Area News

By MICAH HENRY Clergy, community leaders, and youth encouraged all to work together to improve Alexander County during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial celebration held Monday, January 16, 2023, at Macedonia Baptist Church on NC 90 East in Taylorsville. Ms. Helen Chestnut served as Mistress of Ceremonies. The congregation joined in singing “Lift…

On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, officers with the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office arrested Marty Allen Teague, W/M, age 44 of Taylorsville, said Sheriff Chad Pennell. Teague had outstanding warrants in Alexander and Catawba counties and had made threats toward law enforcement. Teague was located at a residence on Telephone Exchange Road in the Bethlehem Community…

By ANGELA FARR KING Alexander County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Hefner truly saved the best news for last as she shared exciting news for Sugar Loaf Elementary School near the end of the monthly school board meeting on Tuesday, January 10. Hefner shared that she had received a phone call Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 p.m.…

A local woman lost her life Tuesday when her car collided with a dump truck. On Tuesday, January 10, at approximately 6:05 a.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Alexander County on NC 127 near Willie McLeod Road, according to Trooper Christopher M. Casey of the N.C. State…

Two new faces met students at Bethlehem Elementary and Ellendale Elementary schools Monday morning, January 9. Alexander County Sheriff’s Officers Trey Hefner and Buddy McKinney began working at the campuses after the schools received a state grant to help with funding, according to a press release from Alexander County Schools. North Carolina awarded $308,000 in…

A local man lost his life in a motorcycle collision with a truck this week. On Thursday, January 5, 2023, at approximately 6:40 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Alexander County on US 64 near Golf Course Lane, according to Master Trooper Jeffrey S. Swagger. A 2001…

Kiley’s Sugar Shoppe, located at 130 Main Avenue Drive in Taylorsville, held a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Despite the rain, a sizable crowd of family, friends, and customers turned out, along with Taylorsville Mayor George Holleman and Town Council members Ronnie Robinette, Jack Simms, Kenny Poole, and Kim Brown.…

Four local fire departments helped extinguish a poultry house fire on Monday, January 2, 2023, according to Alexander County Fire Marshal Mark Earle. The chicken house, located at 401 C.I. Chapman Court south of Taylorsville, is owned by Dustin Jeffrey Walker, said Earle. Walker reported the fire shortly after it began and firefighters arrived soon…

A local man lost his life in a logging accident last week. On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at around 11:49 a.m., Iredell County Emergency Communications center received a call about a logging accident near 4931 Linneys Mill Road in Union Grove, said Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell. Emergency personnel responded to the scene, which was…

A Wittenburg man lost his life while trying to rescue a dog from his burning home on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Alexander County Fire Marshal Mark Earle noted that the fire occurred at 355 River Shoals Ridge Drive off NC 16 South in Wittenburg. The blaze was reported about 11:25 a.m. Wittenburg, Taylorsville, Hiddenite, Bethlehem…