FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: MARCH 23 ♦ Devin Shaughn Gaither, 35, of Tabor Road, Olin, charged with sex offender/fail to notify
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BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Benny Wilhelm has spent decades giving his time, service and resources to help others. On Saturday, dozens of people let the Cool Springs resident and Vietnam veteran
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County EMS personnel Dawn Toohey, Avery Stone and Pat Lowe recently shared information about their work with Webelos from Cub Scout Pack 173. They
The policy of the Town of Mooresville is to foster, maintain, and promote equal employment opportunities. We recruit, hire, train, and promote employees without discrimination because of race, religion, color,
Editor’s Note: This is part 1 of a series. BY SHELLIE TAYLOR April consists of Holy Week (including Easter) and Passover, so the month is full of meaning for faithful
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Family Auxiliary and Sheriff Darren Campbell held an Easter celebration for employees and their children on Saturday morning. Families were treated to
BY MIKE FUHRMAN Zion Syncere Wilder’s friends and family members laughed and cried, rejoiced, and cried some more on Saturday afternoon as they celebrated his life and tried to make
Special to Iredell Free News New Hope Baptist Church will host a free Women’s Conference on Friday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. Phyllis Foy, a women’s motivational Speaker and senior
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FROM STAFF REPORTS A crowd of students and family members packed Cool Spring Elementary School on Thursday night to participate in the school’s family STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
Special to Iredell Free News Statesville City offices will be closed on Friday, April 7, in recognition of the Easter holidays. Garbage Collection There will be no garbage collection on
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Special to Iredell Free New After a three-year pause due to the pandemic, several Statesville churches are once again coming together to observe Good Friday. This years’ service will take
Special to Iredell Free News Hoptown Brewing Company recently closed out a successful second year of Sipping it Forward for charity by awarding $18,115 to four regional nonprofit organizations. Brewery
Special to Iredell Free News After an extensive national search, the National Balloon Rally Charities Board of Directors announced Friday that it has hired Don Edwards as its news executive
Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville Recreation & Parks Department, in partnership with the City of Statesville, will host its annual Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, April 15, at
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — North Carolina’s seasonally adjusted February 2023 unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, decreasing 0.2 of a percentage point from January’s revised rate. The national rate
FROM STAFF REPORTS The N.C. State Highway Patrol is asking for the public to help with a hit-and-run investigation. Troopers responded to a hit-and-run crash on U.S. Highway 21 at
BY KARISSA MILLER Making sure students are nourished and ready to start their day, Troutman Elementary School celebrated National School Breakfast Week earlier this month. The theme this year was
Special to Iredell Free News Rescue Ranch recently welcomed Joan Rizzo as development manager and Todd Fowler as the humane education manager. Rizzo has spent more than four decades as
Special to Iredell Free News The City of Statesville has released its 2022 Water Quality Report, and the results show the City’s drinking water meets or exceeds every health standard
FROM STAFF REPORTS A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a March 15 shooting in which a Statesville man was killed and a teen critically injured. The Statesville
Special to Iredell Free News A man wanted for attempted murder in Carteret County was apprehended in Catawba County on Monday following a pursuit by Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies
FROM STAFF REPORTS A man suspected of shooting a woman multiple times while she was in her vehicle outside a Statesville home earlier this month has been apprehended. The Statesville
BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education member Abby Trent believes it’s important to recognize local teachers and staff who are going the extra mile to support students. She
Special to Iredell Free News For the first time in three years, the Statesville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will again host its annual
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, has released the N.C. School Behavioral Health
Special to Iredell Free News The 2023 Spring Art Crawl will showcase more than 80 artists in 46 different galleries, shops and businesses scattered throughout Downtown Statesville. The free event is
Reps. Jeff McNeely and Mitchell Setzer voted against landmark legislation; Sen. Vickie Sawyer supported it Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper signed House Bill 76, “Access to
FROM STAFF REPORTS A contract substitute teacher faces misdemeanor charges after a resource officer at Third Creek Middle School found marijuana and alcoholic beverages among his possessions on Monday. Iredell
Special to Iredell Free News Two men face weapons charges after Mooresville police officers responded to a report that a resident was concerned about unknown individuals knocking on her door
FROM STAFF REPORTS A New York man faces felony drug trafficking charges after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies found nearly 30 pounds of marijuana in his SUV during a traffic
BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education on Friday approved a resolution requesting up to $200 million from Iredell County to pay for the construction of a new
PHOTOS BY AMANDA CALDWELL Fifth Street Ministries hosted its Empty Bowls fundraiser on Sunday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church in Statesville. Proceeds from the event will support programs for those
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The Iredell County Fraternal Order of Police celebrated the grand opening of its new new lodge and shooting range on Saturday. FOP members and their guests gathered