Category: News & Features

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Museums will host Living History Day at Gregory Creek Homestead on Saturday, October 16, from 11 a.m to 3 p.m.  Gregory Creek Homestead is

Special to Iredell Free News Statesville City manager Ron Smith has named Brian Roberts as the city’s new finance director, effective immediately. For the past two years, Roberts has served

FROM STAFF REPORTS A Hudson man faces drug trafficking charges after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized cocaine and marijuana from a vehicle after he was stopped for a moving

BY KARISSA MILLER After listening to emotional pleas from parents and community members who spoke out against requiring masks in schools, the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education voted on Monday

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Troutman Town Council members voted to begin signups for the annual Christmas Parade on Monday afternoon after receiving information on falling COVID-19 numbers from Health Department

Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education has approved the appointment of Adam Steele as the district’s next chief financial officer. He will succeed CFO Melissa

FROM STAFF REPORTS A 33-year-old man suffering from a self-inflicted stab wound was charged with assaulting a first responder following his arrest in the Fort Dobbs neighborhood near Statesville. Iredell

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Nearly all 10,000 employees at state-operated healthcare facilities are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and compliant with a mandatory vaccination requirement, according to the

Special to Iredell Free News The EnergyUnited Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region to provide support for the organization’s Critical Home Repair program. “This

BY KARISSA MILLER Students at the Career Academy and Technical are getting a head start on masonry careers. New teacher William Pennell will soon lead students in their first masonry

FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man faces a felony drug charge after Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized more than 25 grams of cocaine during a traffic stop. Sheriff Darren

These positions are subject to pre-employment screenings. Iredell County does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, political affiliation, genetic information, or handicapping

Special to Iredell Free News Monticello Methodist Church was organized September 15, 1946, when a group of Methodists responded to a call and established a new church in the Monticello

FROM STAFF REPORTS Only 160 Iredell-Statesville Schools students and four staff members were required to quarantine last week due to close contact with someone in a school facility who tested

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Statesville Police Department is asking the public to help locate a suspect in a robbery and an attempted robbery. According to an SPD news release, Mooresville

Special to Iredell Free News October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Mooresville Police Department would like to take this opportunity to make people aware of the problem and

Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital reported the following births: SEPTEMBER 27 ♦ A girl, Jennifer Catilyn Martinez, born to Angel and Jennifer Martinez

The City of Statesville is seeking to fill the following open positions. Applicants must apply for all positions online at www.statesvillenc.net/openings  PUBLIC WORKS – GARAGE DIVISION: AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC Salary Range:

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH –The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced that 70 percent of North Carolinians age 18 and older have received at least one

FROM STAFF REPORTS A Taylorsville woman was charged with identity theft following an Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.investigation of a fraudulent unemployment claim. Sheriff Darren Campbell announced the arrest of Daphne Regina

Star Ministries Inc. founder Deborah Starczewski to deliver keynote address Special to Iredell Free News  Horizon Church is set to host Going Deep Women’s Conference with author, evangelist, teacher, and

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday announced a historic, one-time federal $805 million investment in North Carolina’s early care and learning child care programs.

FROM STAFF REPORTS An autopsy conducted on the remains of infant who was buried in the backyard of a home in Iredell County last month did not conclusively determine the

Special to Iredell Free News Red Dirt Revival (RDR) will perform at the final Piedmont HealthCare Friday After 5 Summer Concert for the 2021 season in Downtown Statesville on Friday,

FROM STAFF REPORTS A man who was arrested on child poornography charges on August 30 faces nearly three dozen new charges resulting from an Iredell County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Tony

BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell-Statesville Schools officials want to conduct a districtwide Facilities Condition Assessment (FCA) to help administrators produce forecasting reports and a list of preventive maintenance tasks to help

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed October as Disability Employment Awareness Month, stressing the importance of ensuring that people with disabilities have full access to

Special to Iredell Free News The Mooresville Police Department is planning an event to bring the community together for a fun-filled “Afternoon Out.” Scheduled for October 17, the four-hour, family-friendly

BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education is one step closer to deciding how to proceed with replacing electonic devices for the district’s 1:1 laptop program, which allows

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com About 50 supporters, decked out in purple and carrying signs during their journey through downtown Statesville, participated in the “In Their Steps” themed walk on Tuesday

FROM STAFF REPORTS A business owner is accused of swindling nearly $18,000 from two aquarists. Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell announced the arrest of southern Iredell County resident James Scott

BY KARISSA MILLER During a special meeting Monday, Iredell County residents had the chance to share their thoughts on two Iredell-Statesville Schools’ redistricting draft maps for electoral districts for Iredell-Statesville

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — In recognition of Fire Prevention Week 2021, which runs from Oct. 3-9, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey is urging everyone to

Special to Iredell Free News Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell (DACI) has been selected to receive the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control. DFC

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com Candles lit the night in Mooresville’s Liberty Park to remember family and friends lost to overdose for the third annual Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell’s Overdose Awareness