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By ANGELA FARR KING The Alexander County Board of Education met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 16, at 6 p.m. Siblings Logan and Hadleigh Presnell from Bethlehem Elementary School led the meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting room was unusually packed due to the recent human resource meetings with teachers…

A young man from Alexander County has died and a Hickory motorist is facing charges after a crash involving a motorcycle and sport utility vehicle over the weekend. According to a Hickory Police news release, officers investigated the fatal traffic crash on Saturday, April 13, 2024, involving two vehicles. One driver was charged. At 11:37…

Principal Charles Draper is resigning from his position at Bethlehem Elementary School to take a position outside of education, according to a press release from the school system. Draper’s resignation was accepted by the school board during closed session at the April 16, 2024, meeting. Draper notified his staff the following morning. His last day…

  PHOTO OF THE WEEK: APRIL 17, 2024 The Taylorsville Times has begun a Photo of the Week feature each week in the newspaper, with the help of local readers. “Local Lens: Readers’ Photo of the Week” features one picture of local interest in each issue, submitted by a reader. People (with their permission) shown…

The Bridge Community and Grill 4 God from Statesville will be serving their famous grilled chicken plates to any neighbors in need, both physically and spiritually, at Alexander County Courthouse Park, 101 W. Main Ave., Taylorsville, on Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Additionally, there will be a Spring/Summer clothes giveaway. The Bridge Community will…

Alexander County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Director Jeffery Sigmon has announced that local paramedics with the department can now administer whole blood to traumatically injured patients. Trauma is the leading cause of death for individuals up to the age of 45 years in the United States. Uncontrolled hemorrhage remains the number one cause of preventable…

The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will hold a Steak Dinner Fundraiser at the Center’s Educational Complex (70 Hiddenite Church Rd., Hiddenite) on  Friday, April 19, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $50, available online by visiting hiddenitearts.org or by calling 828-632-6966.

  On Monday, April 8, 2024, quite a few folks around Alexander turned out to experience a partial solar eclipse. Although North Carolina lies outside of the path of totality, people around Taylorsville were able to see the moon obscure more than 80 percent of the sun. An Eclipse Party was hosted Monday from 2…

(updated April 8, 2024, at 4:42 p.m.) Millersville Christian Academy was closed on Monday, April 8, 2024, following a delay earlier that morning, brought about when Alexander County Sheriff’s deputies found a suspicious device at a home near the school. Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell told The Times that on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at…