• Voglers spend seven decades surviving, thriving
• Sisters of Mercy come back to school at Sacred Heart
• Accident cuts phone service downtown
• No charges after toddler’s death from shooting himself
• Middle school teacher under investigation
• ARTopia gallery opens on South Main Street
• Medicaid staffing problems — an urgent cry for help - editorial
• Steedley stops Lexington 3-2 in Legion play
• Stanly wins pitching duel over Kannapolis
• Area obituaries

05.30.2001

• Parents as Teachers program connects families, resources
• 9-year-old succumbs to injuries
• Nazareth Children’s Home holds annual Fun Fest
• Man charged with theft of store items
• New mobile home rules?
• Power plant ready to go
• Social Services’ Medicaid workers make plea for help
• Toddler’s tragic death is examined by DA
• Unemployment rate drops to 4.4 percent
• Go ahead, get steamed
• PGA ruling runs true - editorial
• Perilous explorations - editorial
• Is “K” the one to get it done?
• Area obituaries

05.29.2001

• Boy in critical condition
• Toddler accidentally shoots himself to death
• Memorial service to celebrate life of shooting victim
• Service of all remembered in Kannapolis
• Landis teacher charged - editorial
• Junior champ
• Area obituaries

05.28.2001

• These kids know when to play their pawns and kings
• Two names put forward for DSS board position
• Honor guard struggles to find members
• Planning board will address mobile home regulations Tuesday night
• Ultimately, a warrior dies because of love for his comrades - letter to the editor
• U.S. 70 median will increase risks - letter to the editor
• Gambling harms - letter to the editor
• Rowan scores more
• Athletes — and role models
• Area obituaries

05.27.2001

• Earnhardt territory: The legend continues to grow
• Rowan man killed in fight
• Twins’ peak: Leonard brother, sister earn Salisbury High’s top honors
• Margaret Basinger says goodbye to school career
• Memorial Day service held in China Grove; others scheduled
• Book review: P.D. James writes a fascinating tale of death
• Salisbury attorney looks back on Vietnam War
• You’re breaking up, Sara - Sarah Pitzer column
• Quite a triangle — wrong suitor pushes bank case - editorial
• Southern heritage is all-inclusive, unlike David Duke
• Sen. Dole gives last-minute invitation - Rose Post column
• Jury out (but encouraged) on schools - Elizabeth G. Cook column
• Jeff Green edges Matt Kenseth at the end
• Davie’s hopes for softball title end with loss
• 60 the magic score in Crescent scramble
• Amador leads Intimidators’ 5-1 victory over Macon
• Ronnie Gallagher’s notes ’n’ quotes
• Area obituaries

05.26.2001

• Nothing pretentious about Dale Earnhardt Jr. on QVC show
• Parents want to know if pictures of local children are involved in Internet porn case
• Battle against cancer just part of life’s journey for Jonathan Gross
• Bears at the park eating like kings on donated goodies
• What a difference time makes - Rose Post column
• Three share baseball coach of year title
• Jared Barnette claims player of the year title
• Darts and laurels — they’re out for blood - editorial
• Area obituaries

05.25.2001

• Smiles, tears as school days end
• County budget: no frills
• Agencies ask for nearly $10 million in new expenses
• Law enforcement joins forces for check points
• Take your pick of three Memorial Day services to attend Monday
• High school is eternal - editorial
• Rough roads need investigation - letter to the editor
• Scouts on lookout - letter to the editor
• League loves South - letter to the editor
• Intimidators fall short, 2-1
• West players lead Legion baseball
• Area obituaries

05.24.2001

• Family a big part of success for Meredith Lentz
• Alternative school gave girl a chance to fit in
• Kesler learned what she wanted at East Rowan
• Alemán overcame obstacles to succeed at South Rowan
• School officials preparing to work with less money
• Newton Cohen: Make whatever cuts are needed on schools
• Former President Carter brings inspirational words to Concord
• Teacher faces sex charge over Internet pictures
• East Spencer finances worsening
• East Spencer gets used firetruck from High Point
• Higher fuel prices? No problem for race fans
• Intimidators top Macon 11-2
• Ward strikes out 10 in Kannapolis American Legion victory
• Mooresville tops Rowan in Legion play
• Statesville staggers, stomps and stuns South
• Area obituaries

05.23.2001

• A party fit for a Hanford - Rose Post column
• Willard Scott brings weather with him
• Confusion surrounds school funding
• West basketball coach suspended while investigation continues
• County sticks by ruling on burned house
• Wreck on the way to a wedding leaves three hospitalized
• Cameras catch burglars going through doctor’s home at lake
• Keeping watch on water at Hurley Elementary
• Recipes call for edible flowers - Sylvia Andrews column
• Jackets double trouble for Hornets in boys tennis
• North wrestler Aaron Rimer honored
• Hazel Herring selling poppies, remembering the past - Rose Post column
• Where to find American Legion poppies
• Fishers of Men teach bass fishing, boating safety - James Barringer Outdoors column
• Area obituaries

05.22.2001

• Students have fun learning
• County cuts schools’ per-pupil spending
• Wreck closes interstate
• Intimidators merchandise sells well
• Ralph Bostian, educator, ‘good, kind man,’ dies at 78
• Irvan delivers big dreams
• Area obituaries

05.21.2001

• Aging moms celebrate Mother’s Day
• Army (of worms) lays siege to Rowan
• Could we have possible repeat of Pearl Harbor?
• Tyson offers advice to 2001 class
• County welcomes rainy days
• Safety key factor in U.S. 70 decision - editorial
• Schools have family gap, too - editorial
• Early school starts ignore teen biology - Letter to the editor
• We need lottery - Letter to the editor
• Honor fallen heroes - Letter to the editor
• Area obituaries

• Residents turn out to celebrate Granite Quarry Centennial
• You’re invited to celebrate with the Hanfords, Doles
• Residents say median isn’t answer for U.S. 70
• Steering toward more tales - Sara Pitzer column
• Chris Ippolito serious about photography
• County looking at racetrack zoning
• Teamwork, family values work for Hitachi in China Grove
• Rude CB users may get static in Kannapolis
• Joe Taylor fires round 8 strokes under his age
• Davie’s Murillo claims state title in 400 meters
• Kannapolis tops South in Legion baseball
• Steedley, Ruff pace Rowan Legion team victory
• Ronnie Gallagher’s sports notes ‘n’ quotes
• Up-and-down year for Heels doesn’t discourage Daniel Moore
• Moore family follows pitcher’s every move - Steve Hanf column
• Area obituaries

• A shared bond: Bone marrow donor, recipient meet
• Washington woman, Rowan man show donor program works
• Pilots for nonprofit group enjoy the missions
• Plenty of questions from Board of Adjustments
• Bush expected to nominate Rowan judge for state post
• Top school recruiter leaving
• Seven decades in the tropical fish business
• Schlotzsky’s reopening Salisbury branch
• North Davidson ousts West Rowan softball team
• Pharr carries North Rowan to third straight state track title
• Area obituaries

05.18.2001

• Paramedics’ lawsuit in mediation

• Back to school: Law enforcement officers continue education to help on the job
• East Spencer will start paying bill for water
• Landis looks at raising water, electric rates
• Doby’s pitching carries Legion team to victory
• Speedway, NASCAR growth have gone hand in hand
• The Winston is made for memories
• Kevin Harvick is staying busy
• Cutthroat Winston surprised Little E
• Double duty for Tony Stewart
• Phil Kirk pays visit to Mary Hanford on birthday - Rose Post column
• Area obituaries

05.17.2001

• Service honors officers killed in line of duty

• Pillowtex officials defend closing; union blames mismanagement
• Families will feel pain of cutbacks
• Legislature allows Salisbury to annex community park
• Garden tour in Charlotte centered on roses
• History book a gift to Granite Quarry - Rose Post column
• Europeans find home at Pfeiffer - Ed Dupree column
• UNC’s Daniel Moore on mound in ACC loss to Deacs
• West Rowan taking on North Davidson in softball playoffs Friday
• Area obituaries

05.16.2001

• New-look Rowan Legion team ready for changes

• North standout drives in four runs in Legion victory
• Long-time assistant coach takes over American Legion team
• South Legion team returns to the arms race
• Mocksville Legion team armed and dangerous
• Hubbard’s cupboard is far from bare with Kannapolis Legion team
• Plant 4 closing in Kannapolis
• Signs of trouble at Plant 4 began surfacing six years ago
• East Spencer isn’t paying water bill
• School board members now getting $200 a month
• Going for all the calcium you can get
• Salisbury boys tennis team knocks out Brevard
• At Salisbury High, tennis is a winning tradition - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Falcon girls narrowly miss upset in soccer playoffs
• Area obituaries

05.15.2001

• Two Salisburys make it official: They’re bonded

• Mary Ponds is happy to serve her town
• W.S. Brown’s business started in 1890, before the town itself
• F&M Bank grew from humble beginnings into a power
• Michael Braun left a legacy
• Centennial celebration starts on Saturday morning
• A look at Granite Quarry’s history
• History teacher writes about Granite Quarry’s busy past
• Granite Quarry still growing after all these years
• Shiloh Methodist begain in 1870
• White Rock met needs
• Officer saves man from burning home
• Kannapolis plans memorial for Earnhardt
• New water line will benefit Kannapolis
• Aycock school to be razed
• Making the words sing
• School custodians clean up on bonuses
• School hours likely to change
• Older and wiser - editorial
• You can’t trust the government - letter to the editor
• Lottery questions - letter to the editor
• Against gambling - letter to the editor
• Ronnie’s notes n quotes
• Area obituaries

05.14.2001

• Visitors from England celebrate rich diversity
• Child hit by car in Enochville
• China Grove to buy water in county project
• Enochville the pilot area to fix county address problems
• Man charged with murder in Concord
• Law enforcement officers stage drug raid
• Reason to celebrate - editorial
• Millions unspent — let flood aid flow to victims - editorial
• Galloway’s Mother’s Day celebration like no other
• Meals on Wheels benefit Sunday
• South puts end to victory streak for Moors
• Area obituaries
  

05.13.2001

• 281 Catawba graduates celebrate Saturday’s festivities

• Twins reunited at Catawba graduation
• Newton Cohen joins RCCC board
• Thousands who sought a better life, freedom call North Carolina home
• Marriage comes at right time for Isabel and ‘Wally’
• Book review: A great book about a great man — Robert E. Lee
• Gardening offers respite from rat race - Elizabeth G. Cook column
• Salisbury similarities — Brits should feel at home - editorial
• Boy Scout, granite part of Salisbury bond - Rose Post column
• Betty Walker answers call of railroad whistle - Rose Post column
• For Tip Miller, keeping trains on track was labor of love
•  Needed — space for yellow journalism - Sara Pitzer column
• Nick Maddox sees the light with Seminoles
• Surrounded by past, Maddox eyes future - Mike London column
• Tourney honors North Rowan’s Bob Hundley - Ed Dupree column
• LaTasha Pharr shines for North Rowan in regional track meet
• Bobby Phillips loves the hoops, food in Austria - Ronnie Gallager column
• Area obituaries

05.12.2001

• Salisbury to Salisbury: Hosts turn on the charm

• Two monitoring sites boost Rowan’s ozone rating
• Father of boy hit by van says driver was going too fast near school bus
• Be wary of phone scam
• Darts and laurels: — tobacco tax is fair game - editorial
• South Point blanks West Rowan in state baseball playoffs
• Will Central Cabarrus softball star lose again? - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Area obituaries

05.11.2001

• Real spill gives hazardous materials training a head start
• Questions remain from inmate’s suicide
• Mosquitoes lead to more calls for spraying
• Teen mom has advice for others
• Pond, arbor, tree trail making county park a destination
• Trying to turn teens away from drugs - editorial
• New drug offers hope for people with leukemia - editorial
• Crystal’s still the pistol in Central Cabarrus softball victory over West Rowan
• West Rowan ready for South Point in baseball playoffs
• Area obituaries

 05.10.2001

• Safe havens for children open in China Grove
• What is a McGruff House?
• Coates undecided on lottery referendum
• Colonial life on display
• County bans building in flood plains
• Women charged in wreck where man died
• Inmate found dead at detention center
• Cottonstock celebration Saturday in Kannapolis
• Lewellen Padgett: an artist who loves options
•  Driven to distraction — mixed signals on cell phones - editorial
• Davie football players high on recruiting lists
• Sean Kramer, South Rowan top high school golf tourney
• Pfeiffer golfers win Division II regionals, qualify for nationals
• Donte Minter to have a busy hoops summer - Ronnie Gallagher column
• Area obituaries

05.09.2001

• Salisbury native Ken Rufty a driven to success
• No tax hike expected from county officials
• Grilling out, Foreman-style
• Make mom feel special - Sylvia Andrews column
• Alcohol played role in accident that left truck in water
• Mosquitoes swarm county: Ears are ‘buzzing’ with number of calls
• Child waiting for bus hit by van in Woodleaf
• Bank robber posing as a woman nabbed
• Optimist Club honors law enforcement officers, heroes
• Medical center’s plan for expanded office cut down
• Spencer nightclub owner sues mayor, officers
• East falls 4-3 in first round of state baseball playoffs
• West’s Barnette overcomes knee, Comets in state baseball playoffs
• Future is now for Falcons in baseball - Ed Dupree column
• Landis may face lawsuit — water hike the right decision - editorial
• More idle hours - editorial
• Area obituaries

05.08.2001

• Tragedy averted as truck flips into lake
• County tackles the issue of those pesky mosquitoes
• Man wanted in truck theft
• 4 arrested after drugs found in car
• Couple sought in rash of area break-ins
• East Spencer replies to Police Department critics
• Flat Ashley visits Rowan
• One day at a time
• School board opts to delay bond vote
• Catawba grad was war hero
• Be grateful they’re there - editorial
• Lottery supporters should speak up - letter to the editor
• No median for U.S. 70 - letter to the editor
• Weber to play for Cougars
• Like old times for Mustangs
• Area obituaries

05.07.2001

• Area firemen muster for competition
• Men face federal drug charges
• Girl saves the day when horse bites mom’s finger
• Littering the heavens
• Fire destroys office, professor’s work
• Leave some groceries out for postman
• Walser set to welcome West
• Area obituaries

 05.06.2001

• 113 graduate at Livingstone
• Catawba prepares for graduation ceremonies
• Official says bank won’t be deciding factor for Pillowtex
• Hispanics, blacks gather to bridge culture gaps
• Visitors from Salisbury, England, on their way
• Police warn to be wary of con men seeking money
• More on Salisbury steak - Rose Post column
• Where did the Salisbury name come from?
• King Buster the snake moves in — maybe - Sara Pitzer column
• Book review: These hands can do almost anything
• Lincoln Park Apartments — more than just a roof - editorial
• Intimidators power to 5-1 victory over Lexington
• Mocksville’s Jeff Lankford holds his own against PGA’s best - Ed Dupree column
• Area obituaries

05.05.2001

• Competitors try to see who’s the toughest woman of them all
• Alcoa closes swimming area where teen drowned
• Presbyterians to show what their work has created in Mwandi
• War veterans with confederate ties to be honored
• Kannapolis isn’t likely to get more money for firefighters
• Freightliner, Pillowtex idling thousands of workers
• A banner year for Relay for Life
• Schools will stagger starting times in the fall
• Students gearing up for end-of-year tests
• Intimidators look like stuff of legends in 13-2 victory over Lexington
• Area obituaries

05.04.2001

• Talking trash over lunch

• Wanted man shoots at deputy
• Time runs out for Lincoln Park Apartments
• Intimidators’ closer Joe Valentine silences Legends
• Central tops East again for SPC baseball title
• North Rowan’s Pharr stars in CCC track swan song
• Scandalous interest rates — lending law bilks public - editorial
• Area obituaries

05.03.2001

• Truck snaps pole

• Three arrested after drive-by shooting
• Dorm fire may have been result of fight
• ‘Cowboy robber’ described as calm, polite
• Egg drop teaches students success
• Farmers market opens Saturday in Kannapolis
• Survival of the fittest
• Future has a hazy look - editorial
• Davie ousted
• East beats West
• Raiders fall in baseball
• Area obituaries

05.02.2001

• East Davidson blanks Salisbury in Central Carolina Conference tourney

• North falls 3-2 in Central Carolina Conference tourney
• Motorcycle crash claims life
• South tops R.J. Reynolds to earn rematch against Mount Tabor
• Foes raise voices against N.C. lottery
• Blacks, Hispanics hoping to break cultural barriers
• China Grove considers annexation options
• Water rules eased in China Grove
• No opposition appears for new Duke Power plant
• Fire destroys dorm room
• Kannapolis taxes likely to remain the same under budget plan
• Strawberry time in Rowan County
• Pillowtex union, Bank of America officials to meet Saturday
• Sidewalks slow plans for Wal-Mart
• West Rowan’s Terris Sifford going to Greensboro College
• West Rowan’s Danielle Scearce to play basketball for Indians
• Area obituaries

05.01.2001

• Mocksville’s J.P. Green Milling burns Monday
• ‘Cowboy’ robber on trial
• Citizens group initiates probe of East Spencer
• YMCA gets $1 million pledge
• Kannapolis police sponsoring 5K run Saturday
• Centerview residents look at ways revitalize
• Kerrey had counterparts in Rowan County
• A match with violence - editorial
• Salisbury High is a good choice - letter to the editor
• State needs lottery - letter to the editor
• Vecsey’s thrill is making deadline
• Winning award, losing luggage
• NSSA notebook
• Hornets derail Comets 9-0
• Sturdy Steedley stops Wonders
• Game ball goes to Barnette
• Bayless calls ’em as he sees ’em
• Area obituaries