Mooresville News

Through Aug. 31, office hours for Town Hall, Public Services and Recreation Administration will be Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Fridays 8-11:30 a.m. "Last year, the Town tested a four day work week with extended hours," said Public Information Officer Kim Sellers.

Mooresville commissioners have approved two contracts that will get construction going on the proposed Fire Training Facility for the Mooresville Fire & Rescue Department.

The state showed a dramatic drop in the amount of garbage put in landfills during the fiscal year of 2010-11, largely attributed to increases in community recycling efforts.

Workers with Schafer Manufacturing Co. of Mooresville placed a 45-foot steeple atop of Southside Baptist Church last Thursday morning.

Crider's Photography will open a new chapter in its history in June when Phillip Crider takes the reins of the family-owned studio and opens its new location in Mooresville.

The Defense Department school system is issuing laptops to students in select schools, hoping the pilot program will match the success of similar programs in state schools that have made steady gains in student achievement.

During their time together at Southview Christian Academy, the class of 2012 did more than take notes and attend classes.

Davidson won't have to dip into its fund balance for the next fiscal year since a new agreement with Mooresville will reduce its contributions to MI-Connection, the broadband cable company the towns own.

An austere economy welcomed Sinners and Saints Tattoos when it opened in February 2010.

Steve Allen Dial, 47, of East Fifth Street, was charged with breaking and entering after police found him under the carport of the vacant home at North Cedar Street, according to the report.

Iredell County Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Garland Cloer said two children spotted smoke coming from the clubhouse on Grand Bay Drive just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and notified a parent.

Agents with Lake Norman Realty Inc. have fetched a high price on a Mooresville mansion for property owner BB&T Corp.

During the quarterly meeting of the Tourism Partnership of Surry County on Wednesday, the board agreed to go ahead with a proposal to have the group look into partnering with county municipalities to create a new map that would have a map of Surry County on one side and a map of each municipality on the back.

Two Mooresville businesses are in the running for the 2012 Small Business of the Year award, to be presented Thursday by the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce.

The home dcor and craft store, built by developer Magnolia Property Group, will be adjacent to Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse store on N.C. 150.

I am not an airplane expert, but there's a museum in Charlotte that is surely be a history buff's dream stop.

Mooresville property owners will see a three-cent tax rate hike during the coming fiscal year -- equivalent to $45 on a home worth $150,000 -- if town commissioners approve the proposed 2012-13 town budget.

Known as Chateau Lyon, the French inspired mansion is one of only four homes on the point of the gated Alexander Island neighborhood in Mooresville.

Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse has come under fire after the retail company pulled advertisements from TLC's reality show, "All-American Muslim." The ads were pulled after the Florida Family Association claimed that "TLC's 'All-American Muslim' is propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties ... (more)

Jackie Rummage stroked the muzzle of her beloved stallion, Soul Seeker Skatz, and grinned as friend Howard Overcash teased her about the horse being like her baby.