FROM STAFF REPORTS From annexation requests to demolitions, the Statesville City Council will be dealing with several issues related to real estate during Monday’s meeting. Owners of property at the…
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BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education members will begin discussing the proposed 2020-2021 expense budget when it reconvenes Monday evening. The Committee of the Whole meeting, which starts…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of a 25-year-old woman whose body was found at a location off 8th Street in Statesville…
[caption id="attachment_7307" align="alignleft" width="800"] The Iredell County Public Library staff was recently recognized by Iredell commissioners for their accomplishments. Pictured (from left, front row) are Carole Dennis, Youth Services Librarian;…
BY STACIE LETT CAIN When your child loves the music program they are in but you move someplace it isn’t offered, what do you do? You start your own. That’s…
Eunice Caldwell Waugh, 90, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020. The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 8, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon with…
Richard “Dick” James Page, husband of Marie Burke Page, passed away peacefully in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday January 31, 2020, in his 76th year. The son of Robert and…
Mrs. Melinda Ann Sherrill Younger, 80, of Statesville, N.C., died Saturday evening, February 1, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. Born in Iredell County on November 20, 1939, she was…
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: JANUARY 22 ♦ Markeoni A’Nique Fleming, 20, of JC Circle, Mooresville, charged with altering, destroying or stealing evidence,…
Jerry “Craig” Ervin, 55, of Troutman, N.C., passed away on January 31, 2020, at his home. He was born September 19, 1964, in Statesville, N.C., to the late Lois Nell…
BY ANDREW DONAWA Why have we turned away from our beliefs during our drive to get on top? If we would go back to our core beliefs, then we wouldn’t…
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The Twisted Oak American Bar & Grill was packed Friday night for YIPE’s Dancing with Our Stars fundraiser. WAME ChillBillies hosted the event and DJ Julius Hoke…
Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville Fire-Rescue, along with units from South Iredell Volunteer Fire Department and Mount Mourne Volunteer Fire Department, responded to a structure fire at 252 Mackwood…
[caption id="attachment_7236" align="aligncenter" width="305"] Scotts Elementary teacher Carol Holt demonstrates how to use the RhinoWare door barricade locks that were installed on her classroom door on Friday.[/caption] BY KARISSA MILLER…
[caption id="attachment_7231" align="aligncenter" width="779"] Statesville Woman’s Club members (from left) Beth Webb, Lee Ann Sherrill, Rita Tondo and Susie Byrd competed in the Arts Festival.[/caption] Special to Iredell Free News…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation will start a program this year to train public transportation employees on how to recognize and respond if…
Mrs. Linda Carol Brewer Barker, 70, of Union Grove, N.C., passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Linda was born December 2, 1949, in Wilkes County and…
Mrs. Gloria Rumore Batz, 65, of Statesville, N.C., died Thursday, January 30, 2020, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Born in Stanford, Conn., on March 6,…
[caption id="attachment_7220" align="alignright" width="150"] Nicole Dishman[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7221" align="alignright" width="150"] Crystal Nance[/caption] FROM STAFF REPORTS Two suspects were arrested and Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies are looking for a third…
Special to Iredell Free News Parents of preschoolers to eighth-grade students can now register their children for Rescue Ranch’s 2020 Critter Camps, daily spring and daily/one-week summer camp sessions offering…
Editor’s Note: This viewpoint was originally published by The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer, and The Herald Sun. By Robert J. Higdon, Jr., Matthew G.T. Martin, R. Andrew Murray…
Cloverleaf Elementary School’s Lighthouse leadership team were interviewed by outside International Baccalaureate staff as part of their school’s accreditation process. Pictured (from left) are Bella, Lillie, Mark, Grayson, Keagan, Sanna,…
YIPE’s Dancing with Our Stars When: Friday, January 31, 5:30-8 p.m. Where: Twisted Oak American Bar & Grill, 121 N. Center Street, Statesville Details: This event is set up to…
James H. “Jimmy” McCoy, 76, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020, surrounded by family at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Jimmy was born June 15, 1943, in Iredell County…
Angella “Angie” Bolin Belk, 60, of Mooresville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. She was born on December 24, 1959, in Cherokee County,…
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com The Town of Troutman held a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at Little Joe’s banquet room on Tuesday to thank some of the community members who have served…
[caption id="attachment_7191" align="aligncenter" width="800"] SPD Officer Chan Austin offers advice for surviving an active-shooter situation.[/caption] BY BRANDY TEMPLETON According to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, there were a total of…
Mr. Walter Roylee Jackson, affectionately called “Peel,” was born in Clover, S.C., on January 15, 1936, and was the son of the late Walter Roylee Jackson Sr. and Pearl Adams…
Pictured are N.C. Rep. Jeff McNeely, American Renaissance School science teacher Cathy Berkley, and ARS sixth-graders. (Photo courtesy American Renaissance School) Special to Iredell Free News American Renaissance School science…
[caption id="attachment_7178" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Pictured (from left) are Iredell commissioners James Mallory, Ken Robertson, Marvin Norman, Tommy Bowles and Gene Houpe.[/caption] FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Board of Commissioners…
John T. Inks, 55, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at his home while surrounded by loving family. He was born May 21, 1964, in Jeanette, Pa.,…
Phyllis Ann Harmon Tiller, 71, of Statesville, N.C., passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at her residence. Born on March 18, 1948, in Jenkin Jones, W.Va., she was the daughter…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A man facing felony charges in connection with a domestic assault is jailed in lieu of a $750,000 bond after reportedly contacting the victim in the case…
[caption id="attachment_7154" align="alignright" width="150"] Trevon Dixon[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7153" align="alignright" width="150"] Deon Taylor[/caption] FROM STAFF REPORTS Two Virginia men face felony drug charges after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies found approximately…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville woman was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the January 16 death of 25-year-old Shana Nichole Harmon. [caption id="attachment_7148" align="alignright" width="139"] Qawiesha Khaleelah…
Winston Shelton Wishon, 28, of Lexington, N.C., died January 25, 2020. Winston was born March 6, 1991, in Forsyth County, N.C., the son of Lisa Owens Wishon and the late…