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SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN JAN. 11 FOLLOWING SNOW STORM Alexander County Schools will open on a two-hour delay for students and staff on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, according to Dr. Bill Griffin, Executive Director of Auxiliary Services for the school system. However, Catawba Valley Community College will operate on a normal schedule Wednesday, January 11, according to…

  Alexander County Schools will be closed for students again on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Tuesday will also be an optional teacher workday; they will report on a 2-hour delay, according to Dr. Bill Griffin, Executive Director of Auxiliary Services for the school system.

Readers of The Taylorsville Times took a moment to share some photos with The Times. You can view them on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154143757891889.1073741878.358352541888&type=1&l=d76f728e60 If you would like to share your snow day photos, email them with “Snow” in the subject line to: [email protected] and be sure to include names for the people pictured.

Alexander County Schools will be closed for students on Monday, January 9, due to road conditions, according to Dr. Bill Griffin, Executive Director of Auxiliary Services. Teachers and staff will report for a workday, on a two hour delay. Facebook users reported to The Times that various areas of Alexander County received between 8 to…

A Stony Point family lost their belongings in a house fire on Friday, Dec. 30. According to Stony Point Volunteer Dept. Chief Scotty Abernathy, the fire call was received Friday at 12:30 p.m. to the residence, located at 919 Drumstand Road, which is the home of Timothy and Jennifer Waldrup. At least one resident was…

Firefighters and police officers quickly responded to a Taylorsville home which was threatened by a grass fire on Thursday, Dec. 22. The mobile home, located on Lewittes Road, had been approached just inches away by flames on two sides. An elderly woman was evacuated from the home by Taylorsville Police officers. Taylorsville, Hiddenite, and Stony…

CUTTING WOOD FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T  — When members of the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office heard about local elderly and disabled residents who heat with wood stoves, the men wanted to help. Taylorsville resident Paul Warren donated several felled trees to the cause, and the off-duty deputies of Sheriff Chris Bowman joined together to split…

Second Annual Old Fashioned Christmas continues Dec. 16-17 The Taylorsville Old Fashioned Christmas event, presented by the Taylorsville Apple Festival, Inc., is back for its second year through Saturday, Dec. 17, in downtown Taylorsville. This Yuletide event will feature ice skating in town Friday, Dec. 16, from 12 noon to 9 p.m., as well as…

Investigators are probing a fire which caused about $6,000 damage to the Stony Point Post Office about midnight on Sunday morning, December 11. The fire was reported about 12:24 a.m. on Sunday. Stony Point, Hiddenite, and Taylorsville fire departments rushed to the scene. According to the Fire Marshal’s Office, the small blaze is believed to…

The Alexander County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged Robbie Loyd Wike, age 45 of Taylorsville. Wike is charged with 25 counts of First Degree Statutory Sex Offense. The incidents occurred in the Bethlehem Community. The victim was under the age of 12. Bond was set at $1,000,000. A first appearance has been set for December…