Cornelius News
Siren song: If it seems quieter, it’s because it is
Aug. 31. By Dave Vieser. There’s been a 40 percent drop in the number of rescue calls handled by the Cornelius Lemley Fire Department. It’s not that the populace is more healthy. Rather the department has been following a countywide procedure which has fire departments holding back on responding unless the call is very serious. […]
LKN Chrysler Dodge Jeep is new PARCplus community sponsor
Aug. 31. Lake Norman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram is the new community sponsor of the PARCplus remote learning program in Town Hall. For elementary students in grades 1-5, it’s an extension of PARC’s Summer Day Camp. The full-day experience blends each child’s online school curriculum with full-day supervision and fun, camp-like activities. Eligible students include […]
2020 National Night Out neighborhood registration
Aug. 31. The Cornelius Police Department and Cornelius PARC Department will be hosting a Parade of Lights for National Night Out on Tuesday, October 6 from 5 pm – 8 pm. National Night Out is normally held on the first Tuesday in August when residents have an opportunity to meet Local Public Safety Officers and […]
Loaves & Fishes notified of data security breach
Aug. 31. Tina Postel, executive director of Loaves & Fishes, announced Loaves & Fishes was recently informed of a data security incident by one of its third-party service providers, Blackbaud. Blackbaud is one of the world’s largest providers of constituent relationship management systems, providing donor record-keeping for hundreds of foundations, health care organizations and non-profit […]
Will he budge? Community leaders sign open letter calling for removal of monument
Aug. 28. By Dave Yochum. A wide variety of elected officials, church leaders and community leaders have signed an open letter to the Mt. Zion Monumental Association that maintains the Confederate Monument facing Zion Avenue in Cornelius, asking them to remove the statue as soon as possible. The letter says the “reckoning happening across our […]
Weekly median of new cases still running ahead of past month’s
Aug. 28. By Dave Yochum. The number of new cases off the coronavirus rose by 1,415 in today’s NC Dept. of Health & Human Services report, down from the past month’s high of 2,091 new cases yesterday. The previous August high, 2,008 new cases, was set on Friday last week. Meanwhile, the state’s median number […]
Modern Dad: Babies can escalate quickly
Aug. 28. By Jon Show. Our neighbors, The Crossfit Couple, are expecting their first child this month. I use the word child because they didn’t find out the gender in advance, which is a practice I don’t understand. I nursed a two-month-long anxiety attack until we found out what we were having—a boy the first […]
Police blotter: Incidents, arrests, citations reported by the Cornelius Police Department; Aug. 27
Incidents Incident Nature Incident address Reported Disposition Victim/Complainant 200819085 B&E Vehicle 19417 Ruffner Dr 11:19:00 08/19/20 ASN Sutphin, David 200819137 B&E Vehicle 18708 Ronceverte Dr 17:07:00 08/19/20 ASN Day, Kera & John 200819155 Larceny 8725 Creek Trail Ln 20:00:00 08/19/20 ASN Phillips, Annette 200819161 Larceny 8725 Creek Trail Ln 20:35:00 08/19/20 ASN Gupta, Arpit 200820072 […]
New COVID cases climb statewide, as hospitalizations fall; positive test rate exceeds 8%
Aug. 27. By Dave Yochum. The number of new cases of the coronavirus jumped by 2,091 in today’s NC Dept. of Health & Human Services report. It’s up from 1,244 new cases yesterday and the August high of 2,008 set on Friday last week. Meanwhile, the state’s median number of daily cases over the past […]
Newest road in Cornelius, Nannie Potts Lane, opens with ribbon-cutting, family, officials
Aug. 27. By Dave Yochum. As a deer bolted from one side of Nannie Potts Lane to the other, town officials and members and friends of the Potts family dedicated Cornelius’ newest road, one that will ultimately help connect Hwy 21 to Hwy 115/Main Street, south of Catawba Avenue. The road is named for the […]
