FROM STAFF REPORTS A second suspect faces charges in connection with a home-invasion robbery that occurred on December 26 on Calico Lane near Statesville. After Iredell County Sheriff’s Office detectives
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BY KARISSA MILLER Statesville High School Principal Sheila Jenkins believes it’s important to challenge students of all ability levels. She’s not one to accept mediocrity, and she rejects views that kids
BY STACIE LETT CAIN Statesville City Council chambers were packed Monday evening to hear a Charlotte developer explain his vision for rehabilitating the Vance Hotel. “You have something here in
Mrs. Chloa Lippard Willis, 106, of Statesville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Willis was born August 6, 1913, in Iredell County and
Valerie Hope Chamberlain, 60, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020. She was born October 24,1959, in Boynton Beach, Fla., to Marilyn Rousseau and the late Val
BY MIKE FUHRMAN After more than a dozen residents expressed serious objections, Mooresville town commissioners on Monday rejected a property owner’s request to rezone property near a suspected chemical dump
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man faces felony drug charges after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies apprehended him after witnessing a hand-to-hand drug transaction over the weekend. Sheriff Darren Campbell
Special to Iredell Free News American Renaissance School began its open enrollment period for the 2020-2021 school year on Monday, January 6. This is the 22nd anniversary of open enrollment
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Bailey Sr. of Colorado Springs, Colo., departed into eternity on January 2, 2020, at Penrose St. Francis hospital in Colorado Springs. Kent, as he was affectionately called,
Special to Iredell Free News Superior Court Judge Lynn Gullett is seeking another term on the bench in the March election. Gullett, a Republican, has devoted 31 years to her
Special to Iredell Free News First Presbyterian Church will present a concert featuring Dr. Oliver “Worth” Worthington II, baritone, and Dr. Johan Botes, pianist and organist, at 2 p.m. on
Special to Iredell Free News The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will host a celebration of Scots heritage in our region with a Scottish Feaste celebrating Robert Burns on Thursday,
Special to Iredell Free News The theme for the 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration in Statesville is “Beyond the Walls of Division.” The following activities are
FROM STAFF REPORTS Twenty-nine offenders, including three sex offenders, returned to Iredell County after being release by the N.C. Department of Corrections. Only seven of the felons completed their sentences,
FROM STAFF REPORTS Mooresville town commissioners appear likely to implement recommendations by Centralina Council of Governments aimed at bolstering the town’s employee recruitment and retention efforts. During Friday’s agenda briefing,
Pattie Tysinger Linton went home to be in the presence of God in the early morning of Friday, January 3, 2020. Pattie was born on September 7, 1934, in Marion,
Merita Elaine Fox Lanier, 89, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on January 3, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. A native of Iredell County, she was the daughter
Lucille Grant Jenkins, 77, of Statesville, N.C., died Friday, January 3, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on February 6, 1942, to the late
Charlotte Stillwell Mills, 95, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2020, at Serenity House in Mooresville. She was born December 30, 1924, in Iredell County to the
Susan Seery Robertson, 75, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on January 4, 2020, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. She was born June 1, 1944, in Waterbury, Conn., to the
Samantha Lee Beaver, 20, of Sherrills Ford, N.C., passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020. She was born June 14, 1999, in Warren, Pa., to Ryan E. Beaver and Crystal
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Charlotte developer is scheduled to present his ideas for redeveloping the Vance Hotel during Monday evening’s Statesville City Council meeting. Stephen Barker, the CEO of Catellus
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Surrounded by his wife Tracey and extended family, friends, church members, and colleagues from throughout his career, Major Todd Carver officially retired from the Iredell County
Luis Alberto Gamez-Martinez, 27, of Statesville, N.C, died January 1, 2020, as the result of an automobile accident. He was born in Iredell County on May 22, 1992, to Juan
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: DECEMBER 26 ♦ John Allen Karis, 52, of Jessica Lane, Statesville, charged with breaking or entering, and larceny
Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell Senior Center has something for seniors of all ages in January. Located at 344 East Front Street in Statesville, the Iredell Senior Center
Freddie Martin Wall, 68, a loving husband, the best Daddy, and the coolest PaPaw, stepped into the wind on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center. The son of
Ruth Ann Alexander Carroll, 83, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis, N.C. She was born November 16, 1936. She was
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Chief Tina Fleming is settling into her new role at the Troutman Police Department after 17 years as a part-time officer with the department. Fleming, who
Lindell Joseph Blevins, 86, of Statesville, N.C., left this life and entered into eternal life on January 1, 2020. A native of Gillespie, Illinois, he was born the sevnth of
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Health System is pleased to announce its first baby born in 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital, born at 2:17 a.m. on Thursday, January 2.
Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education would like to formally invite the community to complete the Superintendent Search Survey as input in this process is
Special to Iredell Free News The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Statesville invites the community to help kick off the Relay For Life season on Thursday, January 9,
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 92 of North Carolina’s counties in November, increased in four, and remained the same in four.
Hugh Coles Barker, 78, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, at Gordon Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born on Friday, May 16, 1941,
Billie T. “Billie Gray” Lassiter, 80, of Statesville, N.C., passed away unexpectedly and peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 29, 2019. Billie Gray was born to the late Grayson