Set the Record Straight

"The Troutman Police Department was asked by Iredell-Statesville Schools officials to investigate what was alleged to be an incident of disseminating obscenity during the school board meeting that occurred on 01/08/2024. The report was forwarded to an investigator with the Criminal Investigations Unit who reviewed the allegations and the video recording of the meeting. The investigator did not feel that Mrs.…

At the most recent Iredell school board meeting on January 8th, Mrs. Paula Mimnaugh read excerpts from two books, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas and Identical by Ellen Hopkins, both having horrendous and pervasive obscene contents. She read the excerpts solely to raise concern about the age-inappropriate literature that public school students are permitted to read through their public library access…

On the morning of December 7th, a no-contact hearing was to be held in the Statesville courthouse where Mr. Mike Kubiniec was absolutely prepared to defend himself against harassment and stalking charges brought against him by Ms. Abby Trent, a fellow school board member.  Unfortunately, the hearing was rescheduled until February 12, 2024, at 9:30 am, causing Mr. Kubiniec to endure…

On Sept 23rd Iredell Free News posted an opinion piece by Statesville NAACP President, Eric Todd Scott Sr. titled, Book Banners present real threat to freedom, unity. Article here It began by identifying the subject, “book-banning mommas” and compared them to Hitler’s Nazi regime, claiming ultra-white nationalism and antisemitism is evident in the actions of the organization that he did not…