Lightning struck a Lake Norman waterfront home in Cornelius’s Peninsula neighborhood just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, sparking a fire that spread to the master bedroom and back of the house. Firefighters from Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville responded. Read the full story on CorneliusNews.net.

A man whose body was found on the shore of Lake Norman in southern Iredell County on Sunday apparently fell overboard while fishing. But it’s still not clear what caused his death, investigators said Monday.

Officer Ron Robertson of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, which has jurisdiction on the lake, identified the man as Mitchell Todd Meadows, 50, of Mooresville. Read the full story

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A man’s body was found on the shore of Lake Norman at the Davidson College Lake Campus on Sunday morning. As of 3 p.m., the man had not been identified, and the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office was investigating. Read the full story

Someone knocked over a candle during a domestic dispute at an Exit 30 area residence Thursday night, bringing a call for firefighters to help Davidson police with ensuring that the fire was adequately extinguished. One suspect was arrested in connection with the incident. Firefighters also helped Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Huntersville police officers access the “black box” of a vehicle that had been involved in a collision earlier Thursday. Hydraulic tools were used to remove the vehicle’s passenger seat while it was parked at Archer’s Towing.

Also this week, emergency personnel managed a fuel spill from a transit bus and investigated a fire alarm activation caused by a cleaning crew on Davidson Gateway Drive. Details on these incidents and a tally of the week’s medical calls may be found below. Read the full story

Updated Friday, March 16, 3:45 p.m.

Davidson Police investigated two cases of vandalism over the past week, at the Wells Fargo and the Homewood Suites. Huntersville police are seeking a suspect in an attempted sex assault Tuesday. A vehicle was broken into in the Summer’s Walk neighborhood, and an unknown suspect stole about $1,000 worth of goods from the Harris Teeter. Details on these incidents and more (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story

The Lake Norman Marine Commission rental boats subcommittee met for the first time last week, and aims to offer commissioners a formal recommendation for standardizing boat rental rules within the next three or four months.

Rental-boat safety is at issue in part because of an accident on Lake Norman last June that severely injured a Charlotte woman. At the Marine Commission meeting last Sept. 12, several boat-rental company owners told the commission they support better enforcement of existing safety rules, but they were concerned new rules would hurt business. Many of those owners now are serving on the rental boat committee. Read the full story

These boys carried posters on the Green. Michael Kungl, second from left, said he understands why the school ended the Friday walks, but he thinks students deserve to be trusted (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Davidson Elementary School officials said Friday they’re reversing a policy change that had ended the longtime local tradition of fifth-graders’ walking to the Village Green on Friday afternoons. The announcement came as a horde of schoolkids and their parents, along with TV cameras and reporters, gathered for a celebration and demonstration billed as “Occupy the Green.” Read the full story

Firefighters assisted the driver of a white minivan on Friday morning after his vehicle slid into the median and struck a guard rail on I-77 just north of Exit 30. On Thursday, Engine 1 and Ladder 1 were canceled while responding to a grass fire along I-77 at a similar location. The fire was out before firefighters arrived. Details on these calls and more (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below. Read the full story