31st Annual Masonic Community Blood Drive When: Friday, January 10, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Statesville Civic Center, 300 S. Center Street, Statesville; and The Charles Mack Citizen Center, 215…
Author: Mike Fuhrman
[caption id="attachment_6437" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Construction of the new Third Creek Middle School is expected to finish in April. (Photos courtesy I-SS.)[/caption] BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Schools’ two major construction projects…
Special to Iredell Free News As the flu continues to spread in North Carolina, Iredell Memorial Hospital is responding to the challenge of treating those with serious symptoms, while protecting…
BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell County commissioners, representatives of Iredell-Statesville Schools, the Mooresville Graded School District, Mitchell Community College and Our Schools First held a kick-off meeting on Tuesday to…
James “Jimmy” Edward McLean, 72, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. He was born on April 24, 1947, in Iredell…
Carolyn Loyd Alexander, 84, of Harmony, N.C., died on January 5, 2020, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Iredell County on February 26, 1935, to the late John…
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Troutman Town Council members are having second thoughts about a recent change to the Unified Code of Development. During Monday pre-agenda meeting, the council voted unanimously…
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Susan Tolle knows too much about the pain associated with suicide. Her daughter has attempted to take her life three times and on December 20, her…
[caption id="attachment_6415" align="aligncenter" width="306"] Albree Brooke Gallimore[/caption] FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help locate a runaway juvenile. Albree Brooke Gallimore, 12, was…
Dr. William Wortman, a passionate and dedicated traveler, departed on his last and longest trip to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns on January 6, 2020. Bill…
Special to Iredell Free News Trinity Episcopal Church will hold its 19th Annual Oyster Roast on Friday, January 17, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the church’s parish hall….
Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville Police Department K9s Hansel and Valor will receive protective vests honoring a pair of MPD K9s, courtesy of a donation from non-profit organization Vested…
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Dr. Michael Schlesinger joined an elite group of medical specialists this week. On Monday the Piedmont HealthCare urologist’s practice celebrated its designation as a UroLift Center of…
Louise Mills Taylor passed away peacefully at Gordon Hospice House on November 21, 2019. Mrs. Taylor was born in Statesville, N.C., on April 12, 1925. She was the daughter of…
Mrs. Cynthia Regina Marsden, 61, who was born in Harmony, N.C., passed away suddenly on December 30, 2019. A Memorial Service has be scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, January…
[caption id="attachment_6381" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Rendering courtesy of Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County.[/caption] Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County hopes to open new facility in 2021 FROM STAFF…
BY STACIE LETT CAIN Should the current Statesville City Council be bound by a decision made by a previous council? That question is now at the center of the council’s…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A second suspect faces charges in connection with a home-invasion robbery that occurred on December 26 on Calico Lane near Statesville. After Iredell County Sheriff’s Office detectives…
BY KARISSA MILLER Statesville High School Principal Sheila Jenkins believes it’s important to challenge students of all ability levels. She’s not one to accept mediocrity, and she rejects views that kids…
BY STACIE LETT CAIN Statesville City Council chambers were packed Monday evening to hear a Charlotte developer explain his vision for rehabilitating the Vance Hotel. “You have something here in…
Mrs. Chloa Lippard Willis, 106, of Statesville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Willis was born August 6, 1913, in Iredell County and…
Valerie Hope Chamberlain, 60, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020. She was born October 24,1959, in Boynton Beach, Fla., to Marilyn Rousseau and the late Val…
BY MIKE FUHRMAN After more than a dozen residents expressed serious objections, Mooresville town commissioners on Monday rejected a property owner’s request to rezone property near a suspected chemical dump…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man faces felony drug charges after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies apprehended him after witnessing a hand-to-hand drug transaction over the weekend. [caption id=”attachment_6358″ align=”alignright”…
Special to Iredell Free News American Renaissance School began its open enrollment period for the 2020-2021 school year on Monday, January 6. This is the 22nd anniversary of open enrollment…
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Bailey Sr. of Colorado Springs, Colo., departed into eternity on January 2, 2020, at Penrose St. Francis hospital in Colorado Springs. Kent, as he was affectionately called,…
[caption id="attachment_6350" align="alignright" width="298"] Superior Court Judge Lynn Gullett is running for re-election in March.[/caption] Special to Iredell Free News Superior Court Judge Lynn Gullett is seeking another term on…
Special to Iredell Free News First Presbyterian Church will present a concert featuring Dr. Oliver “Worth” Worthington II, baritone, and Dr. Johan Botes, pianist and organist, at 2 p.m. on…
[caption id="attachment_6339" align="aligncenter" width="325"] Celtic Sessions will perform at the event on Jan. 23.[/caption] Special to Iredell Free News The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will host a celebration of…
Special to Iredell Free News The theme for the 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration in Statesville is “Beyond the Walls of Division.” The following activities are…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Twenty-nine offenders, including three sex offenders, returned to Iredell County after being release by the N.C. Department of Corrections. Only seven of the felons completed their sentences,…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Mooresville town commissioners appear likely to implement recommendations by Centralina Council of Governments aimed at bolstering the town’s employee recruitment and retention efforts. During Friday’s agenda briefing,…
Pattie Tysinger Linton went home to be in the presence of God in the early morning of Friday, January 3, 2020. Pattie was born on September 7, 1934, in Marion,…
Merita Elaine Fox Lanier, 89, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on January 3, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. A native of Iredell County, she was the daughter…
Lucille Grant Jenkins, 77, of Statesville, N.C., died Friday, January 3, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on February 6, 1942, to the late…
Charlotte Stillwell Mills, 95, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2020, at Serenity House in Mooresville. She was born December 30, 1924, in Iredell County to the…