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The wind played havoc with canopies Saturday at the Downtown Hickory Farmers Market, but it didn't faze people looking for fresh produce and other wares.

What do you get when you combine bluegrass veterans with bluegrass prodigies? The answer is Generations Darin and Brooke Aldridge will perform Saturday at Mountain Home Music.

What is your reason for buying a home? Properties are often purchased as a pure investment.

Mrs. Iona Walker Grant, 98, knew just what to do with the painting of her late husband, George W. Grant, who was the proprietor of a general store near Rocky Creek in Turnersburg for 29 years and the postmaster for 21 years.

After three months of debate, Iredell County commissioners passed an ordinance Tuesday night banning panhandling within the county.

More than a dozen years ago, Pam Christopher noticed she had an ability to reel her students in with stories about her childhood.

Iredell-Statesville Schools will finally receive lottery money withheld by the state.

Hometown : Baltimore Current Members : Cris Jacobs, guitar and vocals; Kenny Liner, mandolin and vocal percussion; Ryan Porter, bass and vocals; Adam Iorfida, saxophone; Paul Weinberg, drums.

Area firefighters are stepping up to help one of their own who lost his home to fire last month.

A Southern Pines man died and two others were seriously injured in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on N.C. Highway 901 near Allen Road, west of Harmony.

Six weeks into the 2009-10 fiscal year, Iredell-Statesville Schools administrators finally have a budget.

The earliest commercial country music recordings were made in the 1920s, an era when radio and the recording industry were beginning to find their way into homes in the rural South and Midwest.

Residents of North Iredell will soon have an organization dedicated to looking out for their needs and interests.

The newest location of 1st Rx Pharmacy has the same hometown feel owner Larry Marlin's fostered during the past 17 years, but with a little more pizzazz.

Published: Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. For many years I would read the Dispatch and just scan over the editorial page.

Published: Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. For many years I would read the Dispatch and just scan over the editorial page.

The current blood supply has dropped critically low throughout the Southeast, prompting the American Red Cross to urge individuals to donate blood as soon as possible.

A traffic stop of a vehicle similar to one connected with a business break-in led to the arrest of two people.

Announcement : Gary Ferguson Makes Fifth Tour of Ireland- July 2009 BMNN wrote: on Jul.

A fire destroyed a garage and damaged a house Wednesday afternoon on Kennesaw Road north of Harmony.