Area News

Alexander County 911 is featured in the NC National Emergency Number Spotlight Newsletter for the month of April 2019, according to Greg Foster, E-911 Communications Director, Office of the Sheriff Alexander County. The text of the article is featured below. The article states that Alexander County 911 has “13 full-time team members working 12-hour shifts on…

RockyFest 2019 is set for Saturday, April 13, at Rocky Face Mountain Recreational Area in Hiddenite. The 7th Annual family-friendly event features live music, food, arts/crafts vendors, children’s activities, free rock climbing and rappelling sessions, trail races, and more. The event begins with the RockyFest Trail Races at 8:00 a.m. with distances of 4.5, 9,…

Move to avoid favoritism for 2019 candidates By TOSHA BROWN The seat of the late Jack Lerner sat empty at the Town of Taylorsville Board of Commissioners meeting held on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Councilman Lerner passed away unexpectedly on March 19, 2019. A photo and memorabilia sat at his place on Tuesday. All Town Councilmen,…

Bethlehem Store will Celebrate Grand Opening Weekend May 3–5 America’s most celebrated “helpful place” is opening its doors on Monday, April 8th. The new Bethlehem ACE Hardware store, located at 9433 NC Hwy. 127 in Hickory, will bring the company’s knowledgeable and helpful service paired with the best brands to help residents succeed with their…

The month long 2019 Buy Local Challenge is underway offering local customers a chance to win a Nassau Bahamas cruise, $1,000 shopping spree, $100 gift certificate and over 50 prizes at the participating businesses. The Buy Local Challenge sponsors encourage our citizen-consumers to consider the impact that every dollar spent locally directly impacts the vitality…

  LOCAL FARM SUFFERS BREAK-IN — Investigators with the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a breaking and entering that occurred at Perry Lowe Apple House during the early morning hours of March 21, 2019. The suspect broke an office window and entered into the business to take change from a money box before fleeing…

A false alarm from an alert system prompted several local schools to be placed on lockdown, and caused concerns for many parents and family members of students on Thursday, March 28. The following statement was issued from Alexander Central High School principal Gordon Palmer: “This morning the alert was sounded for a Code-Down (stay in…

Firefighters battled a fire at this home at 307 Marvin Church Court in the Stony Point Community on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, which was reported about 5:30 p.m. Stony Point, Hiddenite, Wittenburg, and West Iredell fire departments responded to the call, along with Alexander County EMS, Alexander County Fire Marshal, and Alexander County Sheriff’s Office…

A Taylorsville man was killed at a home in Stony Point over the weekend, and officers have a suspect in custody. This is the third killing for both the Stony Point Community and Alexander County as a whole this year, according to Sheriff Chris Bowman. On Sunday, March 24, 2019, at approximately 11:44 a.m., Alexander…

A local man has died following an automobile crash in Statesville, according to state authorities. “On Friday, March 22, 2019, at approximately 12:40 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and is investigating a single-vehicle fatal collision in Iredell County on I-40 West near I-77 in Statesville.  The collision occurred near exit 152.  A…