Joseph Anthony Civitarese Jr., 65, of Mooresville, N.C., died Thursday, January 27, 2022, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Born in Hackensack, N.J., on February 26, 1956, he was a son…
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Eugene Harold Mallacoccio Jr., 63, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born on September 22, 1958, in Elmira, N.Y., he was…
Special to Iredell Free News Global K9 Solutions has donated a new K9 to the Mooresville Police Department. K9 Axle, who is valued at $15,000, will work with MPD Officer…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — North Carolina households receiving Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) benefits will continue to receive the maximum amount for their household size for the…
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Lake Norman High School student faces a misdemeanor weapons charge following a road rage incident on Highway 150. Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell announced the arrest…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Six more deaths in Iredell County have been attributed to COVID-19 since Monday afternoon. According to the Iredell County Health Department, the county’s COVID-19 death toll since…
Ray Hilton Keever, 88, of Statesville, N.C., passed away, Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Ray was born November 2, 1933, in Alexander County, N.C., and was the…
Carolyn Louise Lederer, 64, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on January 26, 2022. She was born on May 6, 1957, in Mooresville to the late Earnest and Marion Radford Harwell….
Dumitru “Mitru” Zdrentan was born in Ineu, Romania, on October 3, 1954. He passed away on January 24, 2022. Mitru was the second child of 12 children born to Dumitru…
James “Marvin” Shives, 89, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on January 26, 2022. Marvin was born and raised in Statesville. He was preceded in death by his loving parents, Horace…
Allen Keith Warren, 51, of Harmony, NC, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 4, 1970, in Statesville, N.C., and was…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH—Struck-by incidents caused the largest number of non-COVID-19 work-related deaths last year in the Tar Heel State, based on preliminary information released Wednesday by the…
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com A new tool rental section, one of the first in North Carolina, officially opened at the Lowe’s Home Improvement in Troutman on Thursday morning to serve…
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Grants are available to certain types of businesses impacted by the COVID-19 Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The deadline for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to apply for…
I-SS staff and community band together to gift car to long-time district employee BY BRANDY TEMPLETON After her car broke down last fall, Iredell-Statesville Schools custodian Darlene Davis was forced…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — To address North Carolina’s growing need for a skilled and competent workforce, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt on Wednesday called for…
Nelda Jean Black Summers, 79, of Statesville, N.C., went home to be with Jesus on the morning of Wednesday, January 26, 2022. She passed away peacefully at Heritage Place following…
James Erskine “Butch” Beaver Jr., 67, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022, at the Gordon Hospice House. Butch was born November 22, 1954, in Iredell County,…
Ronald Edward Sharpe, 76, of Statesville, N.C., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 23, 2022, following a courageous battle with multiple surgeries since May of 2019. He has now gone…
Freddie Harold Pierce, 90, passed away peacefully at Hospice on Monday, January 24, 2022. He was born in Statesville, N.C., on October 5, 1931. Freddie grew up in Statesville and…
Cathy Holland, 61, passed away on January 23, 2022, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. She was born in Iredell County on May 2, 1960, and was the daughter…
Mr. Johnny Louis Moton, 87, of Statesville, N.C., was born in Iredell County on April 12, 1934, and was the son of the late Thomas Moton and Louise Rankin Moton….
Mr. Shawn Maurice Gregory, 45, departed his life on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at his residence in Statesville, N.C.. He was born in Iredell County ton January 29, 1976, to…
Kathy Ann Johnston Gandy, 64, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on December 18, 1957, she was the daughter of…
BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell County government administrators are beginning 2022 with a revamped purpose to achieve each department’s strategic goals. The Board of Commissioners unanimously approved each department’s goals, which…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — North Carolina state parks and recreation areas experienced a record number of visitors in 2021. The 41 sites welcomed a total of 22.8…
Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville ABC Board has made its quarterly distributions, giving out a total of $65,690 to the City of Statesville, Mitchell Community College, Iredell-Statesville Schools…
Special to Iredell Free News North Carolina’s seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, decreasing 0.2 of a percentage point from November’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.3…
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Local veterans’ support organizations, community leaders and champions of Fifth Street Ministries gathered behind the nonprofit’s campus in Statesville on Tuesday morning to dedicate Fifth Street’s new…
Sharon Louise Goodson, 76 of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022. She was born October 6, 1945, to the late Bill and Hazel Goodson. Sharon leaves behind…
Jimmy Neil Gregory, 75, of Stony Point, N.C., passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, N.C. Jimmy was born January 25, 1946, in Iredell County…
Robert Montgomery “Monty” Harris Jr., 51 of Statesville, N.C., passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born February 8, 1970, in Asheville, N.C., and was…
Mr. Herbert Lee Miller, 87, of Statesville, N.C., died January 20, 2022, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born October 11, 1934, in Boston, Ga., he was a son of the late…
Roger Alan Clapper Sr., 73, of Statesville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at his home. Roger was born in Chittenden, Vt., on February 13, 1948, and was…