Cornelius News
Monument Association ‘exploring all options to protect and save’ Confederate statue
June 12. By Dave Yochum. The Mt. Zion Monument Association has responded to the request to move the Confederate Monument from the front lawn of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, saying members will explore “all options available to protect and save this significant part of the history of Mecklenburg County and the state of North […]
Spikes in new COVID cases continue, testing climbs
June 12. By Dave Yochum. The numbers are not going in the right direction: Mecklenburg County and the State of North Carolina both had big increases overnight in the number of coronavirus cases since the NC outbreak began in March. Statewide cases rose 1,768 in today’s noontime report from the NC Dept. of Health & […]
Town budget hearing is Monday evening
June 12. By Dave Vieser. If you wish to comment in person on the proposed 2021 budget, Monday evenings meeting at Town Hall begins at 7 pm. Just don’t expect to hang around too long. While the Town Board and staff will be in the Assembly Room, citizen speakers will only be allowed to come […]
Bookmark this: Cornelius Library is open
June 12. Browsing for books is still online, but once you place a hold on your good summer read, you can pick it up at the branch on Catawba Avenue. The Cornelius branch, along with all county library branches, is now open with limited services 9 am – 8 pm Monday to Thursday, and 9 […]
Pastors of historic Cornelius church will ask for removal of Confederate Monument
June 11. By Dave Yochum. As Confederate monuments re-emerge as a flash point after George Floyd’s death, it appears leaders of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Cornelius will formally request that a 110-year old Confederate statue and pedestal be removed from the front lawn of the historic church. The Rev. Jonathan Marlowe, co-senior pastor […]
New COVID cases still climbing, hospitalizations up
June 11. By Dave Yochum. North Carolina’s coronavirus new daily case count broke through the 1,000 mark again, this time with 1,310 new cases for a total of 39,481. Cornelius Today is tracking pandemic data from NC Dept. of Health & Human Services and Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Based on JHU data, the median number […]
Face masks will be the law in Orange County NC
June 11. Mecklenburg County has some of the fastest growing numbers of positive COVID-19 cases in the country, but face masks are not the norm at major local grocery stores in Cornelius. We visited Food Lion, Harris Teeter and Publix yesterday and today; the majority of shoppers were not wearing masks. Meanwhile, Orange County, home […]
Town Hall reopening with precautions June 15
June 11. Closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus, Cornelius Town Hall begins a phased reopening Monday, June 15. Much of the town hall staff will return to the Catawba Avenue building next week, which will be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized on a daily basis. The opening also clears the way for an […]
Chemical agents: Violent protests force the issue
June 10. By Dave Yochum. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is removing tear gas from its list of allowable uses of force to quell riots and out-of-control crowds. The use of chemical irritants such as tear gas especially during times of civil unrest has been a standard for law enforcement as a less-than-lethal use of […]
NC COVID-19 hospitalizations climb again
June 10. UPDATED. By Dave Yochum. A few days after Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, called state health officials about our worsening COVID-19 data, the NC Dept. of Health and Human Services reported 1,011 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, and 24 new deaths. Meanwhile, the number of hospitalized due to […]
