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By MICAH HENRY Sophia Kellstrom, Miss North Carolina 2025, and Zoe Charles, who is Miss Carolina Foothills 2025, came to visit Taylorsville Elementary School students on February 9. During her visit, Kellstrom talked to students about spreading kindness. One way in which Kellstrom does this is by helping and donating towards food insecurities. Kellstrom, of…

The Alexander County America 250 Committee is proud to announce the second in the series of 2026 lectures commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 179th anniversary of Alexander County. On Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. in Davis Hall of the First Baptist Church, Chuck Ketchie will relate many interesting…

A new Cost of Community Services study shows Alexander County is financially well-positioned to manage future growth, with commercial development and farmland helping offset the cost of residential services, according to a county press release. At the March 2, 2026, meeting, the Alexander County Board of Commissioners heard the study results from Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman,…

By ANGELA FARR KING The Taylorsville Town Council met on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Mayor George Holleman and Council Member Tamara Odom were absent from the meeting but there were still enough members for a quorum. The Council voted to enter into a Public Hearing to consider applying for…

Chapman retains Clerk of Court seat, Powell wins Register of Deeds primary Loudermilt, Johnson, and Reese take County Commissioner primary By MICAH HENRY There were some expected results and some upsets in Alexander County races in the March 3, 2026, Primary Election, according to unofficial results from the Alexander County Board of Elections. The turnout…

A Stony Point woman has died following a house fire in that community. Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell stated that on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at approximately 7:51 a.m., the Alexander County 911 Communications Center received a report of a residential structure fire with possible entrapment at 35 Mickey Hager MHP Drive in Stony Point.…

Cheryl W. Feimster, Director of Elections for the Alexander County Board of Elections, sent the following notice on Wednesday, February 25, 2026:

A history lecture, part of Alexander County’s America 250 events and the 179th Anniversary of Alexander County, was held on Saturday, February 21, in Davis Hall at First Baptist Church of Taylorsville. The event was the first in a series of local lectures on the history of America. Rev. Sterling Howard, President of the Alexander…

By MICAH HENRY Taylorsville resident Fleeta Mayes has had a unique health journey. She is a survivor of poliomyelitis, also known as polio, after contracting the virus as a child. The daughter of Ruben and Gracie Howell, Fleeta grew up in the Route Two area of Taylorsville. She has five siblings: Jeanette Adams, Brenda Poole,…

The Alexander County Board of Commissioners held a ceremonial note-burning to celebrate the payoff of the Thomas E. Bebber Sr. Alexander County Law Enforcement Center, officially making the county’s general fund debt-free. The final payment was made in January 2026. The law enforcement center, located at 91 Commercial Park Avenue, opened in November 2012 following…