Special to Iredell Free News Fort Dobbs State Historic Site announces a series of new “virtual” field trips. As most schools cannot visit in person this fall, the site is
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BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Board of Education members reviewed a first draft of a policy that updates the current concussion protocols for student-athletes earlier this week. The sports-related concussion protocol
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The crisp fall air brought hundreds of Iredell County residents to South River Baptist Church on Saturday morning for the church’s annual fundraiser for the “Coal Miner:
Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell County Public Library has reopened for face-to-face service and is currently operating at reduced occupancy limits from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday
BY KARISSA MILLER Providing absentee-by-mail ballots and keeping poll workers safe are two ways the Iredell County Board of Elections intends to make Election Day run more smoothly on November
Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville ABC Board has made its final distributions for fiscal year 2019-2020, recording its highest yearly distributions for the local board since its beginning
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Troutman Town Council members are encouraged by news of the mostly healthy revenues, along with help from COVID CARES Act funds, to help keep the town’s
BY STACIE LETT CAIN Continuing a discussion started at its last meeting, the Statesville City Council voted to accept funds to begin a feasibility study to convert the Jane Sowers
BY KARISSA MILLER After almost two months at 50-percent capacity, Iredell-Statesville Schools were able to open the doors of the district’s elementary at full capacity on Monday. The reopening followed
Special to Iredell Free News Imagine having a hip fracture. You’re admitted to the hospital and later transferred to a rehabilitation facility where you’ll have an approximate three-week stay before
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The Iredell Arts Council is accepting applications for North Carolina CARES for Arts grants through November 9. The N.C. General Assembly designated $9.4
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Civitech, a technology vendor that works with companies and campaigns to increase voter registrations, inadvertently mailed pre-filled voter registration applications with incorrect name,
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell-Statesville Schools and the Iredell County Health Department notified parents of students at four district schools of positive COVID-19 tests last week. Here is a
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH – Road safety in North Carolina took a turn for the better in 2019. North Carolina’s traffic deaths decreased by 4.4 percent in 2019,
Special to Iredell Free News The Mooresville Police Department has been awarded a three-year grant in the amount of $480,964 for improving criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence,
FROM STAFF REPORTS Forty-two people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Iredell County have now died. The Iredell County Health Department reported the county’s latest death on Monday afternoon.
Special to Iredell Free News Veterans who have served their country may face a final battle to find peace as they near the end of life’s journey. The We Honor
Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College Vice President for Student Services Porter Brannon has been selected to serve as the next president of Thomas Nelson Community College in
FROM STAFF REPORTS A northern Iredell County resident faces numerous felony charges following an Iredell County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the reported theft of several guns. Sheriff Darren Campbell announced
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Minority and women-owned businesses in North Carolina that have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic will have access to guidance and $12
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. State Board of Elections is reminding voters that North Carolina law prohibits taking photographs of or videotaping voted ballots. Please refer
Special to Iredell Free News Davis Regional Medical Center is sponsoring a blood drive for the American Red Cross on Friday, October 16, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: SEPTEMBER 24 ♦ Sharon Renee Cianchetta, 48, of Ballsmill Road, North Wilkesboro, charged with possession of a
Special to Iredell Free News Rob Jackson, director of Construction and Facilities for the Iredell-Statesville Schools, has retired following a 20-plus year career overseeing the district’s construction projects. During his
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Statesville Police Department reported the following felony arrests: SEPTEMBER 18 ♦ Ricky Trevor Turner, 34, of Statesville charged with discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended essential flexibilities for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to ensure
BY KARISSA MILLER The sudden closure of public schools to in-person learning last spring forced Iredell-Statesville Schools’ teachers to transition to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. I-SS Executive Director
Special to Iredell Free News The Town of Mooresville’s Officer Jordan H. Sheldon Memorial Dog Park has received a commitment for a $25,000 donation from Randy Marion Automotive, one of
Special to Iredell Free News A general membership meeting of the Statesville Branch NAACP for the purpose of election of officers and at-large members of the Executive Committee has been
Special to Iredell Free News EnergyUnited would like to congratulate three members of our Board of Directors who have been re-elected to serve three-year terms. EnergyUnited members recently cast their
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The unemployment rate in Iredell County improved to 6.6 percent in August, down two percentage points from July. Iredell has a workforce of
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH – The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program is reminding all drivers of the importance of safe driving practices this week as COVID-19 restrictions ease
Special to Iredell Free News The Dale Jr. Foundation, in conjunction with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Unilever’s United For America campaign, presented officials at two North Carolina elementary schools with
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man will face a murder charged after a Statesville man died three days after being assaulted in the area of Wilson Lee Boulevard and W.
FROM STAFF REPORTS An Iredell County grand jury has determined there is sufficient evidence for a suspect in the shooting death of a Harmony man to be charged with murder.
BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Schools will resume five days of in-person learning for elementary students starting on Monday, October 5, after the school board heard the plan from district leaders