• GOP convention begins
• Welcome to the city of firsts
• Driver charged after wreck
• Grahams to host Meals on Wheels event
• Rubella case leads to vaccinations at China Grove plant
• Triathlon draws crowd to H igh Rock
• Rowan Legion falls 8-6
• Hitchcox heroics win it
• Parenting class
• Workshops in Cooleemee
• Kannapolis Elementary personnel
• New principal: Believe in students
• Principal of the Year
• Immunizations important - opinion
• A summer chill - opinion
• Area obituaries

07.30.2000

• Eastside Community shines

• Feds may join inquiry of asphalt testing grounds
• Jake Alexander Boulevard, Rockwell sites among state’s 72 cleanup areas
• Two Concord plants targeted for cleanup after chemicals turn up
• Oakboro boy’s body found
• Hard road, trucker’s life: Couple’s life on road has bumps like any other
• A real dog demands biscotti - Sara Pitzer column
• Believe it: Credibility is important to us - Elizabeth Cook column
• Mark Lyerly’s hard road back
• Rowan rallies for victory in Legion playoffs
• Kannapolis on wrong side of comeback in Legion tournament
• Weevils sweep Tourists
• Catawba football: the movie - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Area obituaries

07.29.2000

• Teen People magazine putting local band in national spotlight
• Former West students kept playing after graduating
• China Grove annexation plan up for comment Tuesday
• Blue Cross sending letters to NorthEast patients over changes
• Kannapolis getting Rowan County’s new ABC store
• Few clues surface in search for missing Oakboro boy
• Kannapolis scores four in the eighth to surge past Wayne in Legion playoffs
• Unknowns won’t faze Rowan ace in Legion play
• Anticipation high for SAC football
• Former Raider Kotish will be vocal senior leader for Lenoir-Rhyne football team - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Shoptalk: Here come the conventions and our coverage of them - Elizabeth Cook column
• Area obituaries

07.28.2000

• Property swap blocked
• Three ABC employees getting pay raises
• Pillowtex suffers $8.1 million losses
• Margaret Tannehill: living well and loving it at 100
• Weevil ace superb — in loss
• Sports Calendar
• The eyes have it - opinion
• Child-support contract: Little support for this ‘raise' - opinion
• Area obituaries

07.27.2000

• Buying booze undercover: Five of 21 stores sell to underage girl

• Baby critical with burns: 9-month-old injured in Kannapolis
• County set to check water near asphalt test sites
• Freightliner closing down for week in August
• Garden game: 2-pound tomato part of bumper crop
• Garden game: Cantaloupe size basketball comes in stellar season
• Jazz ’Sprit calls on experience
• On the playing field: Larry Davis majoring in guitar
• Man dies after shooting earlier this month
• Kannapolis Legion team set to take on Wayne County
• Time was not always so short - Moments in History
• Public housing for chief - opinion
• Area obituaries

 07.26.2000

• No. 3 turtle has all the marks of an Earnhardt fan
• 200 set to start teaching: Record number of newcomers will greet students
• Chief Herring practicing what he preaches by living in public housing
• Department of Social Services reports on banner year
• Downtown merchants celebrate 20 years of redevelopment
• Desmond Miller has big plans at Appalachian State - Mike London column
• Mental block for Scooter Sherrill? - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Preserving Bull Hole: Rivers flow for all of us - opinion
• Back to school: Home school numbers on rise
• Principal says North Rowan Middle a ‘brand-new school’
• Area obituaries

07.25.2000

• East YMCA takes shape

• Falling behind
• Local Republicans disappointed Dole was not picked
• Cluster concept on hold in Kannapolis
• Area obituaries

07.24.2000

• Storm damages homes, knocks down trees
• Library takes step into past
• Healthy Kids 2000
• Dealing with disruptions - opinion
• This ‘nut’ doesn’t like China Grove cracks - Letter to the editor
• No basis for gay marriage - Letter to the editor
• Area obituaries

07.23.2000

• Enemy outside the door: Ozone
• Listen to your doctor, take asthma seriously
• Out of school suspensions sparking local, national debate
• Ask Us
• Everybody can have a Ukulele - Sara Pitzer column
• Milford Hills health fears - opinion
• Sturdivant headed to Kentucky - Ronnie Gallagher column
• The Boll Weevil notebook ...
• Rowan plays first state tournament game Saturday night
• Area obituaries
• Freedmen's Cemetery Memorial Project proposals

07.22.2000

• Experts listen, promise action
• ‘Well, my daughters have cancer’
• Weisler’s questions prompt telephone call
• Controversy swirls at the Bull Hole
• Salisbury family takes their ministry on the road - Faith
• Shannon the Seahawk
• Rowan wins series
• Area obituaries

07.21.2000

• Tucker found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in infant’s death
• Cancer cases get attention from state
• A day in space
• China Grove cuts back annexation
• Spend quality time with PPT and Neil Simon
• Chatting with Hanson - In Sync
• West Rowan students get a taste of Europe
• Rowan rebounds
• Area obituaries

07.20.2000

• Cancer investigation sought
• Neighbors want answers about their air and water
• Family triggers concerns about health
• Daughter testifies to finding baby
• Rowan court costs increasing
• Saving the Bull Hole
• Piedmont Players’ ‘Proposals’ opens tonight
• Kannapolis evens series
• Schenk had Scooter raving during girls game
• Hardin grounded by West coaches
• Area obituaries

07.19.2000

• Mother testifies
• Sofas on porches safe for now
• Uncovering an American Patriot
• Don’t be too sure those ‘smart money’ people know the final scoop
• Juicy Harvest - Lifestyles
• Enjoy peaches all year long - Lifestyles
• Mental health overhaul - opinion
• Rowan ‘terrible’ in victory
• Schenk shows ’em
• Area obituaries

07.18.2000

• Nine other agencies report crime decrease

• Murder trial continues
• Finalists on display
• VA to pay homeless shelter for veterans
• China Grove narrows search for manager
• A world of words - Tuesday's people
• Censored: Dinner at Tio’s - Mark Wineka column
• Speedway patrol tab - opinion
• Rowan is wary of Kannapolis
• Phillips finally gets a chance to play with Scooter - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Area obituaries

07.17.2000

• Surgery sure won’t slow him down - Rose Post column

• State says Rowan crime down 18.9%
• Murder trial begins in child’s death
• It’s a bloomin’ success
• Spencer couple love their Edsel
• American LaFrance expands
• Grant to help teach computer skills to North High students
• Habitat grant could add full-time worker in Rowan
• Area obituaries

Letters to the editor:

• Allen Bradley
• Linda Glover
• Local donations make difference in Ukraine
• Don’t limit free speech

07.16.2000

• Primate experts aren’t sold on zoo’s care of infant monkey

• Monkeys ‘make terrible pets’
• Cost for N.C. Highway Patrol officers at the races: $419,161
• Farmer’s Day brings crowd to China Grove
• Pre-trial release program cutting numbers in jail
• Cheerwine Building’s before and after story
• Kannapolis Legion team advances with 11-8 victory over Mocksville
• Former Salisbury High star Leonard Owens will play basketball for Texas-El Paso
• Rowan County will be going for state Legion title for 10th time
• Cats have their way with me-Sara Pitzer column
• Area obituaries

07.15.2000

• Drought leaves lake lovers high and dry

• China Grove aldermen move too quickly to close loopholes on apartments

• Gardner supports Cherie Berry’s claim

• ‘I have a dream..’ still lives on--Faith

• Kannapolis gives Mocksville Helms

• AL Post 342 goes to state

• Area obituaries

07.14.2000

• Pillowtex idles plants for one week

• Prisoners helping flood victims

• Conversation corner

• Behind the parties

• Weant Street residents speak out

• Redistricting talks begin--Editorial

• Wilson shuts down Rowan

• Area obituaries

07.13.2000

• The great squirrel hunt is on

• Ten schools get top rating

• Firm sees Aycock school as apartments

• No charges likely from stabbing in Cleveland

• Driver pleads in garbage collector’s death

• No cursing allowed in China Grove Municipal Building

• Commisssioners’ role as Zoning Board questioned

• Horse camp will teach more than riding skills

• Hatley dominates Concord batters in 7-4 Legion victory

• Free music Monday at Gem Theater in Kannapolis

• Making ‘Proposals’ set to open July 20

• Area obituaries

07.12.2000

• Power company wants to keep trespassers off Bull Hole land
• Cake baker finds real good way to say thanks
• China Grove narrowing options on annexation
• Murder suspect caught after chase on Interstate 85
• Group seeks peace in school redistricting
• Brains, relax
• Fancy or simple, food is a given at weddings
• Rowan recovers with 9-4 Legion victory
• Kannapolis’ fantastic finish stuns Mocksville in Legion play
• Area obituaries

07.11.2000

• 268 pints collected at Civic Center
• Kannapolis water could get critical
• Tadlock appointed to ABC seat
• Two men hurt in forklift accident
• Water issues bring delay in county action on incentives for CP&L
• Council trying to work out compromise on Bunker property
• N. Rowan gets new principal
• Rowan, Concord to battle
• Weevil winning streak ends
• The hype begins for Catawba - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Bringing characters to life - Tuesday's People
• Area obituaries

07.10.2000

• Things are cooking in Granite
• ‘Cowboy robber’ suspect caught
• S-s-s-s-share your favorite s-s-snake story with the Post
• Gardening experts show their stuff
• InI: The power of ‘we’ - Lifestyles
• Franco, Padilla lead Weevils
• What about Doug Moe? - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Area obituaries

07.09.2000

• Richfield postmaster lowers flag for last time

• Philmont: Having fun, being responsible
• Holy Grail: Trip into wilderness filled with meaning for Scouts
• Finders, keepers?
• Some see spot on ABC board as a payback
• Open position on ABC panel has trouble brewing
• Attempts to buy YMCA hit a snag
• Oh, behave: Veterinarian tries to find what’s behind troubling animals
• Salisbury has plenty of its own Harry Potter fans
• Postseason play fires up Rowan County
• Boll Weevils wait out win with a walk
• Byrd flies to top of SAL stat sheets
• Local crew members mourn Kenny Irwin
• Big Apple bites back at Rocker - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Area obituaries

07.08.2000

• Driftwood or art? When he’s not fishing, he’s on the lookout for his next prize

• Stepbrother stabbed to death; man killed in crash
• Historically significant areas up for review in Kannapolis
• Donated cell phones going to domestic violence victims
• Midland residents to vote on incorporation
• Rowan eliminates King 11-1 in Legion playoffs
• Kannapolis Legion team’s 6-5 victory ‘awesomest’
• Weevils blast out of slump with 11-3 victory over Greensboro
• Area obituaries

07.07.2000

• Kannapolis girl has long road back from Tickle Hill accident

• Speed humps on the way for stretch of road
• Middle school won’t open on time
• County may try to disguise towers
• Salisbury will try to reduce backlog of water-sewer connection requests
• Kannapolis water sources getting low
• Smile Center helps keep kids’ teeth healthy
• Hatley, Rowan roll in Legion playoffs
• Mocksville Legion team overcomes rare triple play
• Weevils spell relief P-E-R-E-Z
• Area obituaries

07.06.2000

• Nearly 10 stories of firefighting power
• Salisbury may supply CP&L raw water
• Lawsuits filed over asbestos at seven plants
• Doctor’s rezoning request approved
• Smaller lot sizes get the OK in Kannapolis
• The Fabulous Brubakers - Lifestyle
• Weevils drop 4-1 decision to Columbus
• No. 9 seed Kannapolis wins again in Legion playoffs
• Legion team leading 10-0 when rain halts play
• Area obituaries

07.05.2000

• Car chase ends in crash at church
• Celebrating independence
• Homemade heaven - Lifestyles
• Convenience store robberies continue
• Moore’s still the king of the hill
• Weevils washed away by Columbus
• Area obituaries

07.04.2000

• Meals on Wheels: More than food
• The life of a rodeo cowboy
• INDEPENDENCE DAY 2000
  The glory of democracy - Opinion
• They paid the price for our freedom - Lifestyle
• Area obituaries

07.03.2000

• Coolemee plans third annual lawn mower parade
• Law enforcement officers looking for help from above
• Clarification
• Living’s easy at Goodnight’s pond
• FIVE NEW PARKS FOR CITY? - opinion
• Area obituaries

07.02.2000

• Retirement party the perfect time for tales about downtown fixture - Rose Post column
• Race for sheriff shaping up early
• Salvation Army chief gets his heart transplant
• Octobertour: bigger and better
• Planning board looking for changes
• Still more work for equal pee - Sara Pitzer column
• YMCA camp: fitness and fun for kids
• Golfers trying to beat cancer
• Rowan Legion team polishes off Mooresville 6-5
• Area obituaries

07.01.2000

• Beware rockets’ red glare
• Post will start delivering Saturday morning edition July 15
• Fate leads local college student to Ancient Aila
• Michael’s friends will never forget
• Planning a trip’s a snap over the Internet - Cyber Savvy
• Darts and laurels - opinion
• Kannapolis survives thriller at Holt-Moffitt
• Rowan’s bats show no ill effects from lengthy layoffs
• Cress ready for big finish
• Area obituaries