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Public officials in Statesville are “putting band-aids on surgical wounds” after a nine-year-old girl was gunned-down and killed while playing on a neighborhood sidewalk earlier this week.
“The city can revitalize downtown, but in South Statesville, they do everything half-ass; they don’t want to deal with the underlying garbage,” said Danette Glover, a lifelong resident of the neighborhood where three children were struck by bullets in two separate – but likely related – drive-by shootings on Monday.
After the murder of Mooresville K-9 Officer Jordan Sheldon, the Fraternal Order of Police leaned in with support for the fallen officer’s family and
Mooresville Police Chief Damon Williams has resigned. He submitted his letter of resignation this afternoon to Town Manager Randy Hemann, according to Kim Sellers,
Mark your calendars, Mooresville. We’re gonna have a debate!
The Scoop is partnering with YOU, the Mooresville community, to get to know our town board candidates and their platforms a bit better. We will hold a candidate forum on Thursday, Sept. 21, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Joe V. Knox Auditorium in the Charles Mack Citizens Center.
Three months ago, the town’s long-anticipated East-West Connector project was dead in the water.
Not anymore, thanks to two substantial state grants recently awarded to the town.
Town Manager Randy Hemann has submitted his resignation to Mooresville’s board of commissioners.
Because of a clause in his employment contract requiring a 60-day notice, his resignation is effective Oct. 23. In what was a very public process, Hemann was recently selected as the new city manager for Oak Ridge, TN.
Fourth graders at Coddle Creek Elementary School put Mooresville’s new mayor on the spot this week, peppering him with questions about taxes, the perks of his office and — what else? — apartments and traffic.
