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An Ellendale Community man faces multiple charges after officers say he led them on a car chase on New Year’s Eve. On Monday, December 31, 2018, at approximately 2:00 PM, an Alexander County Sheriff’s officer responded in the area of Walker and Bryant Road, which is located in the Ellendale Community of Alexander County, in…

Driver of other vehicle charged with DWI, child abuse UPDATED Dec. 18, 3:07 p.m. West Alexander Middle School Bus 159, transporting Alexander County Schools students, overturned on Icard Ridge Road, about 1/4 mile south of West Alexander Middle School, around 7:30 a.m. on the morning of Monday, December 17, 2018. There were 19 people on…

The Alexander County Schools system will be on a three hour delay for students, with limited bus routes, on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, according to Dr. Alisha Cloer, Executive Director of Human Resources and Auxillary Services. She noted that school staff should report at 10 a.m. Thursday. Dr. Cloer stated that if the road looks in…

Alexander County Schools will be closed for students on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. It will be an optional work day beginning at 10:00 a.m. for staff, if staffers feel safe to do so. Again, workers are urged to exercise caution when traveling and in parking lots.

The Times’ readers have generously shared their snowy photos with us in a Facebook photo album, uploaded at this link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155818085106889&type=1&l=8b46c155d3        

Alexander County Schools will be closed for students on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. It will be an optional work day beginning at 10:00 a.m. for staff, if staffers feel safe to do so. Staff are urged to exercise caution when traveling and in parking lots.  

  On Monday, December 3, 2018, at the regular meeting of the Alexander County Board of Commissioners, three people were honored with a “Key to the County” at the meeting. Ben Hines, outgoing Register of Deeds, was recognized for his 32 years of service to the county. Outgoing commissioners Milton Campbell and Josh Lail were also…

Several local elected officials took their Oaths of Office on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Alexander County, as pictured below:                      

(UPDATE: This article was edited Nov. 30 to show the correct district for which Reese filed, District 4, and Dec. 3 to reflect the election cycle). Newly elected Alexander County Board of Education member Matthew Reese has indicated he will not serve on the board, due to a technical issue. He was elected on Nov.…

An inmate, already in custody of the state prison in Taylorsville, has been arrested for allegedly sending a letter which threatened that bombs would be placed in the prison and local schools. On Thursday, November 15, 2018, the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) was notified by personnel at the Alexander Correctional Institute about a letter…