[caption id="attachment_55006" align="aligncenter" width="697" class="popover-hover"] Pictured (from left) are Dr. Jason Gardner, Shianne Williams, Brianna Crawford, Kendall McKinney, Kameron Bartley, Khadeejah Saleem, Tyler Davala, David Saraco, Vincent Bindus, and MGSD…
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[caption id="attachment_54995" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Scotts Elementary, a North Carolina A+ arts integrated school, celebrated its arts day with special community guests, performances and other engaging arts activities.[/caption] BY KARISSA MILLER…
Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announced the following births: MAY 1 ♦ A girl, Lainey Grace Raper, charged with David and Kayla Raper…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: MAY 5 ♦ Joshua Kane Burton, 39, of Rosy Apple Lane, Statesville, charged with uttering a forged…
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,…
Mrs. Trevis Veronica Heaggans Pinkney, 72, was born in Mooresville, N.C., on March 13, 1951, to the late Richard Lee Heaggans and Mable Bernice Cowan Heaggans. She departed this life…
Special to Iredell Free News The Lake Norman Philharmonic is excited to return to the Charles Mack Citizen Center to launch the summer season at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June…
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the May edition of IFN Monthly. BY PRESSLY MATTOX Who doesn’t know how to ride a bike? Who doesn’t need to get…
Special to Iredell Free News Smiles, laughs and tears of joy filled the Mooresville Performing Arts Center on Saturday as Mitchell Community College honored over 700 students who earned associate…
Mary Katherine Pearman Allen, 73, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born on March 10, 1950, in Greensboro, N.C., she was the…
These positions are subject to pre-employment screenings. Iredell County does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, political affiliation, genetic information, or handicapping…
BY DEBBIE PAGE After a six-month process of gathering stakeholder input with the assistance of Insight Education, Mooresville Graded School District Superintendent Jason Gardner and his staff presented the district’s…
[caption id="attachment_54934" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Mayor Teross Young and 2023 Citizen of the Year Mary Starks pose for a picture during Thursday’s Troutman Town Council meeting.[/caption] BY DEBBIE PAGE The Town…
FROM STAFF REPORTS An Iredell County Superior Court judge on Friday modified the bond conditions of a man charged with killing three people in a crash on Fort Dobbs Road…
BY KARISSA MILLER Years of hard work and perseverance paid off for the Class of 2023 at Crossroads Arts and Science Early College High School on Friday afternoon. The reward…
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FROM STAFF REPORTS The Agriculture and Science Early College celebrated the fourth class of graduates in the school’s history on Friday. Principal Billy Wells congratulated the 51 graduates on the…
BY KIM McKINNEY Thirty-six students graduated from the Collaborative College for Technology and Leadership on Friday afternoon. Their commencement ceremony was held inside Shearer Hall on the Mitchell Community College…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell County Sheriff’s Office investigators on Friday responded to Third Creek Middle School after resource officers at the school were notified of possible threats of violence being…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — North Carolina ranks first in the nation for the third year in a row on a closely watched measurement of state business competitiveness. Site…
Michael Robert Amodio, 55, of Hiddenite, N.C., passed away on May 9, 2023 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, N.C. A native of Camden, S.C., he is the son of…
Virginia Clara Key Lackey, 92, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. She was born on May 7, 1931, to the late William Key and Mima Lee Reynolds Key in…
Nellie Byers Loftin Riffe, 90, of Statesville, N.C., left this world on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Mrs. Riffe was born in Iredell County on December 31, 1932. She was the…
Stacie Michelle Bowles, 36, of Cleveland, N.C., passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Stacie was born on June 2, 1986, in Bluefield, W.Va., daughter of Jerry and Carol Addair…
Baby Girl Za’Kiyah Amari Samone Moore, age 6 months, departed this life on Tuesday, May 8, 2023. The daughter of James Monroe Moore III and Colebri Sayelle Turner, she was…
Special to Iredell Free News Following the announcements of several retirements, the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education approved the following personnel appointments recommended by Superintendent Jeff James: [caption id=”attachment_54865″ align=”alignnone”…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The U.S. public health emergency that was declared to respond to COVID-19 ends Thursday. North Carolina will continue to distribute the federally funded COVID-19…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man faces a weapons charge following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office. [caption id="attachment_54856" align="alignright" width="151"] Keith Lackey Jr. [/caption] Sheriff Darren Campbell announced…
Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville ABC Board is soliciting proposals for funding from community organizations involved in substance abuse. Each year, by North Carolina law, the ABC Board…
[caption id="attachment_54842" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Selma Burke Middle School, which MGSD officials said will be finished on time and on budget, will be completed in time for the start of the…
[caption id="attachment_54846" align="aligncenter" width="700"] “Newspaper Chicken”[/caption] Special to Iredell Free News Congressman Patrick McHenry announced Thursday that South Iredell High School student Thea Tsucalas is the winner of 2023 Congressional…
BY DEBBIE PAGE The Mooresville Graded School District Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to lower the school tax rate, approved teacher and instructional personnel salary supplements, and approved a…
Harold Edwin Spencer, 85, of Davidson, N.C., passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on Saturday, May 6, 2023. He was born on July 25, 1937, in…
Minnie Lee Martin, 103, passed away on May 8, 2023, in Huntersville, N.C. Minnie was preceded in death by her parents, Jeffrey and Beatrice Rucker; her husband, James L. Martin;…
Derera Shonte Chambers, 41, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on May 1, 2023, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Derera was born on July 29, 1981, to Phillip Chambers and…
Mr. David Jones Parker, 100, was born in Alexander County, N.C., on December 26, 1922, to the late Jacob B. Parker and Mattie Bell Clark Parker. He departed this life…