Understanding what coronavirus is can help allay fear


Hearing the word “pandemic” on a daily basis can be frightening. And now that there are multiple cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 in North Carolina, what once seemed like a distant threat is creeping closer to home. But it hasn’t reached our area. At least not yet. It’s wise to be prepared for the possibility of COVID-19 cases locally. But […]

VIDEO: Irish dancers perform in downtown Mooresville

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4K6R8VQybI&feature=youtu.be Dancers from the Connick School of Irish Dance perform Saturday on Main Street after the Mooresville St. Patrick’s Day parade. Check out the little girl in the audience to the right. A potential future dancer! Video by John Deem

Lincoln County officials say they’re ‘equipped’ to ID, respond to COVID-19

With a second COVID-19 case confirmed in North Carolina, Lincoln County officials said Friday they are “alert, but not alarmed” “The Lincoln County Health Department has been coordinating with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and state and local partners to prepare for COVID-19 since Jan. 28,” the health department said in a press release. “We are asking Lincoln County […]

Three-fourths of Mooresville voters backed school bonds


Considering that Iredell’s $115 million school-bond referendum Tuesday was exclusively to fund two projects in the southern part of the county, it was no surprise that Mooresville voters were overwhelmingly supportive. While 66.5 percent of voters countywide backed the bonds – for a new Iredell-Statesville Schools high school and a Mooresville Graded School District middle school – 74.5 percent of […]

MGSD superintendent: Thank you for support of Iredell school bonds



On behalf of the Mooresville Graded School District, our Board of Education, our staff and our students, I want to take a moment to say “thank you.” Your overwhelming support for the School Bonds Referendum on March 3 was both humbling and inspiring to me as the superintendent of MGSD and as a resident of our county. You sent a […]

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