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Gov. Cooper urges families to sign up for discounts on internet, computers Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — More than 180,000 North Carolina households are getting critical assistance for

BY KARISSA MILLER A divided Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday to mandate face masks in district schools and authorized the superintendent to do whatever is necessary to keep

Editor’s Note: The Iredell County Health Department provided the following guidance in an effort for preventing the spread of COVID-19.  Special to Iredell Free News With COVID-19 cases continuing to

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Statesville City Council has rewarded City Manager Ron Smith with a new three-year contract that includes a salary of $195,000 and the use of a city-owned

Special to Iredell Free RALEIGH — North Carolina’s $100 Summer Card program will end Tuesday, August 31. As part of its ongoing effort to get more North Carolinians vaccinated and

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Under a new state law, a person is not eligible to serve as a sheriff in North Carolina if they have been convicted of

BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, August 31, to revisit whether to require students and staff in district schools to wear face masks

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Health Department reported three more deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Monday, raising the county’s death toll since the onset of the pandemic to 250.

FROM STAFF REPORTS More than three dozen Iredell-Statesville Schools staff members and nearly 1,000 district students were required to quarantine or isolate due to possible exposure to COVID-19 between August

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BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Statesville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Park has some new improvements thanks to Parker Rufty and his friends and supporters.  The Statesville High School senior recently donated his

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: AUGUST 20 ♦ Lenzell Boddie Jr., 62, of Wilmington Avenue, Statesville, charged with two counts of sell

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Over 350 Iredell County residents have lost their lives to a medication or drug overdose since 2008, according to Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell (DACI) Director Jill

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Mooresville Police Department reported the following felony arrests: AUGUST 5 ♦ Tauvea Malik Davis, 18, of Beckley, W.Va., charged with possession of a stolen firearm. ♦

BY KARISSA MILLER With students across the Iredell-Statesville Schools district returning to the classrooms this week, teachers, families and school officials hope to return to some semblance of normalcy following

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Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Health System is pleased to welcome Teresa Armstrong as a new director of operations for the Iredell Physician Network. As director of operations, Armstrong

BY BRANDY TEMPLETON South Iredell High School football players and cheerleaders welcomed Troutman Elementary students to school on Friday morning to kick off South Iredell High School Team Spirit Day.

State health officials now recommend wearing a mask in all indoor public spaces Special to Iredell Free News The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has released new data

Special to Iredell Free News In response to CDC guidance and recommendations from local health officials, and to help save lives and prevent outbreaks of COVID-19, the City of Statesville

Event features free food, music and entertainment, kids games, and giveaways Special to Iredell Free News The 6th Annual Stop the Violence Cookout is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 6

Special to Iredell Free News Fifth Street Ministries will host a breakfast meeting for local faith leaders on Wednesday, September 15. This event will be held at 9 a.m. in

Applications still being accepted in 88 counties, including Iredell Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program has distributed more than

BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Schools officials said more than 20,000 students attended classes in district schools on Monday, the first day of the 2021-2022 for most district schools. But hundreds

Special to Iredell Free News ​RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation’s crews, contractors and volunteers have collected more than 9 million pounds of litter from roadsides and are on

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announces the following births: AUGUST 10 ♦ A boy, Emmett Dean Mason, born to Kristaphor Mason and Kayla Anderson of

Special to Iredell Free News District Attorney Sarah Kirkman’s office announced the dispositions of the following felony cases in Iredell County Superior Court on Tuesday, August 24: ♦ Marcie Klinger

Local nonprofit provider is one of only four hospices in N.C. to achieve top rating Special to Iredell Free News Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County (HPCIC) is one

FROM STAFF REPORTS Two more deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in Iredell County. The Iredell County Health Department on Tuesday reported the county’s 244th and 245th deaths tied to

Special to Iredell Free News Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont (GSCP2P) is currently forming troops and recruiting new leaders in preparation for the new troop year this fall. All

BY KARISSA MILLER As Cloverleaf Elementary, an International Baccalaureate School, opened this week for a new school year, teary-eyed moms led in kindergarteners while older students quickly exited cars and

BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell County Republican Party Executive Committee has selected Bryan Shoemaker to fill a vacant seat on the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education. Shoemaker will fill the

Special to Iredell Free News RALIEGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has launched TeenVaxFacts.com – a website dedicated to providing teens with the information, tools and