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Crime

Blotter: Shots fired into home while woman feeding infant

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A woman told police someone fired gunshots into her Salisbury home while she was feeding her infant Thursday. No ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 20, 2020 1:55 pm

Crime

Sheriff’s office: Man escaped kidnapping, ran from gunfire

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — A Charlotte man who says he was kidnapped at gunpoint and driven to Rowan County received minor injuries ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 20, 2020 1:16 pm

Local

Two-alarm fire at Chroma Color started in bin with flammable material

SALISBURY — A fire at a local industrial company was started in and contained to a bin inside the structure, said Spencer Fire Chief Jeremi ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 4:23 pm

Crime

Blotter: Aug. 20

In Salisbury Police Department reports • William Joseph Jones, 28, was charged on Tuesday with misdemeanor simple assault while in the 400 block of Old ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:08 pm

Local

Story behind Highway Patrol handgun started with someone mowing grass

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A mysterious handgun found in the middle of a field a year ago has since made its way back ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, August 16, 2020 12:00 am

Crime

Blotter: August 14

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • A man reported on Tuesday someone stole his firearm from his home in the 6700 block of East ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 13, 2020 5:23 pm

Crime

Teen faces laundry list of charges after string of larcenies

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The sheriff’s office has charged a 15-year-old with involvement in a string of larcenies in the eastern part of ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 13, 2020 1:36 pm

Crime

Salisbury man faces charges after trying to retrieve phone from police

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man faces drug charges after going to the police department to retrieve a stolen cellphone. Salisbury police charged Antonio Devon Henderson, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 13, 2020 1:24 pm

Crime

Man robbed at gunpoint at South Main Street gas station

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police are looking into the robbery of a man who was held at gunpoint outside of a local gas ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 5:24 pm

Local

Spencer man killed after being knocked into ditch by vehicle on Old Concord Road

SALISBURY — A Spencer man was struck and killed on Wednesday by a vehicle on Old Concord Road. Antonio “Tony” Rashad Alexander, 32, was struck ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:40 pm

Local

Woman found dead in converted swimming pool

SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman is believed to have drowned in a swimming pool after she was found by her boyfriend at her Old Concord ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:43 am

Crime

Pair face felony charges for utility trailer theft

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man and woman are accused of stealing a utility trailer, with one also found with items stolen from various local and ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:40 am

Crime

Blotter: August 12

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • A woman reported on Friday vehicles were broken into while on her property in ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:00 am

Local

Greensboro man receives third-degree burns, fire trucks damaged during interstate collision

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A 50-year-old Greensboro man was seriously injured early Tuesday morning when the tractor-trailer he was driving on Interstate 85 ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, August 11, 2020 5:09 pm

Local

Strongest quake in a century felt by Salisbury, Rowan residents

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook Salisbury, North Carolina and areas as far as northeast Georgia in what was the ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, August 9, 2020 8:03 pm

Crime

Blotter: Pair charged with prostitution, solicitation

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com An East Spencer woman faces prostitution charges and a man faces charges of soliciting prostitution. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, August 9, 2020 4:45 pm

Local

Kannapolis woman killed, others hospitalized after early Sunday crash

SALISBURY — One person was killed in a two-vehicle collision that occurred early Sunday morning on Miller Road. N.C. State Highway Patrol Trooper A. Bahadur ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, August 9, 2020 4:37 pm

Health

A symbol of hope: Wallace Cancer Institute opens this week for patients

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On Wednesday, the first scheduled patients will walk through the glass doors of the Wallace Cancer Institute and begin ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:10 am

Local

New Salisbury fire station taking shape on Cedar Springs Road

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Final construction finishings are being made to Salisbury Fire Station No. 6, named in memory of fallen firefighters Vic ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Saturday, August 8, 2020 12:10 am

Crime

Blotter: Guns stolen from vehicle

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Someone stole three guns from an unlocked vehicle parked in a Salisbury shopping center. Salisbury police spokesman Lt. Lee ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:55 pm

Crime

Salisbury pair caught breaking into vacant home

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two Salisbury women were charged this week after they were caught breaking into a vacant home on Allen Lane. ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 6, 2020 4:19 pm

Crime

Sheriff’s deputies charge Salisbury woman after finding drugs, cash in stolen car

LANDIS — A Salisbury woman was charged after Rowan deputies seized drugs and cash from a stolen car she was driving. Heather Michelle Miller, 45, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, August 6, 2020 11:55 am

Local

Salisbury license plate office sets record straight on long lines

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — There are multiple reasons behind the lines at the Salisbury location of the N.C. License Plate Agency, said local ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 8:40 pm

Crime

Man held in contempt of court for not wearing mask, disruption

SALISBURY — A man who was in court Wednesday for drug-related charges will spend the next 30 days in jail after he refused to wear ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:22 pm

Crime

Police: Woman reports car stolen with keys in the ignition

SALISBURY — A woman reported to police her car was stolen with the keys in the ignition while she went inside a local apartment complex. ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 5:46 pm

Crime

Vandals spraypaint wall at Salisbury National Cemetery

SALISBURY — Police are hoping to find the vandals who spraypainted a wall at the Historic Salisbury National Cemetery. An employee found on Tuesday morning ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:24 pm

East Spencer

East Spencer wants residents to participate on youth advisory committee

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com EAST SPENCER — The town of East Spencer has formed a youth advisory committee and wants to hear from residents about ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 10:04 pm

Crime

Woman faces felony drug trafficking charges following checkpoint stop

SALISBURY — A woman found with cocaine inside her purse during a traffic stop faces felony drug charges. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office was conducting ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:40 pm

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