FROM STAFF REPORTS More than 3,500 Iredell-Statesville Schools students were required to quarantine or isolate last week after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 or after
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FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: SEPTEMBER 3 ♦ Brittany Elizabeth Butler, 30, of Brookridge Lane, Mooresville, charged with larceny. SEPTEMBER 4 ♦
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Special to Iredell Free News When Valerie Allen learned she was pregnant with her fourth child, she knew it would be her last pregnancy. The 29-year-old Statesville resident was already
BY KARISSA MILLER This school year N.B. Mills Elementary school is offering special programming during the weeks when the students are on intersession break. Principal Jonathan Nicastro said the first
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The Town of Mooresville and the Exchange Club of Mooresville-Lake Norman held its 20th anniversary 9/11 Memorial Walk on Saturday morning. Gatherers met at Main Street at
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Mooresville Police Department reported the following felony arrests: AUGUST 19 ♦ John Brandon Thompson, 35, of Beracah Road, Mooresville, charged with possession of stolen property, breaking
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Health System is pleased to welcome Elaine Haney (CCRN, MSN, RN) as the new director of Iredell Memorial Hospital’s Five North Nursing Unit. Haney
Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville Planning Board and Board of Adjustment are looking for representatives from the City’s Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to serve on these boards. The ETJ
Mildred Aileen Rumple Hall, 76, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Gordon Hospice House. Aileen was born on April 25, 1945, in Iredell County and
Ralph Franklin Clanton, 85, formerly of Statesville, N.C., passed away August 6, 2021, at his residence in Elkin, N.C. Ralph was born February 18, 1936, in Iredell County, and was
Silvestra Osuna Pineda, 65, passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Wake Forest Baptist Regional Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was born in Mexico on January 10, 1956,
BY WENDY GORDON PAKE Congregation Emanuel in Statesville, North Carolina’s second oldest synagogue, began the observance of its 138th Jewish High Holidays on Monday, September 6 (1). This year was
Nell Taylor passed away peacefully at home in her sleep on September 8, 2021. Born March 3, 1933, in Tallahatchie County, Miss., Nellie Loretta Savage was the only child of
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Health Department reported two more deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Friday. Some 268 lives have now been lost in Iredell during the pandemic. According
Dr. Larry Eugene Lackey, 75, of Mt. Ulla, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the VA Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Born July 16, 1946, in Mooresville,
Paul Edwin Klaene, 72, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Carolina Caring Hospice House. There will be a visitation at Troutman Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. on
Ricardo Allen Mathias, 32, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021, while doing what he loved, riding his motorcycle. He was born on July 31, 1989, in
Special to Iredell Free News Performing Arts Live of Iredell promises an energetic start to the 2021-2022 concert season on Saturday, September 18, when the Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience,
Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announces the following births: AUGUST 24 ♦ A girl, Emerson Layne Whitaker, born to Andrew and Delayne Whitaker of
FROM STAFF REPORTS Four Iredell-Statesville Schools schools will return to in-person learning on Monday, September 13, after being forced to remote instruction by rising COVID-19 numbers. North Iredell High, Lakeshore
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy K. Cohen provided an update on the state’s COVID-19
Frances Brown Sipes, 80, of Mooresville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on September 7, 2021. She was born on August 13, 1941, in Mooresville to the late
Victoria Bolton Brooks, 70, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. She was born on August 24, 1951, in Charlotte, N.C., to Joseph and Sue Hilton Bolton.
Jerry William Barnette Sr., 78, of Harmony, N.C., passed away on September 7, 2021, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. Jerry was born on July 5, 1943 in Iredell
Timothy “Tim” Allen Shew, 61, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Tim was born November 22, 1959, in Iredell County,
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Museums will celebrate its grand re-opening on Friday, September 24, during Downtown Statesville’s Fall Art Crawl. The public is invited to drop in between 5:30
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County Planning & Development staff have completed a draft of its first countywide transportation master plan and is seeking public comments. The Iredell County
Special to Iredell Free News The deadline is quickly approaching for local K-12 teachers to apply for grants of up to $2,000 from EnergyUnited through the Bright Ideas Education Grant
Special to Iredell Free News Mooresville police investigators have arrested a third suspect in the murder of Cornelius resident Jacob Dean Koury in Magla Park. The suspect, a 16-year-old juvenile
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Troutman Town Council members discussed a wide range of issues during their pre-agenda meeting on Tuesday. In response to Council Member Felina Harris’s inquiry, Town
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON and MIKE FUHRMAN A beloved Iredell-Statesville Schools employee who died last week after testing positive for COVID-19 was laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon. Nora Holland Smyre,
Patricia “Pat” Griffin Denson, at the age of 78, has met her Lord and Savior and reunited with her beloved husband, Charles “Yogi” Denson. She passed away on Monday September
Homer Rodney Hinson, 85, of Troutman, N.C., went to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, September 6, 2021, at Forsyth Medical Center with his family at his bedside. He
Betty Johnson Gillespie, 94, of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021, at her home. Betty was born February 14, 1927, in Statesville, N.C., she was the daughter
FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man facing a murder charge in connection with the shooting death of Zion Treyshun Gaither on June 8 has been apprehended in Georgia. Iredell County