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Education

Rowan-Salisbury school board works to polish new strategic plan

SALISBURY — The strategic plan for Rowan-Salisbury Schools has slimmed down over the years. The 2014-17 plan was 25 pages of goals, plans and dreams, but ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Teen struck by car in East Spencer

EAST SPENCER — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reported that a 15-year-old was struck by a car early Monday morning on the corner of North Long ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, October 9, 2017 9:41 am

Local

Mike Boone running for third term on Spencer Board of Aldermen

SPENCER — Spencer native James Michael “Mike” Boone is running for a third term on the Spencer Board of Aldermen. Boone said he’d like to ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, October 9, 2017 12:10 am

Education

Henderson tries new ‘innovation time’ to help students achieve their goals

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Henderson Independent High School is a place for second chances. But for years, the school has needed a second chance ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, October 8, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Game Plan for Life visits Southeast Middle School

SALISBURY — Game Plan for Life is making the rounds in Rowan-Salisbury Schools this fall. This week, it had an important message for sixth-graders at ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:20 am

Education

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest visits West Rowan High School

MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan High School and its Future Farmers for America club have long been hailed locally for comprehensive and innovative programs. On ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Advanced manufacturing opens at Salisbury High School

SALISBURY — Advanced manufacturing is up and running at Salisbury High School. Though the labs have been open and classes held since the beginning of ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 am

Elections

Sylvia Chillcott runs for re-election to Spencer Board of Aldermen

SPENCER — If Sylvia Chillcott is re-elected to the Spencer Board of Aldermen, it will be her second term. Chillcott, 60, said she’s running because ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 am

Education

RCCC’s SOAR program takes off at new location

SALISBURY — Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s SOAR program is expanding with a little help from its friends. SOAR — which stands for Skills, Opportunity, Awareness, Readiness — ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Rebecca Rider column: Show up and be part of the solution

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to hear from Rob Morris, founder of the anti-human trafficking organization Love 146. While this column would ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Kannapolis schools win national grant

KANNAPOLIS — Kannapolis City Schools will launch Phase 2 of an advanced manufacturing program next year, thanks to a recent grant from State Farm Insurance. ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Catawba College student’s sister among injured in Vegas shooting

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — News of a horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas began to trickle onto the Catawba College campus early Monday ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 11:58 am

Local

Honeymoon couple in Vegas deal with aftermath of mass shooting

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Christie and Tyler Hilton had been married a little more than 24 hours when they found themselves a few blocks from ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 12:24 am

Local

Salisbury resident was at Las Vegas airport during deadly shooting

SALISBURY — Greg Shields, president of the Downtown Salisbury Inc. board of directors, and his wife, Kristin, were on their way to the Las Vegas airport ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, October 2, 2017 7:25 pm

Elections

Gobbel runs for Spencer mayor

SPENCER — Mayor Jim Gobbel is seeking re-election after a productive term. Gobbel, 66, is running unopposed. Gobbel said he decided to run for re-election ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, October 2, 2017 12:10 am

Elections

Jones seeks fourth term in Spencer

SPENCER — The race for seats on the Spencer Board of Aldermen is taking off, with all of the board’s seven incumbents seeking re-election. Two challengers ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Monday, October 2, 2017 12:10 am

Education

Corriher-Lipe to hold fundraiser to benefit student trip

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Corriher-Lipe Middle School will host a fundraiser vendor fair on Oct. 7. Proceeds benefit a Washington, D.C. trip for ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Man walks for police, fire, veterans

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — God has led John Derick Smith over 10 states and 3,600 miles. “I walk by faith,” he said. The ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, October 1, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Carolina Artists Expo wraps up

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Come noon, paintings will be taken off hooks and carefully wrapped, and the bloom of color that has filled ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Saturday, September 30, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Livingstone College kicks off 125th anniversary of football with celebration

SALISBURY — On a snowy December day in 1892, history was made. Two groups of men gathered on the lawn of Livingstone College and — ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Friday, September 29, 2017 12:00 am

Education

See You at the Pole brings Salisbury Academy students together for prayer

SALISBURY — It’s always an early morning in September when students at Salisbury Academy come together to form concentric rings around the flagpole. The sun is ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, September 28, 2017 12:00 am

Education

As NC school buses turn 100, NC Transportation Museum program focuses on bus safety

SPENCER — September marked 100 years of big yellow school buses on North Carolina roads and highways. Mark Eezel, the state director of highway safety, ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Thursday, September 28, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Rowan-Salisbury school board begins conversation addressing building needs

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools is at a crossroads, members of a Capital Needs Committee told the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education on Monday. For years, the ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:00 am

Education

School board gives final approval for Woodleaf, Cleveland closures

SALISBURY — The fate of Woodleaf and Cleveland elementary schools was decided quietly Monday, with no opposition and little discussion. A public hearing for the ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Tuesday, September 26, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Public hearing for western elementary school Monday

SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the new West Rowan Elementary School at 6 p.m. Monday at the Wallace ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, September 24, 2017 12:00 am

Lifestyle

In it for the long haul: Ray Cope fondly remembers time on the road as a truck driver

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Ray Cope was just a teenager when he fell in love with the road. String-bean thin, short, and with dreams ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Sunday, September 24, 2017 12:00 am

Education

NC Governor speaks at Livingstone College

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Students of Livingstone College are looking to the future following a keynote speech by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Saturday, September 23, 2017 12:10 am

Education

Stories by the Millstream ignites second-graders’ imaginations

MILLBRIDGE — Each fall, Sloan Park turns into a place of magic and imagination. The leaves, just beginning to fall from the trees, become butterflies ... Read more

by Rebecca Rider, Friday, September 22, 2017 12:00 am

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