31st Annual Masonic Community Blood Drive When: Friday, January 10, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Statesville Civic Center, 300 S. Center Street, Statesville; and The Charles Mack Citizen Center, 215
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BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Schools’ two major construction projects — Third Creek and Woodland Heights middle schools — are both expected to be on time and under budget. Both schools
Special to Iredell Free News As the flu continues to spread in North Carolina, Iredell Memorial Hospital is responding to the challenge of treating those with serious symptoms, while protecting
BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell County commissioners, representatives of Iredell-Statesville Schools, the Mooresville Graded School District, Mitchell Community College and Our Schools First held a kick-off meeting on Tuesday to
James “Jimmy” Edward McLean, 72, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. He was born on April 24, 1947, in Iredell
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Troutman Town Council members are having second thoughts about a recent change to the Unified Code of Development. During Monday pre-agenda meeting, the council voted unanimously
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Susan Tolle knows too much about the pain associated with suicide. Her daughter has attempted to take her life three times and on December 20, her
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help locate a runaway juvenile. Albree Brooke Gallimore, 12, was reported missing on Sunday, January 5, according
Dr. William Wortman, a passionate and dedicated traveler, departed on his last and longest trip to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns on January 6, 2020. Bill
Special to Iredell Free News Trinity Episcopal Church will hold its 19th Annual Oyster Roast on Friday, January 17, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the church’s parish hall.
Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville Police Department K9s Hansel and Valor will receive protective vests honoring a pair of MPD K9s, courtesy of a donation from non-profit organization Vested
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON Dr. Michael Schlesinger joined an elite group of medical specialists this week. On Monday the Piedmont HealthCare urologist’s practice celebrated its designation as a UroLift Center of
Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County hopes to open new facility in 2021 FROM STAFF REPORTS The Town of Mooresville Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a conditional rezoning request
BY STACIE LETT CAIN Should the current Statesville City Council be bound by a decision made by a previous council? That question is now at the center of the council’s
FROM STAFF REPORTS A second suspect faces charges in connection with a home-invasion robbery that occurred on December 26 on Calico Lane near Statesville. After Iredell County Sheriff’s Office detectives
BY KARISSA MILLER Statesville High School Principal Sheila Jenkins believes it’s important to challenge students of all ability levels. She’s not one to accept mediocrity, and she rejects views that kids
BY STACIE LETT CAIN Statesville City Council chambers were packed Monday evening to hear a Charlotte developer explain his vision for rehabilitating the Vance Hotel. “You have something here in
Mrs. Chloa Lippard Willis, 106, of Statesville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the Gordon Hospice House. Mrs. Willis was born August 6, 1913, in Iredell County and
Valerie Hope Chamberlain, 60, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020. She was born October 24,1959, in Boynton Beach, Fla., to Marilyn Rousseau and the late Val
BY MIKE FUHRMAN After more than a dozen residents expressed serious objections, Mooresville town commissioners on Monday rejected a property owner’s request to rezone property near a suspected chemical dump
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man faces felony drug charges after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies apprehended him after witnessing a hand-to-hand drug transaction over the weekend. Sheriff Darren Campbell
Special to Iredell Free News American Renaissance School began its open enrollment period for the 2020-2021 school year on Monday, January 6. This is the 22nd anniversary of open enrollment
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Bailey Sr. of Colorado Springs, Colo., departed into eternity on January 2, 2020, at Penrose St. Francis hospital in Colorado Springs. Kent, as he was affectionately called,
Special to Iredell Free News Superior Court Judge Lynn Gullett is seeking another term on the bench in the March election. Gullett, a Republican, has devoted 31 years to her
Special to Iredell Free News First Presbyterian Church will present a concert featuring Dr. Oliver “Worth” Worthington II, baritone, and Dr. Johan Botes, pianist and organist, at 2 p.m. on
Special to Iredell Free News The theme for the 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration in Statesville is “Beyond the Walls of Division.” The following activities are
FROM STAFF REPORTS Twenty-nine offenders, including three sex offenders, returned to Iredell County after being release by the N.C. Department of Corrections. Only seven of the felons completed their sentences,
FROM STAFF REPORTS Mooresville town commissioners appear likely to implement recommendations by Centralina Council of Governments aimed at bolstering the town’s employee recruitment and retention efforts. During Friday’s agenda briefing,
Samantha Lee Beaver, 20, of Sherrills Ford, N.C., passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020. She was born June 14, 1999, in Warren, Pa., to Ryan E. Beaver and Crystal
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Charlotte developer is scheduled to present his ideas for redeveloping the Vance Hotel during Monday evening’s Statesville City Council meeting. Stephen Barker, the CEO of Catellus
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Surrounded by his wife Tracey and extended family, friends, church members, and colleagues from throughout his career, Major Todd Carver officially retired from the Iredell County
Luis Alberto Gamez-Martinez, 27, of Statesville, N.C, died January 1, 2020, as the result of an automobile accident. He was born in Iredell County on May 22, 1992, to Juan
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: DECEMBER 26 ♦ John Allen Karis, 52, of Jessica Lane, Statesville, charged with breaking or entering, and larceny
Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell Senior Center has something for seniors of all ages in January. Located at 344 East Front Street in Statesville, the Iredell Senior Center
Freddie Martin Wall, 68, a loving husband, the best Daddy, and the coolest PaPaw, stepped into the wind on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center. The son of
Ruth Ann Alexander Carroll, 83, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis, N.C. She was born November 16, 1936. She was