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Yesterday: Livingstone’s record-setting relay team in 1978

Henry ‘Ricardo’ Smith, who just recently moved back to Salisbury from Virginia, brought this old newspaper clipping by the newsroom that shows him as the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 25, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Christmas in June: A broken ornament leads to a package on the porch

SALISBURY — This is a story about three strangers — women from North Carolina, Virginia and Florida — who connected over two incongruous things. Christmas ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, June 22, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

No tax hike in Granite Quarry, but garbage fees going up

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen proved a lot can change in a few days. Last week, town ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 21, 2018 12:00 am

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Hefner VA Medical Center has one-star rating in nursing home care; director says improvements already underway

SALISBURY — Across the VA nursing home system, the W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury has a one-star rating, putting it among the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 7:00 pm

China Grove

Yesterday: Officials break open the sake to celebrate Hitachi Metals

The official dedication for the $40 million Hitachi Metals North Carolina Ltd. plant in China Grove was held Nov. 22, 1991. In this Salisbury Post ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 18, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Pitcher perfect: A collection, held within a one-of-a-kind display, reflects a love story

SALISBURY — Well before World War II, Mack Owens worked for Chattanooga Bakery selling its trademark Moon Pies. His vast sales region took in North ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 17, 2018 12:10 am

Business

Weight-loss expert will give Rowan Diagnostic Clinic seminars Wednesday, Thursday

SALISBURY — The public will have two chances to attend a weight-loss seminar at Rowan Diagnostic Clinic next week. The seminar, titled “Why 98% of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, June 16, 2018 12:00 am

China Grove

Batter Up: Baseball exhibit focusing on southern Rowan opens Saturday

CHINA GROVE — When word spread that Rowan Museum was doing a southern Rowan County baseball exhibit at the China Grove Roller Mill, all kinds ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:01 am

Granite Quarry

Sizeable tax increase on table, but Granite Quarry board will keep ‘diggin’

GRANITE QUARRY — If ever there was a collective deep breath taken by town officials, it came Monday afternoon from the Granite Quarry Board of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, June 12, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Rear Admiral Loeblein will speak to Officers Association July 9

SALISBURY — Navy Rear Adm. James T. Loeblein will speak to the Salisbury-based Central Carolina Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America at noon ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, June 12, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: a short-lived semipro team from China Grove, circa 1935

Not much is known of this baseball team pictured above, the China Grove Chinamen, except maybe it’s politically incorrect name. Dr. Randy Lassiter reports it ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 11, 2018 12:00 am

Local

See and taste ‘the real Salisbury’ in summer’s History on Tap series

SALISBURY — “History on Tap,” the event that combines history and the sampling of locally produced New Sarum beers, returns for its fourth summer in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 10, 2018 12:00 am

Education

West Rowan High graduation: ‘Failure is not a setback, but a pathway to success’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Stacey Ketchie, valedictorian and academic speaker for West Rowan High School’s 2018 commencement exercises Saturday morning, lost her ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, June 9, 2018 6:30 pm

Local

The ultimate merit badge: Longtime Scoutmaster Jack Kepley joins Order of the Long Leaf Pine

SALISBURY — Here was the ruse: Scout leaders had asked one of their legends, 94-year-old Jack Kepley, to address a group of adults about the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, June 9, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry addresses potential internet gaming operations

GRANITE QUARRY — Internet gaming businesses could be up and running soon in Granite Quarry. The Board of Aldermen had to update its Unified Development ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, June 7, 2018 12:00 am

Local

A trip to remember: The Clines take Normandy by storm

The circumstances were drastically different, of course, but it was a proud and emotional moment for Army 1st Lt. David Cline on Sunday when he ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 12:01 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry fire chief doesn’t appreciate being ‘berated’ by former town board member

GRANITE QUARRY — Angered by comments about his department by a former alderman, Granite Quarry Fire Chief Dale Brown offered his resignation Monday night — ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 12:00 am

Farm & Garden

Down on the farm: Arts & Ag Tour shows diversity of today’s agriculture

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Finley Moore, 8, and Clayton McKnight, 11, are old cowhands. “I’m the cow whisperer,” Moore said Sunday as ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 4, 2018 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: The Landis Little Firemen’s baseball team in 1960

These boys are long grown, but it’s a good chance folks in southern Rowan County still know members of the Landis Little Firemen baseball team ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, June 4, 2018 12:00 am

Local

After the storm: Pops at the Post plays on

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — When the 14th annual Pops at the Post concert started about 8:15 Saturday evening, it was a comfortable night, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:10 am

Local

Cars, entertainers, prizes draw big turnout for Nazareth Fun Fest

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL —  Crescent Road divided two worlds Saturday. On one side of the road was one of the best vintage car ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:05 am

Business

Greens of envy: Putting surfaces at Warrior getting major makeover

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburyost.com CHINA GROVE — A major renovation project is underway in southern Rowan County this summer. When it’s over, it’s going to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:00 am

Faith

‘Closed to none’: John Wilkerson’s crusade against social injustice, racism, poverty presses on

SALISBURY — This week, as he packed items in his office into boxes and ferried the bulk of his books to Hood Theological Seminary, Dr. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, June 2, 2018 12:00 am

Faith

With auction Saturday, LifeWay raises more money toward its new church

SALISBURY — Pastor Danny Dillard and members of LifeWay Church probably passed this piece of property thousands of times through the years, never realizing it ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, June 1, 2018 12:01 am

Local

Summer issue of Salisbury the Magazine hits the streets

SALISBURY — The summer issue (June/July) of Salisbury the Magazine, a publication of the Salisbury Post, has reached subscribers and is being distributed throughout Rowan ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, May 31, 2018 12:00 am

Local

With help from Rowan, N.C. Veterans Hall of Fame inducts inaugural class

SALISBURY — Rowan County residents had a strong, behind-the-scenes role in the inaugural induction ceremony for the N.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame, which had ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, May 30, 2018 12:00 am

Local

A nurse’s story: At the G.I. Memorial House, the memory of Edna Parker and others lives on

KANNAPOLIS — In the years after she retired from the Army, Lt. Col. Edna Parker still liked to exercise, the walks often taking her past ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 28, 2018 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: The 1949 Landis Spinners

Dr. Randy Lassiter of China Grove provided this copy of a photograph of the 1949 Landis Spinners, a Class D minor league baseball team that ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, May 28, 2018 12:00 am

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