IredellBUZZ

Lois Starrette Poston recalled the many trips she made as a child, from her house on North Center Street to downtown Statesville, to spend a day in “the city” buying candy and window shopping.
“It was only a mile, but we were outside the city limits then,” said Poston, 83, during an Open House at the renovated City Hall building Sunday afternoon. “I’d go to Candyland, that was a store just down the street, and I come here to buy stamps. They were 3 cents then.”

After having a difficult time finding online info about the Greenway, Bill Day created a website, statesvillegreenways.org, about a month ago as a resource center for the trails.

 While the technology for their print shop has changed, the family behind Bec-Car Printing on Davie Avenue believe that sometimes, the old-fashioned way is still the best way to do business.

South Iredell I.B. student Morgan Richard, 16, shaves her head and inspires others to cut hair to help benefit Pantene's Beautiful Lengths where 25 or more girls from 4 to 47 years old donated their h

When the newest addition to their canine family, Douglas, began limping a few weeks ago, the Wibergs knew something would have to be done, and they knew surgery might be the only way to heal Douglas’ problem.

A retired fire truck belonging to Lake Norman Fire Department will soon be sporting a new coat of pink paint in an effort to raise funds for women’s cancer research.

Mooresville police are seeking a man who robbed a First Citizens Bank branch early Friday evening.

Statesville High School junior Labreia Williams’ life changed forever the moment she woke Monday morning.

It was earlier than usual, about 5 a.m., and the blanket on her bed was in flames.

Sparked by reality television shows and an economy that just doesn’t seem to want to turn around, the so-called “coupon craze” is leading some otherwise honest people to cross the line when it comes to getting their hands on those treasured coupons.

Scott Bush took several steps to keep his heart in good condition. He ate the right foods, exercised at the YMCA or on his bike every morning and had regular physicals with his family doctor.

Coming to Sunday's edition: Susie Wiberg’s dog Douglas underwent stem cell therapy. The cells were harvested from the dogs own fat tissue and injected back in to treat his hip dysplasia. Hip dysplasia is when the hip socket is abnormally developed and cause severe crippling and painful arthritis of the joints.

Troutman Police Department is searching for a suspect who exposed himself to a clerk at the Mystic Gas Station in Troutman on Jan. 27.

Former state representative Karen Ray said Friday she will seek the Republican nod for the new 44th District N.C. Senate seat.

Pit bulls in Iredell County are getting a second chance, thanks to a large PetSmart Charities Grant awarded to the Humane Society of Iredell County.

Those who have walked along Center Street in downtown Statesville over the last six weeks or so have likely noticed a number of large pots. Those same folks have, no doubt, have also made note of the fact that those pots are empty.

A Burlington woman, wanted for defrauding people of $1.6 million in the past three years, was arrested Monday at a family member’s home in Mooresville.

A registered sex offender was arrested after authorities said he attended a middle school wrestling practice.

After a year of changes, an air of excitement and unity surrounds the congregation of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church as it prepares to welcome its new pastor.

Calls promising prizes like a new car and large sums of money are a scam, which the Statesville Police Department says is a lesson learned the hard way by one local family.

Down among the dust in the basement of the Iredell County Public Library, history is preserved.