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Final Jeopardy: Lee Quinn’s run on game show ends

It was a good run, but Lee Quinn’s championship streak on “Jeopardy!” came to an end Friday. Still, the 1996 North Rowan High School graduate ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, January 19, 2018 8:25 pm

Local

A North Rowan High grad and ‘Jeopardy!’ champ: Who is Lee Quinn?

SALISBURY — Chuck and Sandy Quinn have spent exciting, but nerve-wracking, nights in front of their television set the last two days, standing up and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, January 18, 2018 8:00 pm

Local

White lightning! Higher-than-expected snow accumulations surprise Rowan, rest of Piedmont

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — When people in Rowan County realized Wednesday they were getting more snow than they bargained for, it became a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:10 am

Local

‘The last frontier will be the heart’: MLK program provides marching orders to the community

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Educator Dr. Terrell R. Morton handed out assignments for his audience Sunday. For their homework, Morton asked the crowd to ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, January 15, 2018 12:10 am

Local

Yesterday: A 1927 newspaper ad for Sidney Blackmer movie

Mike Cline of Salisbury provided this reproduction of a Salisbury Post advertisement from Jan. 19, 1927, about the motion picture ‘Love in a Mist’ showing ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, January 15, 2018 12:00 am

Local

MLK Parade: ‘We have come a long way — all of us’

SALISBURY — The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade through downtown Salisbury is always a celebration, always a reminder. It celebrates the life of King ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, January 14, 2018 12:10 am

Crime

‘Operation Gray Death Nightmare’ arrests 13, identifies 7 others wanted on drug charges

Staff report Early Saturday morning, the Kannapolis Police Department’s Vice Narcotics Unit executed “Operation Gray Death Nightmare,” leading to the arrests of 13 men and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 13, 2018 4:06 pm

Health

‘I gave it all I had’: Sallie Pearson retires at the VA, closing 55-year career with federal government

GRANITE QUARRY — During her long career at the Hefner VA Medical Center, Sallie C. Pearson found it was always easy going to work, especially when she ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 13, 2018 12:10 am

Local

D.B. Kepley’s work ethic carried him through the Depression, war and everything else

SALISBURY — As he sits in his kitchen and allows himself to reminisce, David B. “D.B.” Kepley shrugs off those coming-of-age years of working on ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, January 12, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Skinnay Ennis’ voice, bands kindled many fires

When Salisbury native Edgar Clyde ‘Skinnay’ Ennis collapsed and died in June 1963 at a Beverly Hills restaurant, he was only 54. He had gained national notoriety ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, January 8, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Historic Salisbury Foundation now owns fire-damaged house on North Main Street

Staff report Historic Salisbury Foundation has acquired the F.N. McCubbins house at 1013 N. Main St. The two-story frame house was heavily damaged by fire in December ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, January 6, 2018 12:00 am

Local

30 is pretty — Rufty-Holmes Senior Center marks a birthday

SALISBURY — Near the front entrance at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center, Mary Neely and Eddie Byers manned one of Thursday’s birthday booths. Around the corner and down ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, January 5, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry board discusses ‘Project Wheel,’ receives good news on two street projects

GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen went into closed session Tuesday to discuss Project Wheel, an economic development code name given to a potential ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, January 4, 2018 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry still discussing Byrd property off Faith Road

GRANITE QUARRY — The Board of Aldermen wants Town Manager Phil Conrad and Mayor Bill Feather to negotiate directly with a property owner who has offered the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 12:00 am

10 to Watch

10 to Watch: Larissa Harper looks to build on downtown’s vibrancy

SALISBURY — Larissa Harper has been in her new job as development director for Downtown Salisbury Inc. less than three months, so she has had a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 12:00 am

10 to Watch

10 to watch: Jason Walser: ‘We have a very deep bench’ in Rowan

SALISBURY — As he settles into his new position as executive director of the Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation, Jason Walser says the high-profile nonprofit organization ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, January 2, 2018 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Bell Tower renovations in 1993

Brave Salisburians gathered in the cold Sunday night to welcome in 2018 at one of Salisbury’s iconic landmarks, the Bell Tower at West Innes and South Jackson ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, January 1, 2018 12:00 am

Lifestyle

The good stuff: 2017 was filled with stories off the beaten path

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Never has so much attention been given to a fence. Many motorists have seen it along Jake Alexander Boulevard, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 31, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Bluegrass great Curly Seckler, a China Grove native, dies at 98

Staff report Curly Seckler, who made a name for himself singing and playing with Flatt and Scruggs’ Foggy Mountain Boys and other bluegrass greats, died ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, December 30, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Winter issue of Salisbury the Magazine is now available

SALISBURY — The winter issue of Salisbury the Magazine, a publication of the Salisbury Post, has reached subscribers and is being distributed across Rowan County ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 29, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Carwash king Sam Allen knew if you gave customers good service, they’d be back

SALISBURY — In Salisbury, Sam Allen Jr. clearly was the King of Car Washes. Bucking many trends, Allen took an $18,500 investment in equipment in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 29, 2017 12:00 am

High School

West Rowan’s Zachary Owen travels to New Orleans for his final Offense-Defense All-American Bowl

SALISBURY — Zachary Owen, a defensive lineman for West Rowan High School this past football season, is participating once again in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Leading Kiwanians, including international president, rally here in 1945

In this Salisbury Evening Post photo, taken Jan. 31, 1945, five leading Kiwanians were among those attending a rally at Catawba College that attracted more ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 25, 2017 12:00 am

Faith

Grace Lower Stone Church honors the late Mae Poole in the best way possible

ROCKWELL — At seminary school, the Rev. Jay Whitley says, a piece of time-worn advice given to future pastors is to watch out for the first person from the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, December 24, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Texas two-step: Twin Hero Boys have been part of family affair for ‘Polar Express’

SPENCER — Though they each had three Polar Express performances ahead of them Wednesday evening, 11-year-old twins Jimmy and Jacob Jones were more excited about ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, December 22, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Amtrak train strikes, kills man on tracks Wednesday evening in Salisbury

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — An Amtrak train struck and killed a man on the tracks near East Harrison Street early Wednesday evening. Salisbury ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, December 20, 2017 7:09 pm

Local

Mayor drops in at senior center for Ruth Booker’s 95th birthday

Rufty-Holmes Senior Center was the scene Friday for a drop-in 95th birthday party for one of its most loyal patrons through the years, Ruth Booker. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Salisbury’s downtown Christmas lights in 1963

For years, a sure sign of Christmas for Salisburians was the display of Main and Innes street lights downtown, as shown in this Post file ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, December 18, 2017 12:00 am

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