing Bonus)

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

The policy of the Town of Mooresville is to foster, maintain, and promote equal employment opportunities. We recruit, hire, train, and promote employees without discrimination because of race, religion, color,

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ICSO Felony Arrests: December 3-7

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: DECEMBER 3 ♦ Kay Michelle Clendenning, 34, of W. Memorial Highway, Harmony, charged with taking a financial

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Photo Gallery: 2022 Statesville Christmas Parade

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

PHOTOS BY BRANDY TEMPLETON

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Iredell Health System’s director of Radiation Therapy retires after 32 Years

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News Radiation therapy was not always Jerry Sintay’s passion. But once he was introduced to this profession, he became captivated by the work and made helping

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Spreading Joy: Family donates Christmas trees to Boys & Girls Club families

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY KARISSA MILLER Brittany and Jason Chester wanted to teach their sons, Ezra and Josiah, the importance of giving and the true meaning of Christmas. When Brittany asked her older

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Birth Announcements: November 28 – December 5

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announced the following births: NOVEMBER 28 ♦ A girl, Mallory Leigh Ball, born to Mark Ball and Marie

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NCDHHS launches new mental and behavioral health training and consultation initiative in K-12 Schools

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — This winter and spring 130 public schools across North Carolina will receive mental and behavioral health training and consultation through the N.C. Psychiatry Access

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Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont hosts early college recruitment event

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY KARISSA MILLER Piedmont Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont held an early college recruitment fair this week so its members and parents could learn about three early college

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Thomas Edward Blackmon

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Thomas Edward Blackmon, 71, departed this earthly life December 5, 2022 at his home. Sneaky/Redman, as he was affectionately called, was born May 1, 1951, to the late Mr. John

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Bernice Reid Femister

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Bernice Reid Femister, affectionately known as “mother of many,” was born on March 31, 1930, to the late John Scott and Frances R. Reid. She departed her earthly life on

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Phyllis Ellen Thompson

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Phyllis Ellen Daniel Thompson, beloved wife of H. Stan Thompson Jr. who survives her, died of Alzheimer’s disease on December 7, 2022, at Northlake House Memory Care in Charlotte, N.C.,

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Secretary Wilson visits Lake Norman State Park, helps kick off Year of the Trail (Photos)

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY DEBBIE PAGE N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Reid Wilson recently visited Lake Norman State Park to tour the park’s new rental cabins and bathhouse, get updates on

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Iredell commissioners approve sheriff’s request to purchase weapons vaults for I-SS school resource officers

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Board of commissioners also signs off on Sheriff Campbell’s request to buy ballistic vests and helmets for deputies and accept a $1 million grant to purchase a mobile command unit

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Three Statesville Water Resources employees earn state certification

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville Water Treatment Plant has three new certified C-Surface Operators. Johnathan Powell, Harrison Smith and Keith Misenheimer received their certifications from the N.C. Water

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Iredell Health System announces plans for new extended-hours Urgent Care in Statesville

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News In an effort to better meet immediate, growing healthcare needs in the Statesville area, Iredell Health System announced Saturday it will open an extended hours

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Sheriff: Suspect charged with murdering elderly father whose body was found inside toolbox

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY MIKE FUHRMAN Iredell County Sheriff’s Office investigators have charged a 31-year-old man with murder in connection with the death of his father. Anthony Ryan Sharpe, who lives off Sparrow

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Troutman Council approves rezoning for North Fork Business Park with long list of conditions

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY DEBBIE PAGE The Troutman Town Council voted to approve Heavy Industrial Zoning for most of the 38-acre North Fork Business Park on Nugget Lane, just off Murdock Road, on

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Sheriff: Deputies apprehended armed fugitive while he was enroute to I-SS elementary school to pick up child

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

FROM STAFF REPORTS A Charlotte man faces felony gun and drug charges after he was stopped by Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies as he was driving to pick up his

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MPD: Two suspects charged with robbing employee of Target electronics department

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

FROM STAFF REPORTS Two suspects face felony robbery charges related to the theft of Apple watches from the Mooresville Target store. According to the Mooresville Police Department, a suspect entered

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Nathaniel “Tookie” Connor

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Mr. Nathaniel “Tookie” Connor, 84, of Statesville, N.C., transitioned into the eternal resting place on Monday, December 5, 2022, at the Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury, N.C. Tookie, as he

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Joy Elaine Craig Beckley

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Joy Elaine Craig Beckley, 78, of Carrollton, Ohio, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital, in Statesville, N.C., which was her winter home. She was born July

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Annette Redmond

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Mrs. Annette Redmond, 71, of Union Grove, N.C., passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., surrounded by her children. She was

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Lola Charlene Schneider

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Lola “Charlene” Watson Schneider, 90, of Union Grove, N.C., passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Charlene was born in Neodesha, Kan., on March 16, 1932

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Rev. George Mack Hall Sr.

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Rev. George Mack Hall Sr., 85, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at his residence. Visitation for family and friends will be on Sunday, December 11,

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Stephanie Arnold Schrock

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Stephanie Jane Arnold Schrock, 48, of Mooresville, N.C., and formerly of Lake in the Hills, Ill., passed away on November 22, 2022, after battling a protracted illness. She was born

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Viewpoint: Don’t be scared to talk about suicide

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY AMY FUHRMAN In December, my thoughts turn to death. I know that sounds morbid — and it is — but it’s impossible for me not to think about as

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Guilty: Judge sentences Union Grove man to life imprisonment for murder of Tommy Cass

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY MIKE FUHRMAN A Union Grove man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the willful, premeditated and deliberate killing of Harmony resident Tommy Cass. After a

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Applications to help low-income households with heating costs now available

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Older adults and people with disabilities can now apply for the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ Low Income Energy Assistance Program.

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Iredell Health Foundation holds inaugural Lights of Love celebrations (Photos)

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Iredell Health System, raised more than $11,000 for cancer support during its inaugural Lights of Love celebrations on

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Jury deliberations underway in Hague murder trial

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

BY MIKE FUHRMAN A jury began deliberating in Iredell County Superior Court on Thursday afternoon after hearing closing arguments in the murder trial of Blaine “Dale” Hague. Hague, 73, faces

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David Allen Driskill

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

David Allen Driskill, 61, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Mr. Driskill was born in Mooresville, N.C., on August 21, 1961. He was the son of the

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Joyce Louise Sharpe Rhyne

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Joyce Louise Sharpe Rhyne, 85, of Statesville passed away on December 7, 2022, at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville. She was born July 22, 1937, in Iredell County to the

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Willa Colleen Cronin

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Willa Colleen Cronin’s mother died on a cold winter day in 1935 when Colleen was five. The casket was taken to the cemetery by a mule-drawn wagon up a steep,

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Earnest Carter Sharpe Jr.

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Mr. Earnest Carter Sharpe Jr., 70, was born in Iredell County, N.C., on February 29, 1952, to the late Earnest Carter Sharpe Sr. and Mattie Parker Sharpe. He departed this

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Local organizations awarded more than $150K from United Way’s Endowment for the Future

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News The United Way of Iredell County announced Thursday that five organizations had been selected to receive 2022 Endowment for the Future Grants. Twenty-one organizations who

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