Cornelius News
New sinkhole closes Old Canal in Antiquity
Nov. 24. Barricades are blocking Old Canal Street in Antiquity after another sinkhole has appeared alongside a busy street that connects South Street in Davidson to Main Street in Cornelius. The sinkhole in the Antiquity subdivision has been temporarily filled with gravel. The 8- to 10-foot hole is adjacent to the pavement, not in the […]
Light Up Cornelius starts at 4 pm downtown
The weather outside was frightful this morning, but it will be fine by the time Light Up Cornelius gets under way in downtown Cornelius late this afternoon. The annual Christmas tree lighting on the lawn behind Cornelius Town Hall is a town tradition. The National Weather Service says precipitation ends early this afternoon; the high […]
Cornelius fraudster Rich Davis checks into prison in Alabama
By Dave Yochum. Velveeta is $2.95, Vienna sausages are $2.55 and Spam is 90 cents at the Montgomery Air Force Base Federal Prison Camp, which Richard Wyatt Davis Jr. now calls home. Davis, 42, lived the high life in a 5,800-square-foot lakefront mansion on Belle Isle Drive. Now he’s prisoner No. 33303-058 in Alabama. His […]
Peninsula Community Foundation grant
The Peninsula Community Foundation approved a $4,000 grant to Live Healthy Carolinas, a Davidson-based charity that provides holistic education to reverse and prevent disease. The grant will go towards materials to support the Live Healthy Kids program at Lake Norman Charter School. It teaches children healthy habits through hands-on cooking, nutrition lessons, and physical activities. The […]
Cool fall weather on Thanksgiving, tree-lighting Saturday
Look for great Cornelius weather on Thanksgiving Eve and Turkey Day itself. The weather will be sunnuy both days with hights around 53 or 55 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Friday will be a much more chilly, no more than 45 degrees, according to NWS. Showers come in Friday night and stay with us […]
Town Board OKs Charter Cornelius project in 4-1 vote
Nov. 20. By Dave Vieser. The days are numbered for that 11-acre stand of pine trees between Knox Road and West Catawba. In a 4-1 decision, the Cornelius Town Board approved the rezoning of prime commercial land Monday evening to allow the construction of retail and office buildings. The approval followed a two-hour public […]
Police identify students in Bailey Road crash
Nov. 19. Cornelius Police have released the names of two high school students involved in a fatal one-car crash Saturday evening on Bailey Road well east of the hairpin turn. Police say Andres Morales, a student at Hopewell High, was killed. The driver, Grant Geis, is in critical condition at CMC Main. Police said the […]
Arrivederci Pizza Hut; Starbucks will move
Nov. 19. The old Pizza Hut on West Catawba Avenue has been demolished to make way for a new 3,237 square foot Starbucks, complete with a drive through. Said to be one of the largest Starbucks’ in the country, the new facility will replace their current location on One Norman Boulevard and West Catawba. […]
New retail on W. Catawba is one of several on drawing board
Nov. 14. By Dave Vieser. A few days before the Cornelius Town Board is scheduled to vote on rezoning 11 acres between Catawba Avenue and Knox Road for a major retail center, a different developer is proposing another new project just to the east. The new project, referred to as the “20151 West Catawba Avenue […]
Cornelius QuikTrip: At a crossroads
By Dave Vieser. QuikTrip’s arrival in Cornelius has been anything but quick: Efforts to reach a consensus on the intersection of Hwy. 21 and Catawba Avenue have gone in circles. Now QT says it may lease the forlorn property rather than redevelop it. Officials at QuikTrip as well as Cashion’s and nearby businesses oppose the […]
