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Update: Suspect, woman killed in High Point standoff; 3 police officers wounded by gunfire

HIGH POINT (AP) — A man who barricaded himself inside a house with a woman and two children ...

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Blotter: Man charged with misusing company’s credit card

SALISBURY — A Davidson County man faces charges after being accused of using a company credit card to ...

News

Assistant principal of Statesville school facing sex charge

STATESVILLE (AP) — An assistant principal at an elementary school has been charged with second-degree sexual exploitation of ...

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Rockwell woman charged with felony drug possession

SALISBURY —  A Rockwell woman faces drug charges after Rowan County sheriff’s deputies noticed a chemical smell coming ...

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Blotter: Man sought after slapping, firing gun during argument

SALISBURY — Police are looking for a man who’s accused of slapping another in the face and firing ...

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Blotter: Woman charged with breaking and entering

SALISBURY — A woman faces felony breaking and entering charges after being accused of kicking the back door ...

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Shots fired into Standish Street apartment

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man told police he dropped to the floor of his Standish Street apartment and ...

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Precautionary lockdowns at schools caused by Salisbury gas station shooting

SALISBURY — The short-lived lockdowns of two schools on Tuesday was the result of a shooting at the ...

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Lexington Police arrest third man connected to Rowan robbery, beating

SALISBURY — Lexington Police on Monday night arrested a man wanted in connection with the robbery and beating ...

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Methamphetamine charges filed for man, woman after SUV found parked in woods

SALISBURY — A man and woman face drug charges after backing an SUV into the woods and hanging ...

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Traffic stop produces drug, weapons charges for Spencer, Salisbury men

SALISBURY — Men from Spencer and Salisbury face drug and weapons charges after being stopped near the intersection ...

News

Jury trials scheduled to resume at courthouse in March, backlog of cases waiting

SALISBURY — Almost a year after court proceedings were brought to an abrupt halt due to the COVID-19 ...

Crime

Blotter: Woman scammed out of $250

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office says a local woman was scammed out of $250 after receiving ...

Crime

UPDATED: Two arrested, one sought for robbery, beating of 93-year-old man

SALISBURY — Two men face charges and officers are looking for a third man in connection with a ...

Crime

Crime blotter: Jan. 31

• Bobby J. Skeens, 37, of Charlotte, was charged Sunday for felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle ...

News

Lexington man accused of messaging child for sex

LEXINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man solicited a child for sex in exchange for money by sending ...

News

Political worker pleads not guilty to charges from 2018 election

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A political operative accused by North Carolina authorities of ...

Crime

Blotter: Jan. 29

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • A woman reported fraud Wednesday in the 1000 block of Julian ...

Crime

Rowan County man to serve minimum of 45 months for manslaughter, robbery charges

SALISBURY — A 28-year-old Rowan County man will serve a minimum of 45 months in prison after entering ...

Crime

Man pleads no contest in grandmother’s murder

SALISBURY — A 28-year-old man man will spend a minimum of 38 years in prison after pleading no ...

Crime

Search warrant yields drug charges for Newsome Road man

SALISBURY — A 30-year-old Newsome Road man faces a number of drug charges after a search warrant stemming ...

Crime

Alleged gang members face laundry list of drug charges

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office says two men who are known gang members face a list ...

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Rockwell man added to sheriff’s most wanted list

SALISBURY — A Rockwell man has been added to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office most wanted list. Steven ...

Crime

Salisbury man charged in string of gas station robberies

SALISBURY — A 36-year-old man faces charges in several robberies where he allegedly asked for Newport cigarettes before ...

Crime

Blotter: Search warrant produces charges for Salisbury woman

SALISBURY — A woman faces charges in connection to a 2020 search warrant that found drugs in a ...

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Randolph County deputies cleared in shooting death of Rockwell man

SALISBURY — Randolph County District Attorney Andrew Gregson has cleared sheriff’s deputies in the January 2020 death of ...

Crime

Blotter: Man faces drug charges after being reported as ‘suspicious’

CHINA GROVE — A 22-year-old man faces drug charges after being searched Friday at the Bostian Heights Fire Department. ...

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Mississippi sheriff: One dead after Salisbury children left in woods; father sought

SALISBURY — A 2-year-old Salisbury girl was found dead Saturday after she and her 7-year-old brother were abandoned ...

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