Special to Iredell Free News Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 4 – May 8 Teacher Appreciation Week in North Carolina to recognize the significant impact teachers make on our…
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Barbara Wood Trewyn, 72, of Sherrills Ford, N.C., passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2020. She was born on November 25, 1947, in Portland, Ore., to the late Harold and…
BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday to consider changes to its personnel ordinance. The ordinance revisions will include changes to the…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iredell County jumped by more than 10 percent over the weekend. The Iredell County Health Department reported 14 new…
Special to Iredell Free News The Mitchell Community College Foundation and Endowment for Excellence announced on Monday that the Officer Jordan Sheldon Memorial Scholarship endowment has reached $100,000 in…
[caption id="attachment_10724" align="aligncenter" width="600"] William Thomas Poston celebrated his 99th birthday on Sunday at Bethlehem United Methodist Church. Since his age puts him in the vulnerable populations for COVID-19, his…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Town of Mooresville has installed 123 flags on the lawn outside of Town Hall to honor the service and sacrifice of MPD K-9 Officer Jordan Sheldon,…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Statesville City Council will consider a proposal on Monday to loosen restrictions for special events on city property where alcohol is served. Under the city’s special…
Residents urged to update emergency kits and plans, especially considering COVID-19 Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 3-9 Hurricane Preparedness Week in North…
Karen L. Porterfield Livingston, 69, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Karen was born on September 15, 1950, in West Virginia to the late Louise J….
John Henry Pope, 84, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mr. Pope was born July 11, 1935, in Iredell County and…
Mrs. Betty Jane Nichols Dobbins, 79, of 1724 East Cloaninger Avenue, Statesville, N.C., was born in Iredell County on August 26, 1940, and was the daughter of the late Lawson…
Mr. James Earnest Parker Jr., 50, of 3021 Arlington Avenue, Statesville, N.C., passed away at Frye Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, following an extended illness. He was…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Friday was School Lunch Heroes Day in Iredell-Statesville Schools. West Iredell High School parent Lisa Cash orchestrated the effort to thank the dedicated I-SS employees who have…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: APRIL 23 ♦ Sammy Wade Colbert, 42, of Troy Mill Road Hamptonville, charged with two counts of…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell County officials want Gov. Roy Cooper to consider abandoning “a general one-size-fits-all approach” to managing the COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina and give local governments the…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Statesville Police Department reported the following arrests: APRIL 24 ♦ Cashion Tyron Tucker, 19, of Shinnville Road, Cleveland, charged with robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery with…
Mr. Thomas “Tommy” James Thompson, 83, of Statesville, N.C., passed away at his home suddenly on April 29, 2020, after several years of declining health. Tommy was born in Rowan…
Christopher Edward Stigall, 32 of Statesville, N.C., went to be with the Lord on April 27, 2020. Christopher was born in Cuyahoga County to Gary Edward Stigall and Sandra Lee…
Francis Raymond MacDonald Jr., 81, of Davidson, N.C., passed away on Friday, May 1, 2020, at Levine and Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville. Born November 9, 1938, in Waltham, Mass.,…
Theodore “Carroll” Dockery, 73, of Mooresville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 1, 2020. He was a native of Cherokee County, N.C., and life-long resident…
BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell-Statesville Board of Education is scheduled to discuss the district’s plan for teacher contract renewals when it meets Monday. The Committee of the Whole meeting will…
Special to Iredell Free News The Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg health departments have not received an anticipated shipment of potassium iodide (KI) for residents and employers within the…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. State Board of Education took additional steps this week in response to the state’s continuing efforts to stem the COVID-19 pandemic….
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfrenews@gmail.com Crews began working this week to prepare for the 1,760-square-foot warehouse addition to the Troutman ABC Store. Space has been getting tighter for liquor storage as…
Vivian Shanae King, affectionately called “NaeNae,” was born in Iredell County on February 16, 1979, and was the daughter of Kathy King Hanks and the late Herman Bines. She departed…
Mr. Flake Smith, affectionately known as “Jack”, was born in Iredell County on January 8, 1929, and was the son of the late Charles and Addie Feimster Smith. He departed…
Christine Freeze Brown passed away on April 29, 2020. She was the loving wife of Ralph Courtney Brown Sr. for 65 years. She was born November 9, 1935, in Rowan…
To say today is sad day is an understatement. Lawrence E. “Larry” Askew, 69, lost a battle well fought on April 29, 2020. He and wife Cheryl moved to North…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Health Department reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Friday afternoon, increasing the county’s cumulative total to 117. Among those who have tested positive…
Special to Iredell Free News CHARLOTTE – A former Iredell County resident was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison on Thursday after being convicted of sharing child…
[caption id="attachment_10626" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Mitchell Community College BLET student Thomas Denny is the first recipient of the Officer Jordan Sheldon Memorial Scholarship.[/caption] Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College…
Three new cases reported in Iredell County as state’s total surpasses 10,500 Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper and NC DHHS Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen shared…
Arthur Mund Rogers, 93, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020. Services will be held when conditions permit at Salisbury National Cemetery. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home & Crematory,…
Ethel “Lynn” Mitchell went home to meet her Savior on April 30, 2020. She was born in Scott County, Va., in 1947 to the late Tom and Marie Herron Flinchum….
Nell Rumple Lackey, 85, of Statesville, N.C., passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at Autumn Care of Statesville. Born in Wilkes County, she was a daughter of the…