Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — As many across the nation and in North Carolina express horror at the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis
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FROM STAFF REPORTS Two suspects face drug charges after an off-duty Iredell County Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigator observed a man passed out in a vehicle in a grocery store parking
BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Board of Education members told district administrators to “hire who you normally hire” this week and stressed there was no hiring freeze in place. North Carolina
BY MELINDA SKUTNICK The Mooresville Graded School District Board of Education and MGSD staff are focused on summertime programs for students as well planning for the upcoming 2020-21 school year
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell-Statesville Schools officials have issued guidelines for high school athletics teams to begin voluntary workouts. The NCHSAA has given the green light for the resumption of workouts
FROM STAFF REPORTS There are now 369 laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iredell County. Iredell health officials reported 21 new cases on Tuesday after confirming 21 cases on Monday.
FROM STAFF REPORTS The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of daily life, but it has not impacted Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell’s resolve to hold drug dealers criminally responsible
Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell-Statesville Board of Education approved the appointment of three assistant principals during Monday’s board meeting. Shaun Bock has been named as the assistant principal
Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital reported the following births: MAY 29 ♦ A girl, Natalia Rose Sanchez, born to Guadalupe Sanchez and Azure
BY KARISSA MILLER Soon-to-be retired Iredell-Statesville Schools Superintendent Brady Johnson was honored with the North Carolina Order of the Long Leaf Pine award during his last board meeting on Monday.
Special to Iredell Free News Are you curious to learn more about what Iredell-Statesville Schools has to offer in the area of virtual learning for homeschoolers? The district will host
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education Chairman Martin Page opened Monday’s Board of Education meeting by asking for a moment of silence, during which he encouraged those in
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell recently selected three new deputies through the Deputy Sheriff Candidate Program. “The original thought process in this program was to
Special to Iredell Free News For the past two weeks the Iredell County Health Department has offered COVID-19 testing to the general community. In various locations across the County, the
Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College congratulates the following students who made the full-time and part-time Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester. To be eligible for the full-time students’
Andy Weatherman has worked for the Statesville Fire Department for 26 years Special to Iredell Free News Statesville City Manager Ron Smith announced Monday that Deputy Fire Chief Andy Weatherman
Special to Iredell Free News Camp Med 2020 Virtual Summer Program is a great way to expose students to the world of possibilities in health careers. Now more than ever
Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 8, at the Career Academy & Technical School in Troutman. The
Special to Iredell Free News Dr. Carl A. Foulks and Dr. Brandon Marion are pleased to announce that April Lockman, FNP-C, has joined their practice and will be seeing patients
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Mooresville Police Department reported the following arrests: MAY 26 ♦ Raymond James Tino, 21, of Parkside Lane, Mooresville, charged with assault inflicting bodily injury and assault
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON More than 500 people marched through Downtown Mooresville on Saturday to call attention to call attention to police brutality and racial inequities.
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: MAY 29 ♦ Betty Heidi Jones, 39, of James Farm Road, Statesville, charged with larceny, larceny of
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. State Board of Education has approved the allocation of $70 million from federal CARES Act funds for school districts and charter
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is reporting the state’s highest one day number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,370
PHOTOS BY MORGAN HOOKS Hundreds of people participated in the March for Solidarity in Downtown Statesville on Saturday. The event began and ended outside the Iredell County Hall of Justice.
FROM STAFF REPORTS Rev. Steve Shoemaker read the following statement during Saturday’s March for Solidarity in Statesville: Statement on Racism and Healing By Clergy of Statesville and Iredell County –
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell County health officials reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the largest number of new cases reported in a single day in the county. The
Special to Iredell Free News North Iredell High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) students competed at the North Carolina FFA Career Development Events earlier this week. NIHS brought
BY KARISSA MILER The Iredell County Board of Commissioners recently adopted a comprehensive recreation master plan that will guide the county’s future programming priorities in this area over the next
Special to Iredell Free News WINSTON-SALEM – Wake Forest Baptist Health will be implementing a more family-friendly visitation policy, effective Tuesday, June 9. These changes apply to all Wake Forest
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has issued Executive Order 143 to addresses the social, environmental, economic, and health disparities in communities of color that have
Special to Iredell Free News Raleigh — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first COVID-19-associated pediatric death in North Carolina. A child in the central
Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville Leisure Pool and Bentley Community Center Splash Pad will open Friday, June 5. There are a number of changes in place in order
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Meeting while demonstrations nationwide continue over the death of George Floyd, members of the N.C. State Board of Education on Thursday issued an
FROM STAFF REPORTS The number of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 is rapidly approaching 300 in Iredell County. The Iredell County Health Department reported six new cases on Thursday after
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com After a month’s delay due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Troutman Farmer’s Market got off to a busy start on Tuesday afternoon as a steady stream of