Politics

Stephanie Walker seeks re-election to Rockwell Board of Aldermen

ROCKWELL — Stephanie Walker is running for a third term on the Rockwell Board of Aldermen. Walker has worked ...

Faith

Footstones mark beginning of commemorative year for Grace Lower Stone’s building

By Kevin Sloop For the Salisbury Post ROCKWELL — This Sunday’s homecoming service at Grace Lower Stone Reformed ...

News

Beau Taylor hopes to stay on job as Rockwell mayor

ROCKWELL — Mayor Beau Taylor says that every time he has run for political office, he has run for ...

News

Rockwell pair charged after deputy attempts to serve arrest warrant

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — A Rockwell man and woman resisted a deputy’s attempt to serve an ...

News

Chris Cranford running for Rockwell Board of Aldermen

ROCKWELL — After thinking about running for office for some time, Chris Cranford is making a bid for ...

News

Rockwell man charged with drug trafficking after 6-month investigation

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — A Rockwell man faces felony drug trafficking charges after a six-month investigation ...

News

Field of dreams: People come from far and near to enjoy moment with Shupings’ sunflowers:

ROCKWELL — Not long after Heather Carter and her children got out of the car, Rusty Shuping shouted ...

News

As municipal filing nears, candidates weigh whether to run

SALISBURY — To run or not to run is the question for many municipal leaders as filing for ...

News

China Grove decreases property tax rate by 4 cents

SALISBURY — The China Grove Town Council unanimously passed a revenue-neutral budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year that ...

News

Rowan County man’s gas refill changes his life forever

Tyler Wagoner of Salisbury is good on gas money and much more after winning $1 million playing the ...

Graduation

Graduation 2019: Rockwell Christian School class of 2019

Carolina School of Real Estate: Alex Miller. Central Piedmont Community College: Gracie Benfield. Good News Bible College: Nathan Vanderford. Pensacola Christian ...

News

D-Day remembered: ‘I only know that I was scared to death’

ROCKWELL — Eugene Hobbs is 97 now and a treasured resident of the Community Living Center at the ...

News

Rockwell funeral home will offer its ‘Veterans Appreciation Day’ lunch April 18

ROCKWELL — Powles Staton Funeral Home will hold its Veterans Appreciation Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...

News

Man killed in motorcycle accident

A Kannapolis man was killed Tuesday night in what authorities say appears to have been a single-vehicle accident. ...

News

EMS, local leaders dedicate station to honor Frank Thomason

ROCKWELL — Frank Thomason retired in 2017 as Rowan County’s emergency management chief after decades as a public ...

News

Nazareth Child & Family Connection certified as Sanctuary Institute organization

ROCKWELL – After two years of staff assessment, studying and training, Nazareth Child & Family Connection has been ...

Rockwell

Planning board approves second Dollar General in Rockwell area

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Planning Board on Monday gave its approval to a rezoning allowing for a ...

News

Fire investigator: Cause of two early morning Rowan County fires undetermined

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Rowan County fire investigator says two early Thursday morning fires in Rockwell and ...

News

Yesterday: In 1978, Rockwell Christian Church’s singing Christmas tree at Catawba College

Margaret Thompson-Shumate uncovered this photograph in a box of hundreds of recipes and newspaper clippings that were collected ...

News Main

“Not so good, Son, not so good’: For Kluttz family, 1950 train accident held ironic twists, fateful decisions

  ROCKWELL — As a boy growing up in eastern Rowan County, Banks Kluttz heard only that his ...

News

Bikers for a Cause deliver gifts to Nazareth Child & Family Connection

By Andie Foley andie.foley@salisburypost.com Tall and with a braided horseshoe mustache that hits him mid-chest, Darby Dillard perfectly ...

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Rockwell Festival of Trees to open Friday

The Rockwell Museum Festival of Trees and Christmas village is in final preparations before opening Friday evening. The ...

News

Rowan authorities charge Rockwell man with drug offenses

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — A Rockwell man who was found unconscious was charged with drug offenses ...

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STM — Rockwell mini village

 At Christmastime, Mallory Allen knows what it takes (300 hours) to build one-of-a-kind places

News

Fight Like a Gurley: Grace Academy students, teachers celebrate teacher after successful cancer treatment

ROCKWELL — Grace Academy kindergarten teacher Chandi Gurley thought she was going to a meeting to discuss a ...

News

Made in America: Oglethorpe, with help from his friends, has become a true toy soldier

ROCKWELL — Terry Oglethorpe is a shade-tree toymaker. On his Iredell County farm near the Rowan County line, ...

News

Veterans Appreciation Breakfast will be Oct. 11 in Rockwell

ROCKWELL — Powles Staton Funeral Home will hold its annual Veterans Appreciation Breakfast at 9 a.m. Oct. 11 ...

Local

Double pipe replacement to improve drainage on Emanuel Church Road

ROCKWELL – N.C. Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close a section of Emanuel Church Road between U.S. 52 and ...

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