Area News

A Taylorsville man is facing a serious charge of child abuse after his child suffered severe injuries, according to Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman. On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Roger Dale Adkins, III, W/M, age 25 of Taylorsville was arrested and charged with Felony Child Abuse Inflicting Serious Injury. This charge stems from an ongoing…

By MICAH HENRY Two people were injured in an airplane crash in Alexander over the weekend. On Saturday, April 2, 2022, at approximately 7:20 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to the report of a plane crash in Alexander County in the area of Smith Farm Road near U.S. Hwy. 64, according to Master…

Lee Sharpe, longtime owner and publisher of The Taylorsville Times, received two honors at the Monday, April 4, 2022, meeting of the Alexander County Board of Commissioners. Sharpe was first presented a “Key to the County” and was then surprised with the prestigious “Order of the Long Leaf Pine” award, which is an honor granted…

The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center’s Emerging Artist Exhibit features the work of Mackenzie Jenkins of Taylorsville during the months of April and May 2022. Mackenzie is a talented 18 year old, currently attending CVCC and working to earn an Associate’s in Art. She plans to later transfer to Western Carolina University where she can…

A homeowner and tractor trailer driver both escaped injury when the 18-wheeler crashed into a local home on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The tractor trailer was traveling west on Millersville Road that afternoon. Trooper T.C. Clayton of the N.C. State Highway Patrol said the driver, Charlie Jess Miller, age 47 of Claremont, was driving a…

NOTICE OF LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING The Alexander County Board of Elections will conduct logic and accuracy (L&A) testing on voting systems that will be used in the upcoming primary election. L&A testing ensures each voting system will correctly count and tabulate each ballot cast. Before every election, county boards of elections complete L&A testing…

The Alexander Central High School Beta Club will sponsor AC’s Got Talent this Friday night, April 1, 2022, at 7 p.m. at the ACHS Auditorium. “This year’s talent show consists of 11 acts of talented students from ACHS,” said Donna Reid, Business and Marketing Teacher and Beta Club Advisor. Tickets are on sale now and…

  A commercial turkey operation in Johnston County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza. The positive sample was first identified by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Raleigh and confirmed by the USDA APHIS National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa.   Since late January, the HPAI…

Mr. Jacob Lail has been named Alexander Central High School principal effective May 13, 2022. Mr. Lail currently serves as the principal of West Alexander Middle School and has since July of 2019. During his tenure at West, he was recognized as the Alexander County Schools’ 2020 Principal of the Year. He led West Alexander…

Gordon Palmer, principal at Alexander Central High School (ACHS), will serve as the assistant superintendent of high schools in Cabarrus County Schools beginning at the end of the school year. “I’ve been honored to serve as principal and am proud of the work we accomplished together at ACHS the past four years,” stated Mr. Palmer.…