Josh Bergeron, Author at Salisbury Post
Local
When eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations opened to anyone older than 16 last week, the Rowan County Health Department faced a few questions. Why were so ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, April 11, 2021 12:10 am
Columnists
Politicians don’t typically tease an announcement about a bid for office when the answer is something other than, “I’m running.” Building up anticipation for an ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, April 11, 2021 12:00 am
Crime
SALISBURY — A man and woman face felony drug charges after allegedly selling methamphetamine and heroin to undercover Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies. Shelly Kay ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Friday, April 9, 2021 11:53 am
Crime
SALISBURY — A Rowan County man faces charges of indecent liberties with children in connection with a Fourth of July party in 2020. Christopher Alan ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Friday, April 9, 2021 10:26 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 vaccinations and few other changes in the ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 8, 2021 6:09 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — A 51-year-old Salisbury man faces embezzlement charges. Jesse Burgess is accused of transferring $4,200 from an account owned by Quality Transportation to a ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 8, 2021 3:31 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — A 35-year-old man faces nearly two dozen criminal charges and two other men remain at large for crimes connected to repeated thefts from ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:40 am
Local
The Utzman-Chambers House, operated by Rowan Museum, seems to be a magnet for bees. Just a few steps away from the house, a hive of ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:15 am
Crime
SALISBURY — A 32-year old man died Tuesday from injuries sustained during a shooting last week. Steven Michael Jones Jr. died at Wake Forest Baptist ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, April 7, 2021 9:40 am
Crime
SALISBURY — A49-year-old man told police he was stabbed around 2:50 p.m. Saturday while urinating next to a dumpster on East Lafayette Street. The man ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, April 6, 2021 11:55 am
Crime
SALISBURY — A 42-year-old man is hospitalized and a 52-year-old woman faces charges after a shooting incident Monday evening in eastern Rowan County. Jody Lowell ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, April 6, 2021 10:00 am
Ask Us
Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to answer your questions about items or trends ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, April 5, 2021 7:37 am
Columnists
There are rare cases when presidents announce major initiatives and there’s something local to pay attention to right away. But that’s the case with President ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, April 4, 2021 12:05 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — Rowan County finds itself somewhere in the middle of the state for community spread of COVID-19, according to an updated county alert system ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Friday, April 2, 2021 12:03 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — A man and woman accused of hiding a body near the Rowan-Cabarrus line were arrested Thursday on Craige Street in Salisbury. Michael Banks ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 1, 2021 5:21 pm
Crime
ROCKWELL — A man faces weapons and drug charges after a three-month investigation that started with a tip about bothersome shooting on Country Ridge Road. ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 1, 2021 12:17 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — A 38-year-old man faces a list of criminal charges after being located Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service and served with outstanding warrants. ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:11 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — With 500 newly received single-shot COVID-19 vaccines, Moose Pharmacy staff members hit the road Wednesday to provide a number of shots to guests ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, April 1, 2021 12:00 am
BREAKING NEWS
SALISBURY — A police officer turned himself in Tuesday on insurance fraud charges. The Salisbury Police Department said in a news release Wednesday officer Takeo ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 3:11 pm
Columnists
By Grace Galloway “He had a bad day” That is the excuse that Georgia Capt. Jay Baker gave for the massacre of eight people, six ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reported three new COVID-19 deaths in Rowan County — the highest number of ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, March 30, 2021 4:51 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — A 23-year-old Salisbury man faces a trio of criminal charges after he allegedly was found passed out in vehicle on Interstate 85. Myron ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, March 30, 2021 12:01 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — A 17-year-old boy faces felony charges after taking the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office on a chase Sunday. The teen, whose name wasn’t released, ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, March 30, 2021 11:44 am
Crime
SALISBURY — A 32-year-old man was hospitalized early Tuesday after being shot, police said. The man was shot several times, including in his lower chest, ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, March 30, 2021 11:34 am
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — The Rowan County Health Department will have another evening COVID-19 vaccination clinic this week and an allotment of 1,170 first doses of the ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, March 29, 2021 7:03 pm
Crime
SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man and woman face charges for transporting a dead woman’s body to a wooded area near the Rowan County line. Michael ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Monday, March 29, 2021 1:53 pm
Coronavirus
SALISBURY — As Rowan County Health Department workers and volunteers administered second doses of COVID-19 vaccines at West End Plaza on Wednesday, a more intimate ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, March 28, 2021 12:10 am
Local
Harwood Signs got its start in a downtown Salisbury basement on South Main Street in 1954, but Drew Harwood is taking the family business to ...
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by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, March 28, 2021 12:00 am
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