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Massive search for Laundrie ends as FBI identifies remains in Florida

By Curt Anderson Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in ...

Crime

Few details available after Kannapolis shooting claims life

KANNAPOLIS — Limited details were available Thursday after a homicide at 2103 Fowler St. in the Kannapolis area. ...

Crime

Blotter: Bullet holes found at Salisbury home

SALISBURY — A person on Wednesday reported finding bullet holes in their home on New Street. At about ...

Crime

Rowan Sheriff’s Office releases details of NASCAR driver’s assault at coworker’s home

SALISBURY — Carson Ware, a part-time NASCAR driver, was staying with a coworker and his wife when he ...

News

NASCAR driver jailed on Rowan County assault charges

SALISBURY — A part-time NASCAR driver was jailed Wednesday in Rowan County on assault charges and indefinitely suspended ...

Crime

Woodleaf man jailed after two-county car chase

SALISBURY — A Woodleaf man was jailed Tuesday after taking Rowan County sheriff’s deputies on a chase from ...

Crime

Salisbury man arrested for running from deputies in smoke shop, tossing gun under table

SALISBURY — Rowan County Sheriff deputies on Monday charged a Salisbury man with a felony gun crime after ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury man charged with indecent liberties, first degree sex offense

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday charged a Salisbury man with felony sex offenses in ...

Crime

Man jailed for shooting at Davie detectives in Rowan County given $560,000 bond

WOODLEAF — A Cooleemee man who shot at Davie County detectives in Rowan County faces two counts of ...

Crime

County Commissioner Craig Pierce pleads guilty to driving while intoxicated

SALISBURY — Rowan County Commissioner Craig Pierce pleaded guilty on Friday to driving while intoxicated. He received a ...

Crime

Overdose call turns into homicide investigation on Ted Lane

SALISBURY — An overdose call turned into a homicide investigation Sunday after a man was found dead on ...

Crime

Court judgment requires occupants to vacate Gheen Road home, site of two murders

SALISBURY — A house at 1270 Gheen Road that’s been the site of two murders and other crimes ...

Crime

Blotter: Oct. 17

In weekend crime reports: • Donny Ray Martin, 44, of Kannapolis, was charged with felony possession of a ...

Crime

Woman arrested for flashing rear end at Sheriff’s Office after previous charges overturned

SALISBURY — A Spencer woman was arrested Thursday for flashing her rear end to Rowan Sheriff’s Office employees ...

Crime

Teen charged in shooting at Mount Tabor High School held without bond

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A 15-year-old charged in the shooting death of a classmate at a North Carolina high ...

Crime

Cooleemee man arrested after trading gunfire with Davie County investigators in Rowan

SALISBURY — Davie County Sheriff’s Office detectives on Friday afternoon exchanged gunfire in Rowan County with a Cooleemee ...

Crime

Blotter: Man charged with trio of vehicle break-ins

SALISBURY — A 25-year-old man faces charges for breaking into vehicles at three different locations in Salisbury. Jeremiah Emmanuel ...

Crime

24-year-old man jailed for kidnapping, rape charges

SALISBURY — A 24-year-old Salisbury man was jailed Monday on charges of first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape. Jacob ...

Politics

Blotter: Woman charged with bringing 14 suboxone strips into jail

SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman was charged Tuesday with felony possession of a controlled substance in a jail ...

Crime

Two seek medical care, 28 shell casings found after shooting near Salisbury City Park

SALISBURY — Two people sought medical care, several bullets struck a home and police found 28 total shell ...

Crime

Former Wake volleyball coach ordered to pay $50,000 fine in admissions bribery scandal

By Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press BOSTON — Federal prosecutors have promised to drop their case against a ...

News

Blotter: Oct. 12

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • A woman on Friday overdosed in the 200 block of Johnson ...

Crime

Kannapolis man faces number of drug, gun charges

SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man is facing a bevy of drug and gun charges after being caught with ...

Crime

Blotter: Shots fired during downtown Salisbury fight

SALISBURY — Police recovered spent shell casings early Saturday after shots were fired during a fight in downtown ...

Crime

Stanly County man charged with growing marijuana on Alcoa game lands

SALISBURY — A Stanly County man is facing several drug charges for allegedly growing marijuana on game lands ...

Crime

Salisbury man charged with statutory rape, indecent liberties

SALISBURY — A 24-year old Salisbury man is facing of number of child sex charges. Jacob Wayne Stegall ...

Crime

NC man sentenced to 21 years for shooting police officer

NEW BERN (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison in connection ...

Crime

Blotter: Oct. 8

In Salisbury Police reports: • A man on Thursday reported fraud resulting in the estimated loss of $550. ...

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