Submitted by Rowan County Literacy Council The energy was electric, the hats were spectacular and the spirit of giving was in full swing at the 6th Annual Kentucky Derby Party with Hat-i-tude. Hosted ...

The Rowan Community Center will be undergoing an extensive makeover with the construction of a new health department space in the former Salisbury Mall. The renovations will begin on June 1, and the ...

Saturday evening, a resident of Webb Road happened to notice some plaster on the floor in the guest room of their house. When she and her husband explored the cause, they found a bullet hole in the ...

By Scotty Robinson Jr. I know both sides of the badge. I’ve been a police officer walking into unpredictable situations, and I’ve been a therapist sitting across from clients in the throes of trauma, ...

Boater Mitch Drew of Gold Hill caught a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds, 10 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on High Rock Lake. The ...

By D.G. Martin In Chapel Hill, the past few days have been mostly not about graduation, but about Bill Belichick, the new Carolina football coach, his multimillion-dollar contract, his success as ...

All those listed below with charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • An incident of littering on southbound I-85 in front of a law enforcement official ...

The Carolina Artists guild will be offering a charcoal display, showing the use of light form, at the monthly meeting on May 15 at St. John’s Lutheran Church (Faith Center 100 North Jackson St.

By Larry Efird Babies don’t choose when they are born. Other people decide those things, such as parents, doctors and God. I happened to be born on a dubious day, Friday the 13th, in May of 1955, to ...

Staff report South Rowan announced recently that Justin Pauley is no longer the interim head boys basketball coach. He is now ...

Carson junior Eric Gillis ran 9:18 in the 3200 to win the 3A Midwest Regional championship. The regional was held at Robinson ...

Salisbury’s boys contended for the 2A Midwest Regional track and field championship on Saturday at the High Point Athletic ...