FROM STAFF REPORTS [caption id="attachment_28420" align="alignright" width="175"] Joseph Glasgow[/caption] Former mayoral candidate Joseph Glasgow has been appointed to the Statesville Community Appearance Commission. Mayor Costi Kutteh congratulated Glasgow on the…
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[caption id="attachment_47392" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Pictured (front row, from left) are Piedmont HealthCare CEO Jeff Smith, Director of Operations and HR Jeff Taylor, Vanessa Salcedo, Kayleigh Dellinger, Nursing Instructor Jamie Head,…
BY KARISSA MILLER The Celeste Henkel Elementary School media center was a hive of activity Monday as the school held its first Community Partner Appreciation Luncheon. The event brought together…
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Special to Iredell Free News I-CARE has been a literal game changer for Jarret Sharpe. Thanks to funding provided by an I-CARE Community Services Block Grant, Sharpe was able to…
BY DEBBIE PAGE The Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell plans to focus its efforts in 2023 on creating awareness of drug and alcohol misuse by saturating the county with its new…
Robert “Bobby” Monroe Goodrum, 62, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2022. He was born in Charlotte, N.C., and lived most of his life in Cornelius. He enjoyed the outdoors…
James Reid Gray, 91, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Gray was born in Iredell County, N.C., on September 14, 1931,…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A 23-year-old man faces three felony charges in connection with the sexual abuse of an underage girl following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office. [caption…
[caption id="attachment_47343" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Pictured (from left) are Chuck Gallyon, Nancy Keith, Paul Shelton, Dr. Ben Shelton, granddaughter Savannah Shelton, and Gaither, Bunton.[/caption] BY DEBBIE PAGE At the annual Farm-City…
Special to Iredell Free News EnergyUnited has awarded more than $46,000 to 43 North Carolina teachers through the NC Bright Ideas education grant program. Teachers in Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Davidson,…
Mr. Ervin Roy “Robert” Leach, 66, was born in Iredell County, N.C., on February 29, 1956, to the late Carnell William Leach and Mary Katherine Moss Leach. He departed this…
Richard Knight Nesbitt, 88, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at The Citadel at Mooresville. He was born on January 12, 1934, in Chittenango, N.Y., to…
Anne Montgomery Cloaninger, 87, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away Monday, November 21, 2022, at Heritage Place of Statesville, N.C., after an extended illness. Anne was born on December 25,1935, to…
Diane Bowlin Beaman, 60, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at her home. Born on July 28, 1962, in Catawba County, N.C., she was the daughter…
Cory Steven Mansfield, 38, of Stony Point, N.C., passed away on November 21, 2022. Cory was the devoted son of Larry Mansfield, his stepmother Kathy Cox, and his mother, the…
Shelia Mosley Beacham, 58, of the Cool Spring community of Iredell County, N.C., passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. Shelia was born…
Charles Eugene Williams, 90, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at his home. Mr. Williams was born in Polk County, N.C., the son of the late Claude…
Allan Baruch Bendel, 75, of Troutman, N.C., passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Mr. Bendel was born March 17, 1947, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of the late Melvin and…
Ian Peter Savage of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Friday, November 18, 2022. Ian was born in Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom, the son of the late Cecil Lawrence Savage and…
Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville Police Department detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing juvenile with a history of running away. [caption id="attachment_47294" align="alignright" width="193"]…
[caption id="attachment_47290" align="aligncenter" width="326"] Pictured (from left) are Statesville Mayor Costi Kutteh and ElectriCities CEO Roy Jones.[/caption] Special to Iredell Free News Statesville Mayor Costi Kutteh was recently re-elected to…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Georgia man faces felony weapons charges after being stopped by Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies for a traffic violation on Interstate 77. [caption id="attachment_47287" align="alignright" width="150"]…
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Photo Gallery [gallery link="file" size="medium" ids="47198,47199,47200,47201,47202,47203,47204,47205,47206,47207,47208,47209,47210,47211,47212,47213,47214,47215,47216,47217,47218,47219,47220,47221,47222,47223,47224,47225,47226,47227,47228,47229,47230,47231,47232,47233,47234,47235,47236,47237,47238,47239,47240,47241,47242,47243,47244,47245,47246,47247,47248,47249,47250,47251,47252,47253,47254,47255,47256,47257,47258,47259,47260,47261,47262,47263,47264,47265,47266,47267,47268,47269,47270,47271,47272,47273,47274,47275,47276,47277,47278,47279,47280,47281,47282"]
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper pardoned two turkeys, Biscuit and Tater, on Tuesday during the annual North Carolina Turkey Pardon Ceremony at the Executive Mansion. The…
Teena McClendon Duckworth, 66, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022, at The Citadel at Mooresville. She was born on August 29, 1956, in Atlanta, Ga., to…
Edward Sloan Alexander, 88, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2022. He was born on July 19, 1934, in Iredell County, N.C., to the late Edward and…
Bruno Raymond Dunn, 72, of Mooresville, N.C., peacefully passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022. Born in 1950 in Lewiston, Maine, Bruno was the oldest of three sons to the…
David Lee Parks, 55, affectionately known as “D-Love,” of Statesville, N.C., died November 16, 2022. He was born September 25, 1967, to Melvin N. Parks and Emma Lucille Lawrence. David…
George Edgar Ingram, 91, passed away on November 19, 2022. Mr. Ingram was born December 14, 1930, to Mr. James Preston Ingram Sr. and Mrs. Mary Cowan Ingram. Mr. Ingram…
BY MIKE FUHRMAN Union Grove Elementary School staff and students — and their four-legged friends from Highlands Canine Training — lifted the spirits of a fifth-grader who has been battling…
BY STACIE LETT CAIN The Statesville City Council voted Monday night to approve a fleet management plan for 15 new vehicles beginning in 2023. But not all council members were…
BY DEBBIE PAGE Josh’s Farmer’s Market, which was left in limbo after after the Town of Mooresville forced owner Josh Graham to close his operation at the Lowe’s YMCA on…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The State of North Carolina’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 3.8 percent, increasing 0.2 of a percentage point from September’s revised…
BY KARISSA MILLER East Iredell Elementary School’s PTO hosted the school’s annual Cobra Carnival over the weekend. Local businesses and community organizations set up fall and fun-filled activities for kids…
BY DEBBIE PAGE As growth explodes in the Troutman area with thousands of homes planned for already approved developments over the next decade, town staff are finishing up an eight-month…