Area News

The Alexander County NAACP will hold the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Monday, January 20, 2025, at 12 noon. The celebration will be held at Macedonia Baptist Church, 1451 NC Hwy. 90 East, Taylorsville. Alexander NAACP President Rev. Sterling Howard invites the public to attend. The guest speaker is Mr. Eric Todd…

By ANGELA FARR KING The Alexander County Board of Education met on Monday, January 13, 2025, for their regularly scheduled meeting. After working on the upcoming school calendar for months the County Calendar Committee posted two calendar choices on the Alexander County Schools Webpage one month ago for public awareness and for public comments. Those…

Human remains were located in an unexpected place this week, said Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell. On Monday, January 13, 2025, at around 5:49 p.m., two local duck hunters scouting an area located human remains. The remains were in a wooded area around the 1600 block of Hwy. 16 North, in Taylorsville. Deputies secured the…

The Alexander County Schools will operate on a two hour delay on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.

Alexander County District Court and the Clerk of Court office will be on a two hour delay on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Alexander County Schools will have a virtual learning day for students on Monday, January 13, 2025.

  Alexander County is now under a Winter Weather Warning due to expected winter weather from tomorrow afternoon (Jan. 10, 2025) into Saturday morning (Jan. 11, 2025). The timing remains consistent, with precipitation beginning between 1 PM and 3 PM on Friday, intensifying around 4 PM, and continuing through Saturday morning. Updated forecasts show increased…

Alexander County District and Magistrate Small Claims Court will start at normal time on January 10, 2025, but will go no later than 12 noon. The Alexander County Clerk’s Office will be open at 8 a.m. subject to close if/when the snow starts, according to Clerk of Court Edwin Chapman.

With winter weather and frozen precipitation moving in, Alexander County Schools will have a virtual learning day on Friday, January 10, 2025. Students will be given directions for assignments from their teachers. Principals will guide staff for the working day options, according to Dr. Denita Dowell-Reavis, Director of Communications, Testing and Accountability, and Advanced Programs…

By ANGELA FARR KING The Taylorsville Town Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. The Council entered into a Public Hearing to consider the annexation of 83.854 acres of property located to the east of Happy Plains Road and encompasses the lands of Martha G. Stikeleather. The…