Iredell County News

During a special meeting Friday morning, Iredell County commissioners heard mostly good news regarding the state of the county's coffers.

The Iredell County Sheriff's Office arrested Matthew Marek, of Statesville, in connection with a rash of vehicle break-ins on Bethesda and Treeline roads.

A recount of the Mooresville mayoral votes Thursday morning affirmed Chris Montgomery's election, two days after he and At-Large Commissioner candidate Rhett Dusenbury ousted two town incumbents.

Evelyn Smith is rightfully terrified of fire. A fire destroyed her home when she was a teenager and, a few years later, she and her children survived a fiery car crash.

A Statesville man was charged with stealing antique engines and other items during a home break-in in August.

A 20-year-old Troutman man faces charges of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

Funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are funding projects in 11 North Carolina counties -- locally in Rockingham and Yadkin counties.

Iredell County resident Jonathan E. Fultz died of injuries sustained from a single vehicle wreck in Rowan County on Saturday.

A championship rodeo belt buckle was stolen from a Mooresville-area home in September and authorities are seeking information about its whereabouts.

One of the most vital cogs in a new initiative to fight crime is now in place. The community coordinator position was deemed the key to making the Statesville-Iredell Gang Initiative viable.

Statesville city leaders are hopeful they will be able to come to a resolution with a man whose home, located in one of the city's historic districts, has fallen into disrepair.

Three Mooresville residents have been charged with multiple break-ins of vehicles in the Mooresville area.

MOORESVILLE a ' State Rep. Grey Mills said his first session in the North Carolina General Assembly was an education in how government works.

The majority of the witnesses to testify Thursday at the first-degree murder trial of Al Bellamy were law enforcement officers.

The only pieces of evidence connecting a Statesville man with a 2004 murder are a phone call and his presence near the scene.

Two men were captured escaping from a home after breaking in on a woman and her infant child, authorities said.

Iredell County's teenage pregnancy rate went down in 2008, even though more teenagers became pregnant.

The Republican field of candidates vying for the North Carolina 10th Congressional District seat continues to grow.

Some people waited for hours to get the swine flu vaccine Tuesday in Mooresville.

A nursing pin, a scarf and a teddy bear are small reminders of lives lost to family violence in Iredell County in recent years.