Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville Planning Board and Board of Adjustment are looking for representatives from the City’s Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to serve on these boards. The ETJ…
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Mildred Aileen Rumple Hall, 76, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Gordon Hospice House. Aileen was born on April 25, 1945, in Iredell County and…
Ralph Franklin Clanton, 85, formerly of Statesville, N.C., passed away August 6, 2021, at his residence in Elkin, N.C. Ralph was born February 18, 1936, in Iredell County, and was…
Silvestra Osuna Pineda, 65, passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Wake Forest Baptist Regional Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was born in Mexico on January 10, 1956,…
[caption id="attachment_27949" align="aligncenter" width="640"] P.S. West Construction Project Manager Ken Brendle oversaw the restoration project at Congregation Emanuel.[/caption] BY WENDY GORDON PAKE Congregation Emanuel in Statesville, North Carolina’s second oldest…
Nell Taylor passed away peacefully at home in her sleep on September 8, 2021. Born March 3, 1933, in Tallahatchie County, Miss., Nellie Loretta Savage was the only child of…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Health Department reported two more deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Friday. Some 268 lives have now been lost in Iredell during the pandemic. According…
Dr. Larry Eugene Lackey, 75, of Mt. Ulla, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the VA Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Born July 16, 1946, in Mooresville,…
Paul Edwin Klaene, 72, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Carolina Caring Hospice House. There will be a visitation at Troutman Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. on…
Ricardo Allen Mathias, 32, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021, while doing what he loved, riding his motorcycle. He was born on July 31, 1989, in…
Special to Iredell Free News Performing Arts Live of Iredell promises an energetic start to the 2021-2022 concert season on Saturday, September 18, when the Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience,…
Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announces the following births: AUGUST 24 ♦ A girl, Emerson Layne Whitaker, born to Andrew and Delayne Whitaker of…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Four Iredell-Statesville Schools schools will return to in-person learning on Monday, September 13, after being forced to remote instruction by rising COVID-19 numbers. North Iredell High, Lakeshore…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy K. Cohen provided an update on the state’s COVID-19…
Frances Brown Sipes, 80, of Mooresville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on September 7, 2021. She was born on August 13, 1941, in Mooresville to the late…
Victoria Bolton Brooks, 70, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. She was born on August 24, 1951, in Charlotte, N.C., to Joseph and Sue Hilton Bolton….
Jerry William Barnette Sr., 78, of Harmony, N.C., passed away on September 7, 2021, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. Jerry was born on July 5, 1943 in Iredell…
Timothy “Tim” Allen Shew, 61, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Tim was born November 22, 1959, in Iredell County,…
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Museums will celebrate its grand re-opening on Friday, September 24, during Downtown Statesville’s Fall Art Crawl. The public is invited to drop in between 5:30…
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County Planning & Development staff have completed a draft of its first countywide transportation master plan and is seeking public comments. The Iredell County…
Special to Iredell Free News The deadline is quickly approaching for local K-12 teachers to apply for grants of up to $2,000 from EnergyUnited through the Bright Ideas Education Grant…
Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville police investigators have arrested a third suspect in the murder of Cornelius resident Jacob Dean Koury in Magla Park. The suspect, a 16-year-old juvenile…
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Troutman Town Council members discussed a wide range of issues during their pre-agenda meeting on Tuesday. In response to Council Member Felina Harris’s inquiry, Town…
[caption id="attachment_27892" align="aligncenter" width="405"] Nora Smyre, pictured here with three Prime Time students, died on September 1 from COVID-19 and pneumonia. (Contributed photos)[/caption] BY BRANDY TEMPLETON and MIKE FUHRMAN A…
Patricia “Pat” Griffin Denson, at the age of 78, has met her Lord and Savior and reunited with her beloved husband, Charles “Yogi” Denson. She passed away on Monday September…
Homer Rodney Hinson, 85, of Troutman, N.C., went to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, September 6, 2021, at Forsyth Medical Center with his family at his bedside. He…
Betty Johnson Gillespie, 94, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021, at her home. Betty was born February 14, 1927, in Statesville, N.C., she was the daughter…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man facing a murder charge in connection with the shooting death of Zion Treyshun Gaither on June 8 has been apprehended in Georgia. [caption id=”attachment_27873″…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is reporting a sharp increase in COVID-19 clusters among school sports teams. For the period…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH – The N.C. Board of Transportation has approved more than $27 million in state and federal funds for projects to improve safety and customer…
BY KARISSA MILLER Plans for a new Ace Hardware store in Union Grove cleared a major hurdle Tuesday night. Applicant Clay Lunsford went before the Iredell County Board of Commissioners…
Patricia R. Wallace walked on from this life August 31, 2021, with her family beside her. Born December 10, 1949, in Haywood County, Waynesville, N.C., she was the daughter of…
Priscilla Sue Crawford Goodwin passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2021. Sue was born January 14, 1934, in Catawba County, and lived most of her life in Statesville, N.C. She…
Onevva Betty Pauline Heaggans was born in Lundale, W.Va., on July 26, 1928, and was the son of the late Charlie and Emma Rankins Heaggans. She departed her earthly home…
Mr. Mario Frederick Jamal Knox, 32, of Wilmington, N.C., was born in Iredell County, N.C., on June 19, 1989, and was the son of Stanley and Donna Nichols Roberts. He…
[caption id="attachment_27849" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Pictured (from left) are I-SS board members Bill Howell and Sam Kennington, Vice Chairman Todd Carver and Chairman Martin Page.[/caption] BY MIKE FUHRMAN Confronted with increasing…