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Crime

Blotter: Man robbed at gunpoint after driving to Salisbury to buy PS4

SALISBURY — A Concord man told Salisbury Police he was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon while trying to buy a PlayStation 4. The man drove ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, September 2, 2021 10:23 am

Coronavirus

Rowan County’s COVID-19 case total ranks No. 1 in state

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Health Department says local spikes in cases and hospitalizations show one of the fastest accelerations of COVID-19 spread in North ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, September 2, 2021 12:00 am

Local

COVID-19 cancels Pops at the Post, Bell Tower Green Park grand opening

SALISBURY — Organizers of Pops at the Post and planners for Bell Tower Green’s grand opening on Wednesday announced the cancellation of both events. Worsening ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, September 1, 2021 1:01 pm

Crime

Blotter: Sept. 1

In Salisbury Police reports: • Police responded to a report involving arson and child abuse Tuesday in the 700 block of South Martin Luther King ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, September 1, 2021 12:13 pm

Crime

High Point man faces first-degree murder charge for killing Kannapolis woman

KANNAPOLIS — A High Point man was arrested early Wednesday for the murder of Yolonda Basica Hollis on Packard Avenue. Demontrel Deonta Murphy, 26, faces ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, September 1, 2021 10:17 am

Local

Highway Patrol identifies drivers killed in US 601 crash

SALISBURY — The identities of a Mocksville man and East Spencer woman were released after a fatal and fiery crash on U.S. 601 that also ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, August 31, 2021 7:26 pm

Crime

Blotter: Rockwell man, woman charged with leaving child unattended in store while impaired

SALISBURY — A Rockwell man and woman face misdemeanor child abuse charges for being impaired while their child was unattended in a convenience store, according ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, August 31, 2021 10:16 am

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Two members of Rowan County’s Greatest Generation lost

One was in a tank battalion known as “Patton’s Spearheaders.” The other worked on a destroyer as a torpedoman’s mate. After their service, one became ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, August 29, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Man who turned gun on himself after murder now expected to survive

SALISBURY — A man who turned a shotgun on himself after allegedly killing a woman on St. Peter’s Church Road is now expected to survive, ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Saturday, August 28, 2021 4:05 pm

Crime

Blotter: Aug. 26

In Salisbury Police reports: • Gerry Wood Honda on Monday reported a breaking and entering resulting in a total estimated loss of $5,699 in the ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, August 27, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Salisbury man previously convicted of murder back in jail for selling narcotics to undercover deputies

SALISBURY — A 33-year-old Salisbury man faces a laundry list of drug crimes after a monthslong narcotics investigation. Frederick Broadway was arrested Wednesday after allegedly ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, August 26, 2021 9:58 am

Coronavirus

Rowan jail outbreak is third-largest of its kind in North Carolina

SALISBURY — State data show a COVID-19 outbreak at the Rowan County Detention Center is the third-largest of its kind in the state. COVID-19 outbreak ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, August 26, 2021 12:00 am

BREAKING NEWS

Shooting death makes third Salisbury homicide in three days

SALISBURY — A 29-year-old man died late Tuesday after Salisbury Police found him shot at an address on Williams Road, resulting in the third homicide ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 9:04 am

Local

Child finds flash-bang grenade at Salisbury park

SALISBURY — While sitting down Sunday at Long Street Park, Nehemiah Daugherty spotted something unexpected — an unexploded flash-bang grenade. Exposed on the ground, the ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

UPDATE: Woman charged after man dies at Salisbury hospital from stabbing

SALISBURY — A 27-year-old man was fatally stabbed early Tuesday on Pearl Street and a woman was later arrested and charged with murder. The Salisbury ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, August 24, 2021 12:05 pm

BREAKING NEWS

Sheriff’s Office: Salisbury man turns gun on himself after killing woman with shotgun

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man shot and killed a 43-year-old mother Monday before turning the gun on himself when deputies arrived, the Rowan County Sheriff’s ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, August 24, 2021 9:37 am

Coronavirus

Four new Rowan County COVID-19 deaths bring total to 20 in August

SALISBURY — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday reported four new COVID-19 deaths among Rowan County residents, making the total 20 ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, August 23, 2021 6:00 pm

Local

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Rowan at highest point since winter peak

SALISBURY — The number of COVID-19 patients at Rowan Medical Center is at its highest point since a winter peak. Data reported to federal health ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, August 22, 2021 12:00 am

Crime

Blotter: Aug. 20

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • Ideal ATM on Wednesday reported the larceny of a $9,000 dump trailer in the 200 block of Peach ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Friday, August 20, 2021 7:54 pm

Coronavirus

Rowan County averaging triple-digit COVID-19 case increases

SALISBURY — State data show an average of more than 100 new COVID-19 cases per day in Rowan County. In the previous two weeks, the ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, August 19, 2021 4:17 pm

Local

Former Rowan Sheriff’s Office lieutenant Brady remembered as dependable, giving

SALISBURY — The year was 1990 and a slick-sleeved patrol deputy named John Sifford was transporting a man to an address in the small Davie ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Thursday, August 19, 2021 12:10 am

Coronavirus

COVID-19 deaths in Rowan grow by three; Number, size of virus outbreaks grow

SALISBURY — State data on Wednesday showed three new COVID-19 deaths among Rowan County residents, bringing the total this month to 11. While data from ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 2:14 pm

Crime

Blotter: Aug. 18

In Rowan County Sheriff’s reports: • Carmel Baptist Church on Monday reported larceny from a building in the 2100 block of Mooresville Road in Salisbury. ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:42 pm

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury woman charged after complaints about narcotics in eastern Rowan County

SALISBURY — Rowan Sheriff’s Office deputies on Tuesday charged a woman with drug crimes after canvassing an area on the eastern side of the county ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:23 pm

Business

County commissioners find solution for future of Reaper’s Realm Haunted House and Trail after hours of debate

SALISBURY — Reaper’s Realm may live to scare another day. After nearly six hours of discussion, Rowan County commissioners on Monday reversed course and agreed ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 4:35 am

Business

Large crowd fills commissioners chambers as county considers Reaper’s Realm haunted house rezoning

SALISBURY — A rezoning hearing about Reaper’s Realm Haunted House and Trail extended late into the night Monday as the business sought approval from county ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 12:10 am

Coronavirus

Eighth August death in Rowan County attributed to COVID-19

SALISBURY — The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday reported another death from COVID-19 in Rowan County, making eight residents this month and ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Monday, August 16, 2021 1:29 pm

Coronavirus

Novant Health asks people to avoid emergency room for COVID-19 tests

SALISBURY — As the pace of COVID-19 cases continues to increase, Novant Health is asking people to avoid coming to the emergency room for a ... Read more

by Josh Bergeron, Sunday, August 15, 2021 12:05 am

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