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Wilkes, Alexander, Caldwell, Yadkin, and Catawba County Cooperative Extension will be hosting NC Farm School Foothills in 2020 right here in Taylorsville. The NC Farm School program offers eight business-planning seminars taught by extension specialist and experienced agents. These sessions give students the tools to match a crop or animal operation to their current goals,…

A Hiddenite woman passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 31, 2019, after an automobile accident. The collision occurred approximately 5:00 p.m. on I-40 East near the 110 mile-marker.  A UPS tractor-trailer was traveling east in the right lane when it came upon stopped traffic, due to an earlier collision.  A pickup truck was stopped in…

Brown is first woman elected to Taylorsville municipal seat Taylorsville voters have re-elected Mayor George Holleman as well as Town Board of Commissioners members Kenny Poole and Ronnie Robinette, joined by new candidates Jack Simms and Kimberly S. Brown, in the Nov. 5 Municipal Election according to unofficial results. In the Mayor election, Holleman received…

Alexander County Sheriff’s investigators were informed on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, that three bodies found in Virginia might be linked to a missing persons case in Alexander from June. According to WSLS-TV 10, Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said a hunter found three bodies inside a truck in Grayson County on the morning of Nov.…

Voters who reside within the official town limits of Taylorsville will go to the polls Tuesday, November 5, 2019, to cast ballots in the Municipal Election, stated Patrick Wike, Director, Alexander County Board of Elections. Election Day voting will be at the Alexander County Senior Center, 730 7th Street SW, Taylorsville, open Tuesday November 5,…

An offender was stabbed to death by another offender during an altercation at Alexander Correctional Institution on Wednesday night, October 30, 2019, according to a North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety press release. Inmate Christopher Parker, 33, (0789551) was stabbed with a homemade weapon around 10 p.m. in a housing unit at the prison. He…

Drug “stash house” was located in Taylorsville near state facility An investigation into illegal drug activity in Alexander County has led to the arrest of four men in and around the county and the seizure of illicit drugs and many thousands in cash. Alexander County Sheriff Chris Bowman noted that his office worked with local,…

On Saturday, October 26, 2019, officers from the Taylorsville Police Department arrested Laura Mooney, age 32 of Hiddenite, on a variety of charges. The officers initially responded to the Family Dollar Discount store in Taylorsville, in reference to a shoplifting call. Upon their arrival, they found Laura Elizabeth Mooney in the store with her eight…

Danny T. Dyson, Alexander County Clerk of Court, is happy to share this year’s listing of unclaimed property for the residents of Alexander County. Please log on to www.nccash.com to complete an online claim for the property or call 1-866-622-2741. Dyson asks that if anyone sees names of people they know, to please pass along…

One-Stop Early Voting began October 16 in the Taylorsville 2019 Municipal Election, and continues 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through November 1. A Saturday Early Voting date of October 26, is also planned from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Early Voting takes place at the Alexander County Board of Elections building, 370 1st Ave.…