A lot has changed since the last post I typed for my blog, The Gatton Report, several years ago. But a lot has also
Ron Campurciani followed his gut – and his heart – to Mooresville. The interim police chief from Massachusetts took over the town’s embattled police
On May 4, 2019, a family lost a beloved son, brother, fiancé – and Mooresville lost one of its finest and bravest.
To mark one year since K9 Officer Jordan Sheldon was killed in the line of duty, a small group of area residents is urging the community to honor the fallen officer by supporting an effort his family says would have meant the world to him.
Mooresville will have a contested mayor’s race this fall. At-large Commissioner Bobby Compton threw his name in the hat when filing opened earlier today
WBTV Reporter Nick Ochsner says he will withdraw his request to the courts for Mooresville K9 Officer Jordan Sheldon’s body-cam video footage of the
As Iredell County braces for an expected surge in Covid-19 diagnoses, many local residents and businesses are rolling up their sleeves, showing what community is all about.
Across the nation and in Iredell, first responders and healthcare providers face a severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), including face masks (especially N-95s), protective eyewear (such as safety goggles), plastic face shields and gloves.
Journalists aren’t above the law, but neither should the law — and those who enforce it — go out of its way to target us.
It should perhaps come as no surprise, though, that that’s what’s happening in Mooresville.
I’ve lived in my home in downtown Mooresville for 20 years. Until a few years ago, I never had any issues. Then the land behind my house was cleared, two homes were built, and a couple relocated to Mooresville and into one of those homes.
As cases of the coronavirus rise in Iredell County, don’t expect to be told the specific area of the county’s new diagnoses.
That would risk identifying a patient … and that is illegal, said Iredell County Health Director Jane Hinson.
Hinson cited Iredell’s size as the reason health officials here – unlike in other counties – don’t offer more detailed information about general locations of diagnoses. “The risk of identification related to the sharing of cities and zip codes is much greater in Iredell County than it is in a county with a population of greater than a million people,” she wrote in an email to the Scoop this week.
