Lake Norman area conference tournament schedule update

Here are the upcoming postseason games for lake-area schools, weather permitting. I-Meck 4A Vance High School, Charlotte Boys Semifinals, Friday, Feb. 21 (2) Vance vs. (3) West Charlotte, 6 p.m. (1) North Meck vs. (4) Hough, 7 p.m. Girls Finals, Saturday, Feb. 22 Vance vs. Mallard Creek, 1 p.m. Boys Finals, Saturday, Feb. 22 Vance/West Charlotte winner vs. North Meck/Hough […]

Denver Citizen – Feb. 21-27, 2020

Mooresville Citizen – Feb. 21-27, 2020

These Denver-area churches are holding Ash Wednesday services

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season on the Christian calendar as a time of repentance and prayer. In many churches, parishioners are marked on their foreheads with ashes in the shape of a cross. The season, 46 days or roughly six weeks, ends on Easter Sunday, April 12. Here are local Ash Wednesday services on Feb. 26: […]

Denver-Lincoln County community calendar – Week of Feb. 21

Feb. 21 Haunted Souls What: Latta Plantation hosts a candlelight ghost tour through the historic home, followed by hot chocolate and cookies fireside. Guests will experience Victorian-era mourning customs while listening to real accounts of ghostly tales from present and past staff, volunteers and visitors. When: Tours run hourly from 6-10 p.m. Where: Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville Details: […]

Postseason breakdown: East Lincoln boys, both Lincoln Charter teams rolling

South Fork 2A – Boys After winning the conference the last two seasons, East Lincoln took a small step back and finished as runners-up to Lake Norman Charter. Besides LNC, the Mustangs’ (21-4, 12-2) only South Fork loss came to Newton-Conover and East more than held its own against a tough non-conference schedule against teams from 3A and 4A classifications. […]

Mooresville, Davidson look to finalize boundaries


  MOORESVILLE – Preparing for development proposals that seem certain as death, taxes and unpredictable weather – and securing jurisdiction on properties they want the power to control – Mooresville and Davidson are closing in an agreement defining the border of utility service and annexation authorities along the N.C. 115 corridor. At the Davidson town board Feb. 11 session, Town […]

Atrium altercation leads to teen’s plea deal


LINCOLNTON – A deputy is no longer with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and a teen has accepted a plea deal more than two months after an altercation at Atrium Health-Lincoln. On Dec. 8 at around midnight, Jessica Long took her 16-year-old son to the emergency room at Atrium Health-Lincoln because he was acting unusually.  When they arrived at the […]

East Lincoln’s Tadlock rises in face of toughest competition


DENVER – When it comes to needing a basket, there’s little question who’s getting the ball for East Lincoln. But just because opposing teams are prepared for Brianna Tadlock to get her number called, that doesn’t mean they can necessarily prevent a basket. And when the competition is at its highest, the Mustangs’ senior guard often shines the brightest. She’s […]

Denver-Lincoln County obituaries – Week of Feb. 21

Patricia Jordan Lail IRON STATION – Patricia “Patty” Jordan Lail, 61, died Feb. 15, 2020. She was born June 4, 1958, to the late Gilbert and Ruby Jordan. Survivors include her children, Krista Lail Wingate and husband, Jason, and Chad Austin Lail and wife, Haili; brother, Randy Jordan of Troutman; and five grandchildren. Services will be held privately at a […]