Cornelius News
After crisis in DC, community gathering at 5 pm in Davidson
Update: This event has been moved online. The Ada Jenkins Center has decided it is wisest to hold it virtually. Registration is limited to the first 75 people; participants can email josh.kiser@adajenkins.org for the Zoom link. Jan. 7. By Dave Yochum. The Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson will hold a “gathering of prayer, song, and community” at […]
Mayor Washam will seek a third term. Here’s why.
By Dave Yochum. Woody Washam, a town commissioner, mayor pro tem, and chamber chairman, was almost destined to be mayor of Cornelius. It’s not that “Washam” is in four street names in Cornelius—up from two when he first was elected—the North Meck High School graduate was born and raised here, seemingly studying for the job […]
LKN protestors join demonstration in US Capital
Jan. 6. By Dave Yochum. A bus with 50 people from Lake Norman is among 65 bus loads of people from North Carolina who have descended on the US Capital to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States. None of the 50 Lake Norman protestors are in the Capitol […]
Text of Biden remarks
Jan. 6. At this hour, our democracy is under an unprecedented assault. An assault on the Capitol itself. An assault on the people’s representatives, on the police officers sworn to protect them, and the public servants who work at the heart of our Republic. An assault on the rule of law. An assault on the most […]
Gov. Cooper extends ‘stay-at-home’ order 3 more weeks
Jan. 7. By Dave Yochum. Gov. Roy Cooper extended the modified “Stay at Home” order for three more weeks. Originally set to expire on Jan. 8, the new executive order comes as the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reports record-high coronavirus numbers. Among other things, the order requires people to stay at home […]
Record coronavirus hospitalizations, 80 new deaths; clubs to reopen
Jan. 6. By Dave Yochum. There were 80 new deaths due to COVID-19 statewide, according to the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, including eight new deaths in Huntersville. Cornelius has had two new deaths related to the coronavirus this year, neither of them at AutumnCare. There have been more than 7,000 deaths statewide, […]
Angels & Sparrows provides record-breaking services in 2020
Jan. 6 The economy hasn’t recovered for our neighbors in need. In 2020, Angels & Sparrows Soup Kitchen provided a record-breaking 213,627 meals from their kitchen and pantry in Huntersville. This is a 73 percent increase over meals provided in 2019 as the number of families and scale of their need increased dramatically. “The families we serve […]
NCDHHS: Coronavirus hospitalizations rose again, new cases rose more slowly
Jan. 5. By Dave Yochum. The number of patients hospitalized with coronavirus continues to grow, with a record 3,781 COVID-19 patients statewide, according to the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services. That’s up 74 percent from one month ago. There were 55 new deaths, for a total of 6,996 statewide since the outbreak began […]
Medical office building planned for N. Zion Ave.
Jan. 5. The first public hearing concerning a proposed one story 16,000 square foot office/medical building near Antiquity drew no opposition at a Town Board meeting last night. MVP Properties of Charlotte is seeking to develop approximately 1.76 acres located at 20042 North Zion Ave. The building, to be known as the North Zion Medical, […]
Board splits 3-2 over cell tower
Jan. 5. The Cornelius Town Board voted 3-2 to allow a 199-foot cell phone tower to be erected near Jetton Road at the entrance to the Lake Norman Cove neighborhood. The vote last night followed a lengthy series of public hearings during which numerous residents, along with Commissioners Jim Duke and Denis Bilodeau, expressed concerns […]
