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Town Council considers burning question
By ANGELA FARR KING On Tuesday, January 4, 2022, the Taylorsville Town Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting. Mayor George Holleman opened the meeting with a devotion and prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The main item on the agenda was the consideration of changes to the current Section 91 Fire Prevention Ordinance…
Read MoreAlexander’s unemployment rate 2.8 percent in Nov.
The most recent county data on employment from the N.C. Dept. of Commerce shows that Alexander County’s unemployment rate was just 2.8 percent during November 2020. Alexander had a labor force estimated at 18,188 persons and 510 people unemployed during that month. Compared to rates from one month and one year earlier, Alexander had dropped…
Read MoreFormer CEO had embezzlement conviction in past
A Taylorsville woman accused of embezzling more than $15 million from her employer in Catawba County had been convicted in the past of embezzlement as well. Last week, The Times reported that Donna Osowitt Steele, of Taylorsville, was named as the alleged embezzler of more than $15 million in a Bill of Information filed by…
Read MoreTim Glass, former County Commissioner, dies Dec. 27
Timothy Allan Glass, age 76, former county commissioner and school board member, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 27, 2021, at his residence. Tim was born to the late Vilas Sherman Glass and Treva Ruth Johnston Glass, on June 18, 1945, in Wilkes County, according to obituary information. A native of Wilkes County, Tim moved…
Read MoreFree food, assistance Dec. 24-25 for those in need
Food, assistance free on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day in downtown Taylorsville for those in need — The Bridge Community and partnering agencies will offer food and free services on the evenings of Dec. 24th and 25th, located at 54 East Main Avenue in Taylorsville (the Mission Campus of the First United Methodist Church). Details…
Read MoreLenoir woman killed in crash on US 64-90 W.
On Friday, December 17, at approximately 3:20 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Alexander County on US 64 near Caldwell Pond Road, according to Master Trooper Jeffrey S. Swagger. A 2005 Kia Sedona was traveling east on US 64, crossed the centerline, and collided head-on with a…
Read MoreFeds allege woman stole $15 million from employer
A Taylorsville woman is accused of embezzling more than $15 million from her employer that she used to fund an extravagant lifestyle and to fund personal businesses run by her and her family. This revelation came in a Bill of Information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Friday, December 17, 2021, in U.S. District…
Read MoreGroup collecting items for victims of tornadoes
“Alexander Cares” working together to collect items by Dec. 22 for the victims of the devastating tornadoes in Kentucky Caring Hearts Pregnancy Center, Alexander County Baptist Association, CrossPoint Church, Hiddenite Community Helpers Food Pantry, and Alexander County Department of Social Services are working together to collect items for the victims of the devastating tornadoes…
Read MoreOfficer injured by suspect in stolen patrol car Dec. 17
A desperate local man is accused of leading officers on a nighttime car chase and, once his own car was disabled, stealing a patrol car and crashing into another patrol car, injuring an officer, before fleeing on foot in a churchyard and being apprehended a short distance away. On Friday, December 17, 2021, at approximately…
Read MoreBearden honored at CVCC event
MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE — Craftmaster Furniture’s Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, Roy Bearden, at left, recently received the President’s Medal of Excellence from Catawba Valley Community College President Dr. Garrett Hinshaw. The presentation was made Dec. 16, 2021, during the graduation ceremony of the most recent group of Alexander Furniture Academy students. Hinshaw cited Bearden’s…
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