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Crime

East Spencer man charged after attempts to fight officer

SALISBURY — An East Spencer man who was allegedly intoxicated outside of a local home improvement store was charged Monday after attempts to fight a ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:36 pm

Crime

Police: Charges pending for Salisbury man following Monday collision

SALISBURY — Charges are pending, according to police, following a Friday afternoon crash involving a pickup and Honda passenger vehicle. Tony E. Brown, of Salisbury, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3:25 pm

Crime

Driver cited in accident with 15-passenger van

SALISBURY — The driver of a sport utility vehicle failed to yield to an oncoming, 15-passenger van and caused a Friday collision at the intersection ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3:00 pm

Crime

Thieves attempt to break into Dollar Tree stores

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Someone used a metal trash can to attempt to break into a local Dollar Tree store, which was one ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 12:00 am

Coronavirus

County adds 28 new positive to COVID-19 count

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On Monday, 28 new people tested positive in Rowan County for COVID-19 and 287 were currently positive, according to ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, August 3, 2020 8:25 pm

Crime

Sheriff’s office: Victim watching TV when shots fired into house

KANNAPOLIS — A Concord woman and Kannapolis man are accused of shooting into the home of a man involved in an ongoing custody dispute. On ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, August 3, 2020 3:14 pm

Crime

Arizona man charged with abducting 13-year-old Salisbury girl

SALISBURY — An Arizona man faces felony child abduction charges after police say he took a bus to a Salisbury home and left with a ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, August 3, 2020 10:50 am

Education

Basic training for law enforcement condensed for night students at Rowan-Cabarrus

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After continual feedback about its Basic Law Enforcement Training Program, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has shortened the night classes by ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, August 2, 2020 12:00 am

Local

Highway Patrol: Blown tire caused Stokes Ferry crash, brick spill

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The driver of a dump truck was seriously injured when his front tire blew Thursday, causing an accident that ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, July 31, 2020 11:05 pm

Crime

Suspended license leads to drugs, weapons offenses

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man was issued a citation after an officer determined he had a suspended license, which led to ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, July 31, 2020 10:29 pm

Local

Ford Explorer overturns after colliding with 15-passenger vehicle

Salisbury police and Salisbury fire departments responded Friday afternoon to this two-vehicle collision at the intersection of West Innes and South Craige streets. Emergency responders ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, July 31, 2020 6:16 pm

Local

Sick employees mean longer, hotter waits at Salisbury license plate office

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY  — Lines at the license plate office on East Kerr Street are as long as they’ve ever been, but one ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:16 pm

Crime

Police: Traffic stop finds stolen gun, crack cocaine

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man faces marijuana and cocaine charges following a Thursday night traffic stop. A Salisbury police officer saw a silver Lexus traveling ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, July 31, 2020 12:04 pm

Local

Single-vehicle crash dumps truckload of bricks onto Stokes Ferry Road

SALISBURY — A driver hauling bricks for Morrison Bros. Building Center received minor injuries when he lost control of the truck and scattered bricks across ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, July 30, 2020 7:46 pm

Crime

Blotter: Pennsylvania man faces Iredell drug-related charges

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Pennsylvania man faces drug-related offenses out of Iredell County after Rowan County authorities arrested him at the Rowan ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, July 30, 2020 3:05 pm

East Spencer

East Spencer to submit plans for coronavirus relief funds

EAST SPENCER — The town says it is preparing to submit plans for the more than $69,000 appropriated from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund. Rowan ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 9:27 pm

Local

Civic clubs, organizations adapt, halt fundraisers because of COVID-19

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The state gathering restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdown have brought a halt to regular ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 9:24 pm

Crime

Blotter: July 30

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • River Kyle Lowe, 21, was charged on Monday with felony possession of a controlled substance schedule II while ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 5:53 pm

Crime

China Grove pair charged in roadside chair attack

CHINA GROVE — A man and woman have been charged for their involvement in a July 7 roadside attack where a man was struck with ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:29 pm

Crime

Sheriff’s office investigating suspicious vehicle fire

Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious vehicle fire after someone abandoned a charred Lincoln Navigator on a ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:00 am

Crime

Thieves hit storage unit again, taking $150,000 in T-shirts

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Thieves have once again broken into a Salisbury storage unit at American Century Home Fabric, 5200 S. Main St., ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 5:16 pm

Crime

Sheriff’s office: China Grove man found with used syringes, heroin at license checkpoint

SALISBURY — A China Grove man faces felony drug charges after Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies found drugs while searching a vehicle that went through ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 2:58 pm

Crime

Kannapolis pair charged in Longbriar Drive shooting

KANNAPOLIS — Two people were charged Monday following a shooting at a Kannapolis home where people had gathered. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said a ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 2:34 pm

Crime

Cleveland man faces charges in accident where alcohol, speed were factors

WOODLEAF — The N.C. State Highway Patrol has identified the two people involved in a weekend crash in which both were hospitalized and issued charges ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 11:56 am

Crime

Blotter: Police investigating vehicle break-ins after thieves make off with change

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police are looking into a number of vehicle break-ins in which thieves ransacked vehicles and took change over the weekend. ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, July 27, 2020 4:34 pm

Local

Missing 74-year-old woman found dead in neighbor’s pool

SALISBURY — A 74-year-old woman who suffered from dementia was reported missing Thursday evening and found less than an hour later dead in a neighbor’s ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, July 27, 2020 4:25 pm

Crime

Highway patrol: Alcohol, speed factors in single-vehicle crash that hospitalized two

WOODLEAF — A man and woman were injured in a weekend single-vehicle crash in which speed and alcohol are believed to be factors, according to ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, July 27, 2020 11:45 am

Coronavirus

Churches choose their own method of services during pandemic

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Local church leaders say they plan to continue to have services within limits that best suit their congregations. Church ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, July 26, 2020 12:10 am

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