Crime

UPDATE: Murder suspect arrested in Robeson County

UPDATE: Rowan County Sheriff’s detectives have determined that murder suspect Hayden Godair fled the Woodleaf crime scene with ...

Crime

Armed suspect robs Woodleaf BP

WOODLEAF — A man walked into a Woodleaf convenience store armed with a shotgun about 9:15 p.m. Saturday ...

News

Brothers in arms: Letters from World War II tell story of six sons longing for home

WOODLEAF — The Bost brothers’ letters — now up to 75 years old — are a sentimental treasure to ...

News

Yesterday: the Rice and Ratledge Flour Mill in 1974

This is a circa 1974 Salisbury Post file photograph of the Rice and Ratledge Flour Mill in Woodleaf. ...

News

Yesterday: Woodleaf’s ‘picturesque’ post office in 1968

This photograph in the Salisbury Post files is dated Nov. 28, 1968, and it shows children entering the ...

News

Woodleaf Tomato Festival brings out veterans, family, friends

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — James Deal knows how to eat a tomato sandwich — just put ...

Local

More surgeries ahead for 14-year-old Woodleaf teen accidentally shot

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com The mother of a 14-year-old who was accidentally shot in the abdomen by his ...

Local

14-year-old accidentally shot at Woodleaf home in stable condition

A 14-year-old boy who was accidentally shot with a shotgun at a Woodleaf home Wednesday is in stable ...

Crime

Jurors find Woodleaf man guilty in shooting death of neighbor

SALISBURY — A Woodleaf man was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter Friday after a weeklong trial in the ...

Crime

Witnesses: Murder victim Kerry Gray “aggressive” during confrontation before being fatally shot

SALISBURY — Kerry Gray was “aggressive” and didn’t appear to be scared of a gun pointed at him on ...

Local

“Woodleaf at its finest:” Annual tomato festival brings community together

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — For the people of Woodleaf, tomatoes are in the blood. The small, ...

Cleveland

County gives final OK to western elementary school loan

SALISBURY — Rowan County’s consolidated western elementary school on Monday morning inched closer to the start of construction. During ...

News

Load restrictions will lift on completion of new culvert project

WINSTON-SALEM – N.C. Department of Transportation contractors will begin replacing the Mount Vernon Road bridge with a triple-box culvert, ...

Local

Fireplace ashes cause fire on Cooley Farm Road

SCOTCH IRISH TOWNSHIP – A fire believed to be caused by fireplace ash destroyed a building at the ...

News

2-alarm fire at Apple Baking Co. contained to dock, roof

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire just before 7 ...

Local

Following school consolidation, community park a possibility in Woodleaf

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — What will happen to Woodleaf Elementary School once it’s vacated? County commissioners ...

Crime

Murder suspect’s mother: “My son was just trying to protect me”

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — The mother of a man charged with murder says her son was ...

Local

‘Maters always provide a juicy festival in Woodleaf

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — As a nutritional science major at N.C. State University, Neely Holloway knows ...

Local

Woodleaf Tomato Festival: 10 years and counting

Special to the Salisbury Post WOODLEAF — There have been at least 3,000 tomato sandwiches. That means 2,000 Woodleaf ...

Local

Car runs into Woodleaf post office

Fire, rescue and Highway Patrol responded after a vehicle crashed into the wall of the U.S. Post Office ...

Crime

Woodleaf pair accused of stealing, then returning, items for cash

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Woodleaf couple are accused of stealing over $70 worth of items ...

China Grove

Rowan cities and towns see limited population growth

SALISBURY — The population of Charlotte and its immediate neighbors is growing at notable rates, but the same isn’t true for ...

Local

Once a private family oasis, the Henry Connor Bost House goes public

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP —  Dr. Donald Lomax and his wife, Marie, bought this historic property in 1961 and on ...

Local

Dart: A Lasting Love — the story of Herbert and Brenda Chunn

Editor’s note: The Dart is a weekly feature that requires reporters to throw darts at a map of ...

Local

Woodleaf Tomato Festival brings old friends together

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — Ann McCullough and her husband, Ron, traveled all the way from Sebastian, ...

Cleveland

Falcons in first place after topping South

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan went from losing to winning in the blink of ...

Crime

Woodleaf woman has pet and TV stolen from home

Staff report WOODLEAF — A Woodleaf woman reported a break-in of her home on Monday where items, including ...

Local

David and Cheryl Correll, outstanding young farmers

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com David Correll is the fourth generation to farm on the family land, and ...

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