Due to a water main break, traffic flow this afternoon will be impacted at Alexander Central High School, Taylorsville Elementary, and Alexander County Student Success Center . Southbound traffic ...

Please be advised that there will be Sheriff’s Office training taking place today in the area of Scotty’s Hometown Grill. There will be an increased presence of law enforcement ...

On September 2, 2026, at approximately 10:26 p.m., deputies with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting involving two individuals at a ...

A woman is being held in Alexander County custody having been arrested in April for trafficking drugs. Shana McKinsey Patton, age 24, of Playmore Beach RD., Lenoir is charged with felony ...

Thursday, September 3rd. Day 246 of 2026 It’s Skyscraper Day and Yogurt Day 1783: The American Revolutionary War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom ...

A Granite Falls woman has been sentenced to more than five years in prison following a Caldwell County methamphetamine trafficking investigation. 37-year-old Heather Marie Payne was sentenced in ...

Work is underway at Central Park, the home of Alexander Central Softball. Demolition began today on a section of old concrete bleachers that date back to the 1950’s when it was the football ...

A man listed on the sex-offender registry has been arrested in Catawba County. 38-year-old Joseph Benjamin Glenn, Lucky LN, Newton, was taken into custody on Monday by the Catawba County Sheriff’s ...

Justin Allan Little, age 37, of Ralph Little RD., Taylorsville was detained on Monday. He is being held without bond in the Alexander County Detention on two-counts of felony probation violation.

A missed court date has resulted in the arrest of Stony Point man. On Tuesday, 56-year-old William Herbert Pennell III of Lodge Hill Court was detained for failure to appear related to an April ...

Gary L Herman During a special work session on Monday, August 31, Alexander County Commissioners heard from Planning Director Patrick Creech regarding proposed text amendments to the county’s Land ...

Alexander County offices will be closed Monday, September 7 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The landfill, convenience sites, and county parks will operate on a regular schedule.