Area News

The Alexander County Board of Education plans a special called meeting on Monday, March 29, 2021. The meeting agenda, according to the Board’s website, states the members will consider selection of a Realtor for the Sale of the Old Wittenburg School Property and a Re-Entry Date for Grades 6-12 students. This meeting will be held…

A Taylorsville resident has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of sex-related crimes. On Monday, March 15, 2021, Mario Mendoza Cazarez, H/M, age 20 of Taylorsville, was arrested and charged with 27 counts of Felony Second Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, stated Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman. These charges stem from an ongoing…

The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP), along with leadership from N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT), N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), University of North Carolina Health Care System (UNC), and state data experts will be kicking off the statewide ‘Booze It & Lose It’ St. Patrick’s Day, anti-drunk driving enforcement and…

Peoples Drug Store has received an allotment of 1,250 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and is scheduling vaccination appointments for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 18-20, 2021. The Pfizer vaccine will be distributed Thursday and Friday, March 18-19, 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Peoples Drug, located at 255 NC Highway 16 South, in Taylorsville. A…

Additional members of Group 4 will be eligible April 7 Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. announced March 11 that, beginning on March 17, people in Group 4 who have a medical condition that puts them at higher risk of serious illness and people…

David Huffman, Alexander County Ranger with the North Carolina Forest Service, noted there have been several recent brush fires in the county. Most were caused by burning yard debris and escaped due to wind and dry conditions. He urges everyone to use caution with fire at all times. Huffman listed five brush fires totaling approximately…

A fire on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, burned a portion of the Small Hands Learning Center in Stony Point around 1 p.m. Stony Point Fire Chief Scotty Abernathy stated the initial call was for a mulch fire near the front of the daycare. When firefighters first arrived, the front side of the structure was involved…

Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell stated that on Friday, March 5, 2021, Narcotics investigators with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from Road Patrol Deputies, executed a search warrant at 120 Deep Water Road, Statesville. Narcotics investigators received information about illegal drug activity was still on-going even after some of the suspects had been…

  A Taylorsville man, arrested a few weeks ago for secret peeping, is now facing multiple charges for similar activity in previous years, which only recently came to light. On December 1, 2020, a camera was found in a staff bathroom at Wittenburg Elementary School, stated Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman. The Alexander County Sheriff’s…

  By TOSHA BROWN The Town of Taylorsville Board of Commissioners met for their regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at Town Hall. Councilman Jack Simms opened the meeting with prayer. Former Public Works Director David Robinette was honored at the meeting for his years of service for the Town of Taylorsville. Robinette…