Category: News & Features

BY KARISSA MILLER The Child Fatality Prevention Team presented its annual report to the Iredell County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night. The five-member team reviews individual child deaths and works

Special to Iredell Free News The Mooresville Graded School District Board of Education voted unanimously to lower the local supplemental school tax during their May board meeting. The Board of

Special to Iredell Free News Girl Scout Troop #13179 recently participated in Mooresville’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive, which is the largest one-day national food drive in the U.S. This

Special to Iredell Free News Gordon and Barbra Bryan, owners of The Goddard School of Mooresville, were recently presented the Schumacher Resiliency Award at the 2023 Goddard School Franchisee Convention

FROM STAFF REPORTS Town Manager Randy Hemann has recommended a $104,019,136 general operating fund budget for the Town of Mooresville for fiscal year 2023-2024. The budget includes $86.9 million for

BY STACIE LETT CAIN In three seemingly unrelated presentations to the Statesville City Council Monday evening, the issue of homelessness and the need for more affordable housing options became very

Special to Iredell Free News Cadence Mooresville has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a 2023-2024 Best Assisted Living Community. The ratings offer a look at the

Special to Iredell Free News The Iredell Arts Council will host a free street concert on Saturday, May 20, from 5 to 8 p.m. Headlining the concert is New York-based

BY KARISSA MILLER About 300 parents and community members visited East Iredell Elementary School on Friday for the school’s annual Leadership Day. “Our staff and students worked so hard, and

Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Health System is pleased to announce that Damon Hays has been promoted to vice president of the Iredell Physician Network (IPN). Hays has served

BY KARISSA MILLER The Iredell County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing Tuesday to consider revisions to the pay reclassification and promotion plan in the county’s personnel ordinance.

FROM STAFF REPORTS A former Iredell-Statesville Schools teacher who was free trial on while awaiting trial on felony sex charges, including statutory rape, has been charged with violating the conditions

Special to Iredell Free News The Mitchell Alumni Association will host Alumni Day on Saturday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Statesville campus of Mitchell Community

BY DEBBIE PAGE The Career and Technology Education (CTE) program celebrated the success of its students in the SkillsUSA competitions and presented its improvement plan to Mooresville Graded School District

BY KARISSA MILLER Scotts Elementary School students, teachers and staff enjoyed a day immersed in art, song, music, dance and more to celebrate the school’s designation as Iredell-Statesville Schools’ A+

Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announced the following births: MAY 1 ♦ A girl, Lainey Grace Raper, charged with David and Kayla Raper

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: MAY 5 ♦ Joshua Kane Burton, 39, of Rosy Apple Lane, Statesville, charged with uttering a forged

The policy of the Town of Mooresville is to foster, maintain, and promote equal employment opportunities. We recruit, hire, train, and promote employees without discrimination because of race, religion, color,

Special to Iredell Free News The Lake Norman Philharmonic is excited to return to the Charles Mack Citizen Center to launch the summer season at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the May edition of IFN Monthly. BY PRESSLY MATTOX Who doesn’t know how to ride a bike? Who doesn’t need to get

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

BY DEBBIE PAGE After a six-month process of gathering stakeholder input with the assistance of Insight Education, Mooresville Graded School District Superintendent Jason Gardner and his staff presented the district’s

BY DEBBIE PAGE The Town of Troutman on Thursday recognized Mary Starks, a community leader who moved back to town in 2006 after a career with the New York City Housing

FROM STAFF REPORTS An Iredell County Superior Court judge on Friday modified the bond conditions of a man charged with killing three people in a crash on Fort Dobbs Road

BY KARISSA MILLER Years of hard work and perseverance paid off for the Class of 2023 at Crossroads Arts and Science Early College High School on Friday afternoon. The reward

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FROM STAFF REPORTS The Agriculture and Science Early College celebrated the fourth class of graduates in the school’s history on Friday. Principal Billy Wells congratulated the 51 graduates on the

BY KIM McKINNEY Thirty-six students graduated from the Collaborative College for Technology and Leadership on Friday afternoon. Their commencement ceremony was held inside Shearer Hall on the Mitchell Community College

FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell County Sheriff’s Office investigators on Friday responded to Third Creek Middle School after resource officers at the school were notified of possible threats of violence being

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — North Carolina ranks first in the nation for the third year in a row on a closely watched measurement of state business competitiveness. Site

Special to Iredell Free News Following the announcements of several retirements, the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education approved the following personnel appointments recommended by Superintendent Jeff James: ♦ Benjamin Johnson,

Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — The U.S. public health emergency that was declared to respond to COVID-19 ends Thursday. North Carolina will continue to distribute the federally funded COVID-19

FROM STAFF REPORTS A Statesville man faces a weapons charge following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Darren Campbell announced the arrest of Keith Eugene Lackey Jr.,

Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville ABC Board is soliciting proposals for funding from community organizations involved in substance abuse. Each year, by North Carolina law, the ABC Board