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Aquesta reports sharply higher earnings
Jan. 16 Aquesta Financial Holdings, the parent company of Aquesta Bank, reported record earnings and loan growth for the fourth quarter of 2018 as well as the full year. The Cornelius-based bank reported net income of $942,000 compared to $204,000 during the last quarter of 2017. For the full year 2018, net income was $4.2 […]
Power outage near sub-station on Jetton
Jan. 15. UPDATE 915 pm. Duke Power is reporting some 363 customers in Cornelius are without power because of “required equipment maintenance.” Power went off in an area between the Lake Norman Cove at Jetton townhomes, parts of Edinburgh Square and Ramsey Creek Park on Nantz Road soon after 5 pm. While residents are questioning […]
Three more officers promoted
Jan. 15. With Kevin Black rising to Chief of Police in Cornelius, three other officers are on the rise: Major David Baucom began his career in law enforcement with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office in December of 1992 and came to work for the Cornelius Police Department in April of 1999. He has worked assignments […]
Tricia Sisson will chair LKN Chamber in 2019
A name from Cornelius business and local GOP politics will be front and center at the Chamber of Commerce in 2019. Tricia Sisson, who ran for Cornelius Town Board in 2017, will officially take over the chamber’s volunteer reins on Friday. The chamber has close to 900 members, about the same as 2017. “Our goal […]
Weather looks interesting tonight into Sunday
Jan. 12. It looks like temperatures will be at or above freezing in Lake Norman while precipitation falls this afternoon and on into tonight and Sunday. The National Weather Service says we’ll see a “slight chance of snow and sleet between 3 pm and 4 pm, then a slight chance of sleet after 4 pm.” Temps […]
Bullying, violence in schools highlight need for foundation
Jan. 9. By Dave Yochum. There have been at least three deaths by suicide this year of a child younger than 12 who had been harassed or bullied by peers. Bullying ruins lives. An attorney for the 16-year-old suspect in the on-campus shooting death of a fellow Butler High School student said the suspect was the […]
Town board OKs rezoning on Hill St.
Jan. 8. By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius Town Board unanimously OK’d an amendment to the Smithville Land Use Plan which will remove the neighborhood commercial designation for properties on the west side of South Hill. The change, which takes effect immediately, gained unanimous approval from the Planning Board in October. The community requested the change, […]
New Cornelius Police Chief ready to roll
By Dave Yochum. From starting salaries to benefits, the Cornelius Police Dept. has been behind the eight ball around bringing new talent on board. A citizen committee appointed by Mayor Woody Washam says starting pay for the officers who lay their lives on the line for the rest of us is almost $5,000 less than […]
Will potholes be the least of our worries on I-77?
Some of the more than 800 documented problems with the I-77 toll lane construction will not be fixed prior to the opening of the toll lanes—and none of the lanes will open in 2018 after all. Cornelius resident Michelle Ferlauto did a public records request a year ago for all construction related non-compliance events, unearthing […]
How dry we aren’t: Wet winter precipitates lots of problems
By Dave Vieser. If it seems like 2018 was a really wet year, you’re right. Precipitation totals from not just around the lake but the entire state are reaching or surpassing record levels at many locations. And January 2019, at least thus far, has been just as rainy. It’s an El Nino year, which could—emphasize the […]
