COVID-19 cluster at Denver daycare; county cases accelerate Five employees and two children at a Denver daycare center have tested positive for COVID-19, state health officials announced Friday. The cases are at Mini Academy Childcare Center on Unity Church Road, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ twice-weekly report on COVID-19 clusters in childcare and...

Lou Sullivan – 1934-2020: ‘She poured out her heart’ MOORESVILLE – Lou Ellen Brooks Sullivan died sitting near her husband in the serene setting of the sun porch of their beloved Lake Norman home on Sept. 17, 2020, nine days shy of her 86th birthday. A wife and partner to Leonard Holmes Sullivan for 67 years, “Mom” to three...

Iredell’s latest per-capita COVID-19 numbers among state’s best Iredell’s growth in new COVID-19 cases has slowed by more than one-third over the past three weeks, and its per-capita rate of newly reported positive tests is among the lowest in North Carolina, according to public health data. The September trends are a continuation of improvements in Iredell’s COVID-19 numbers...

Cooper: Elementary schools can return to full on-campus instruction Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that public elementary schools in North Carolina can return to full-time classroom instruction beginning Oct. 5. It will be up to individual school districts to decide whether to have all students on campus at the same time, stagger attendance to allow for additional social...

Last stand for Brevard’s Chapel United Methodist DENVER – Growing up, Charlotte native L’Tanya Perry and her family went to Brevard’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Denver every week for worship services. Now, the 150-year-old congregations that one of her ancestors helped found could become the property of another church. Brevard’s Chapel was built in the early...

Sally expected to drop 3-5 inches of rain in Lake Norman area The Lake Norman area is under a flash flood watch through 8 a.m. Friday as remnants of what was Hurricane Sally move into the region. The National Weather Service predicts 3 to 5 inches of rain in the area Thursday and Thursday night, with as much as 8 inches possible...

Davidson annexes property on south, east sides of town DAVIDSON – The town is poised to add 54 acres to its corporate limits on Oct. 1 through two annexations of properties targeted for residential development. By identical 4-1 votes at its Sept. 8 meeting – with Commissioner David Sitton opposed in each case – the Davidson town board approved...

Mobile fitness franchise hopes to capitalize on trends MOORESVILLE – In a year of transformation in the fitness world, a growing business model may be entering the Lake Norman area at just the right time. Mooresville residents Ethan and Amy Jarrett are the local franchise owners of GYMGUYZ, a mobile fitness company that’s the fifth fastest-growing franchise in...

‘Gathering on the Green’ concerts set for golf course A new Our Town Stage concert series, “Gathering on the Green,” will premiere at the Mooresville Golf Club on Sept. 25 with a socially distanced format. The first show in the series will feature “Thurston Howell, the Yacht Rock Spectacular.” The name, of course, will be recognizable to fans of...