Taylorsville

The suspect charged with the fatal shooting of an Alexander County man has been indicted by a Catawba County Grand Jury. 85-year-old Willard Gary Black of Hickory is charged with the murder of 59-year-old Robert Roger Arguelles of Taylorsville. Arguelles was shot multiple times at the Old Hickory Tannery on the afternoon of June 17. […]

On Tuesday, July 7th, Benny Dale Laney Sr. was sentenced to serve 70-93 months in the NC Department of Adult Corrections for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. In April of 2025, Laney age 57 of Hudson, was involved in an incident in Lenoir where he was found by Caldwell […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: JULY 8, 2026 The Taylorsville Times’ “Local Lens: Readers’ Photo of the Week” features one picture of local interest in each issue, submitted by a reader. People (with their permission) are shown in their daily activities or special events, pets, farm animals, wildlife, flowers, remarkable sunrises, sunsets, or other suitable pictures…

Troyer wins $1,000 Shopping Spree     Buy Local Challenge 2026 Winners Top Prize winners • Grand Prize, $1,000 Spree – Teresa Troyer. • Second Prize, Town of Taylorsville $500 Prize – Brent Warren. • Third Prize, Dollywood passes – April Bennington. • $100 winner – Gene Levan. • Biltmore trip (merchant) – Apple City…

The candidates for the Alexander Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) Board election in November 2026, have been finalized. Bryant Chapman, 31, and J.D. Sink, 50, have filed to run for the two open seats. Chapman, of the Little River Community, raises beef cattle and feed crops, is in pork production, and operates a sawmill…

Some books are written from research. Some are written from imagination. And then there are the books that can only come from a life lived in the fire — books born out of the kind of suffering that no one asks for and few ever talk about openly. UnBAREable Grief: Grief We Would Like to…

Last week, forecasted heat indices ranged from 99 to 104 during July 3-6, 2026, in the area. The heat index is how hot it feels when you combine temperature and humidity. Alexander County Emergency Medical Services Director Jeffery Sigmon stated that paramedics received four calls for heat-related illness last week. Patients ranged in age from…

************ EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Kenneth Christian, deceased, late of Alexander County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of October, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of…

************      MISSING LONG-HAIRED CALICO CAT NAMED PENELOPE!! Possibly in the 1000-block of McCurdy Road in Hiddenite. Please Contact 704-245-7365 if found.  

Jennifer Katheryn Malugani, 39, of Shallow Creek MHP Park DR., Taylorsville, was arrested in the pre-daylight hours on Wednesday. She was charged with aid and abet driving with license revoked and felony possession of a controlled substance on jail premises. Malugani was found to be in possession of methamphetamine at the Alexander County Detention Center. […]