Category: News & Features

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Community Outreach Association is offering drive-in movies behind its new location off Sullivan Road this weekend. “War Room” will be shown on Friday and

Special to Iredell Free News Readers of all ages are invited to participate in Mooresville Public Library’s 2021 Summer Reading Program to help achieve the goal of reading 2 million

BY KARISSA MILLER Statesville High School held its inaugural pinning ceremony Tuesday evening in Mac Gray Auditorium for the school’s 12 Certified Nursing Assistant program graduates. “I’m very proud of

FROM STAFF  REPORTS A Charlotte man who had more than three dozen outstanding warrants for his arrest was apprehended following a high-speed pursuit on Interstate 77 by a Troutman police

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — North Carolina’s emergency rental assistance program has opened a second application period for very low-income renters who are experiencing financial hardship due to

FROM STAFF REPORTS Two suspects have been charged with robbing the Sheetz store located off Wilkesboro Highway over the weekend. The Statesville Police Department announced the arrests of Corry Toliver,

This free program will run from May 24-28. Special to Iredell Free News Registration is now open for the YMCA’s Safety Around Water program, which is scheduled for May 24-28

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County Economic Development Corporation will launch a technical assistance program, called ReVamp, in an effort to help local motorsports teams and component manufacturers diversify

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell-Statesville Schools recognized Iredell Health System during the May Board of Education meeting for its service to the school district and to the community at

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — In observance of National Dental Care Awareness Month this month and in its continuing commitment to improving health, the N.C. Department of Health and

FROM STAFF REPORTS Mooresville Town Manager Randy Hemann presented a proposed $121,563,370 budget for fiscal year 2021-2022 to the town board on Monday night. The spending plan holds the town’s

Special to Iredell Free News An Iredell-Statesville Schools bus caught fire Monday afternoon after the last students were dropped off. Bus 168 from Cloverleaf Elementary School caught fire on Jane

FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell County Sheriff’s Office investigators have identified two suspects in a string of break-ins throughout the county. Late last month the ICSO began receiving reports of break-ins

Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College’s Spring 2021 (day class) and Fall 2020 (alternating/night class) Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) students recently achieved a 100 percent first-time pass

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Statesville Police Department reported the following felony arrests: MAY 1 ♦ C’rique Hezron Gary, 26, of Greensboro charged with assault by strangulation. MAY 5 ♦ Dupre

Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell Arts Council recently announced the results of its Crossroads Scholarship Show: High School ♦ 1st Place: Emmie Bailey, “The Candy Cane,” CCTL (awarded

BY KARISSA MILLER Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell has presented a $20.3 million budget request for 2021-2022 to the Iredell County Board of Commissioners. “This year our budget you will

FROM STAFF REPORTS Twenty-five Iredell-Statesville Schools students and five staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during the week of May 7-13. According to the district’s latest COVID-19 dashboard, four of

Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announces the following births: APRIL 26 ♦ A girl, Zeah Joan Bentley, born to Robert and Sara Bentley

Special to Iredell Free News The Gemstone District (Iredell County) Cub Scouts recently held two district-level Pinewood Derby races at the Rocky Mount Church in Mooresville. First Race The first

BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education voted to approve a new data software management tool that will help district administrators and principals take steps towards closing learning

Special to Iredell Free News As part of the Mooresville Police Department’s commitment to ensuring the safety of town residents and others that utilize local roadways, the MPD recently collaborated

BY BRANDY TEMPLETON A little drizzle didn’t deter Crossroads Arts and Science Early College students from enjoying their graduation ceremony on Friday afternoon. Forty-four students walked across the stage and

Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College recently recognized graduates Karen Valentina Acevedo-Suta with the 2021 President’s Award and Olivia Frisella with the 2021 Academic Excellence Award. The announcements

BY KARISSA MILLER Nervousness competed with laughter as Agriculture and Science Early College high school seniors made the transition to graduates on Friday afternoon. Principal Billy Wells drew a steady

BY MIKE FUHRMAN Harrison Kendall and his fellow graduates at the Collaborative College for Technology and Leadership will not soon forget the importance that face masks and hand sanitizer have

FROM STAFF REPORTS All students at Third Creek Middle School will shift to virtual learning next week after a cluster of COVID-19 infections was confirmed at the school. Iredell-Statesville Schools

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy K. Cohen shared an update on the state’s COVID-19

FROM STAFF REPORTS A 50-year-old man was charged with exploiting an elderly neighbor for financial gain following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Darren Campbell announced the

BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com The Troutman Town Council honored Jimmy and Betty Jean Troutman as Co-Citizens of the Year and Troutman Fire and Rescue as Organization of the Year during

Special to Iredell Free News Mitchell Community College’s Holbrook–Huskins Associate Degree Nursing Program celebrated the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 at its 37th Nursing Pinning ceremony on Wednesday,

Iredell County Health Director Jane Hinson provides latest information on COVID-19 vaccination efforts, positive test rates and risks the virus poses to those who choose not to receive the vaccine.

Special to Iredell Free News In anticipation of the grand opening of the Officer Jordan H. Sheldon Memorial Dog Park on June 5, the Mooresville Youth Council is sponsoring the