FROM STAFF REPORTS East Iredell Elementary students and their families enjoyed free games and activities at the recent Cobra Carnival. Local businesses and community organizations set up fun-filled activities for…
Author: Mike Fuhrman
BY DEBBIE PAGE Participants in a Domestic Violence Task Force simulation were surprised at how difficult they found it to leave an abusive situation during an event at Mitchell Community…
Photos courtesy Emma Wegmiller/G.L. Wilson Building Co. Special to Iredell Free News G.L. Wilson Building Co. has been organizing an annual hot air balloon launch for the past ten years…
The City of Statesville offers a dynamic and collaborative work environment. You’ll have the chance to work alongside talented individuals who share a common goal of improving the lives of…
Doris Ann Wilhelm Armstrong, 86, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center following a period of declining health. Doris was born…
BY DEBBIE PAGE Sam Quinones, who chronicled the American opioid crisis in his award-winning work “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,” will be the keynote speaker at the…
[caption id="attachment_63175" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Iredell-Statesville Schools held its annual faith-based breakfast at Unity Center in Statesville Thursday morning. The breakfast and meeting brought a diverse group of community partners together.[/caption]…
Special to Iredell Free News The Town of Mooresville is partnering once again with Welcome Home Veterans Living Military Museum and Richard’s Coffee Shop for this year’s Veterans Week celebrations….
To the Editor: Did Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education Chairman Bill Howell actually compile those accusations against board member and former vice chair Mike Kubiniec? Or did he simply repeat…
Mattie Maude Jamieson Stapleton, 88, of Mount Ulla, N.C., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in her home surrounded by family. She was born May 5, 1935, in Stewart County,…
Jimmy Graden Fox, 87, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Jimmy Graden Fox was born in Alexander County, N.C., on July 29, 1936, to John Dallas…
Sallie Ann Morrison, 86, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 31, 1937, in Iredell…
Mr. David Edward Hargrave was born in Queens County, N.Y., on August 3, 1948. He was son of the late James Edward Hargrave and Mildred Constance Jackson. He departed this…
Egon Otto Josef Englert, a dedicated family man and lover of life, passed away on October 15, 2023. Born on July 3, 1949, in Pflaumheim, Germany, Egon embraced each day…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Mooresville man was arrested Thursday and charged with making threats of mass violence against four local schools following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office….
Special to Iredell Free News The Mooresville Graded School District Board of Education has approved the appointment of Morgan Williams as the district’s new director of maintenance. [caption id=”attachment_63141″ align=”alignright”…
[caption id="attachment_63138" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Pictured in the front row (from left) are Oakwood Middle School eighth-graders Leighton Highley, Kailan Alspaugh, Grayson Griggs and Ace Johnson; back row (from left): IB…
[caption id="attachment_63133" align="aligncenter" width="897"] Pictured (from left) are Dyrita Harris, Piedmont Mediation; Clarissa Flowers Young, Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont; Blair Richey, Iredell EMS; Shanika Turner, Aftershock Youth…
Special to Iredell Free News U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Dena J. King announced Wednesday that the former owner of NASCAR team based in Iredell County…
FROM STAFF REPORTS A 59-year-old man faces multiple charges, including felony drug charges, after being stopped by members of the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team at checkpoint…
BY DEBBIE PAGE ABC Board Chair Layton Getsinger reported to the Troutman Town Council that the store once again topped last year’s sales, reaching a 6 percent increase over 2022…
Patricia Anne Williams Hardison, 78, of Statesville, N.C., departed this world on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Pat, as she was so lovingly known as, was born on January 8, 1945,…
James Franklin Bumgarner, 88, passed away October 17, 2023, surrounded by his family at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. With a wife, three kids, a long and successful work career,…
Teresa Dean Chappell, 70, better known as Teesee to her family, joined her parents in her heavenly home on October 18, 2023, at Abernathy Laurels in Newton, N.C. Teresa’s seventy…
Sherry Ann Taylor Jackson, 73, of Statesville, N.C., died Friday, October 13, 2023, at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., after a brief illness. She was born…
Special to Iredell Free News A Charlotte man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to wire fraud in connection with the theft of approximately $1.6 million from two Mooresville companies. Marc Weiss,…
BY DEBBIE PAGE After reviewing data on past student performance, the Mooresville Graded School District School Board heard school improvement plans from each of the district’s nine schools and approved…
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Two cases of mpox were reported to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services over the past six weeks, the first cases in…
Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announced the following births: OCTOBER 3 ♦ A girl, Treasure Joselynn’Marie Teasley, born to Tevin Teasley and Amanda…
Ms. Peggy Louise Cauthen was born in Catawba County, N.C., on August 6, 1948, and was the daughter of the late John Junior Cauthen Sr. and Mary Finger Cauthen. She…
Michael Bays Todd, 75, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2023. He was born on September 9, 1948 in Roanoke, Va., to the late Alexander and Norma…
James Michael Windsor, 65, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2023. He was born on October 24, 1957, in Goldsboro, N.C., to James Gilbert Windsor and Linda Windsor. James dedicated…
Frankie Summers Eller, 83, of Statesville, N.C., died Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at her home after an extended illness. She was born in Iredell County on July 15, 1940, to…
Lois Mae Sigmon Sharpe, 92, of Stony Point, N.C., passed away on Monday, October 16, 2023, at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. Lois was born on May 23,…
On October 15, 2023, the world lost an angel, Barbara Adkins Lazenby, who is now in God’s loving care. Known for her kindness, thoughtfulness and caring, Barbara made everyone feel…
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested one suspect on felony drug charges and are looking for a second after executing a search warrant at a Statesville home….