Hazel Imogene Miller Davis, 87, of Statesville, N.C., entered eternal life with her Lord and Savior on April 18, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was Jean or Sissy…
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Cora Mae Worley Gunter, 78 of Statesville, N.C., passed from her earthly life to her heavenly home on Friday, April 17, 2020, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, following…
Peggy DeAnne Warlick, 82, of Statesville, passed away, Friday, April 17, 2020 at the Gordon Hospice House. Ms. Warlick was born July 26, 1937, in Newell, N.C., and was the…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Twenty-one offenders, including three sex offenders, returned to Iredell County in March after being released from the N.C. Division of Prisons. Six of the offenders completed their…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is working with academic partners across the state to understand how widespread cases of…
Special to Iredell Free News Union Grove Elementary School bookkeeper Callie Ireland has always been an advocate for the school’s neediest students. Ireland works hard to make sure these students…
BY SARAH KIRKMAN April 19-25 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. It is a time to raise awareness about crime victims’ issues and rights, and a time to raise awareness…
Mrs. Amanda Simone Caldwell Carpenter, 31, of 153 East Barkley Road, Statesville, N.C., was born in Hampton, Va., on May 30, 1988, and was the daughter of Larry Dewayne Caldwell…
Danny Ray Stikeleather Jr., 51 of Stony Point, N.C., passed away Friday, April 17, 2020, at Gordon Hospice House after a brief illness. He was the son of Danny Ray…
Zona Jean Karriker passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020, at the age of 81. She was born in Macon County, N.C., on October 23, 1938, to the late Ralph…
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com The COVID-19 outbreak is having a disproportionate effect on African-American, Hispanic, Latinx and American Indian populations. That was the undeniable takeaway from a virtual information session…
Special to Iredell Free News [caption id="attachment_10086" align="alignright" width="115"] Clifton Causby[/caption] [caption id="attachment_10087" align="alignright" width="113"] Justin Beck[/caption] Mooresville police officers have arrested the two male suspects wanted in connection with…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Local health officials learned on Friday that there has been an outbreak of COVID-19 in a long-term care facility in Iredell County. The Iredell County Health Department…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Statesville High School will have a new leader after Principal Sheila Jenkins’ request for a transfer to Sharon Elementary School was approved by Superintendent Brady Johnson and…
Jean Good Brewer, 85, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. She was born June 10, 1934, in the mountains of Marion, N.C., the daughter of Pearl…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Statesville police officers have apprehended two suspects in an armed robbery and are asking the public to help locate a third suspect. According to an SPD news…
[caption id="attachment_10066" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Jeff James was introduced on Friday as the next superintendent of Iredell-Statesville Schools.[/caption] FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell-Statesville Board of Education announced Friday afternoon that Stanly…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Division of Health Benefits (NC Medicaid) is providing additional funding to support nursing homes…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell County health officials reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Friday afternoon, boosting the number of confirmed cases in the county to 81. No new deaths…
VIDEO & PHOTOS BY MORGAN HOOKS [caption id="attachment_10037" align="alignright" width="122"] Brian McCoy[/caption] Statesville police officers helped escort the body of Landis Police Chief Brian Clark McCoy to his final resting…
Special to Iredell Free News The City of Statesville has been awarded a $200,00 grant from the N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) to help attract a manufacturer to an existing…
William Dalton “Bill” Holland, 95, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born December 31, 1924, in Statesville, he was the son of…
Thomas Daniel “Dan” Stump, 56, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020. Born January 15, 1964, to Dan Stump Sr. and the late Judith Lanning Griffith in…
Barbara “Bobbie” Shepherd Rainwater, 88, a 45-year resident of Statesville, N.C., died at her home after a long illness on April 14, 2020. She was born April 14, 1932, in…
FROM STAFF REPORTS After a brief lull in new cases, Iredell County health officials reported seven new cases of COVID-19 and the county’s third death attributed to the coronavirus on…
Special to Iredell Free News [caption id="attachment_10009" align="alignright" width="240"] Robin Lackey (left) and Eyvette Isaac pose for a photo after completing the Sprint into Spring.[/caption] A year fraught with health…
[caption id="attachment_10003" align="aligncenter" width="668"] Crossroads Arts and Science Early College students in teacher Michael Williams’ civics class met virtually with Rep. Ted Budd on Tuesday.[/caption] BY KARISSA MILLER Crossroads Arts…
Mr. James Michael Dixon, 46, of 645 Old Mountain Road, Statesville, N.C., was born in Harlan County, Ky., on January 16, 1974, and was the son of Patricia Witt Dixon…
Mrs. JoAnna Gary Ramseur, 77, of 836 Knox Avenue, Statesville, N.C., was born in Iredell County on May 4, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Louis Collins and…
Now ministering in God’s Heavenly Choir, Mr. Jerry Dean Hill Jr., 53, of Mooresville, N.C., entered into eternal rest Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, Mooresville….
Mr. Robert Lee Johnson, 74, of 820 Shillington Lane, Statesville, N.C., was born in Iredell County on May 17, 1943, and was the son of the late Arthur Johnson and…
Michael Robert Turgeon, 52, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville. Born June 2, 1967, in Highland Park, Mich., he was…
Joan Hope Nichols Edmonds passed away on April 15, 2020 in her home. She ended her nine-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Joan was born in Tenino, Wash., on February 24,…
Special to Iredell Free News Gov. Roy Cooper today on Wednesday charted a path forward for eventually easing certain COVID-19 restrictions while still protecting North Carolinians from a dangerous second…
FROM STAFF REPORTS [caption id="attachment_9973" align="alignright" width="150"] Stephen Blackwell[/caption] [caption id="attachment_9974" align="alignright" width="150"] Kraig Leach[/caption] Two Kannapolis men face multiple drugs charges — and a misdemeanor charge of violating the…
Special to Iredell Free News The Mooresville Police Department is requesting the community’s assistance in identifying individuals suspected of felony larceny related to an incident at Power Outlet, located at…