Staff report
Three people have been charged in a meth lab bust in Woodleaf, and a child found in the home has been removed.
The Rowan County Sheriff's Office and the SBI searched a home at 740 Mount Vernon Road, off Cool Springs Road, on Monday, find ...Read More

Staff report A Salisbury mother has been charged after authorities say she allowed her 2-year-old child to run in traffic on South Main Street. Trooper A.J. Carpenter of the N.C. Highway Patrol spotted the child in heavy traffic. Salisbury Police ...Read More

Staff report A pair of shoplifters trying to stock up on chewing tobacco, didn't count on some determined Food Lion employees. Salisbury Police report that the theft occurred around 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Food Lion, 525 W. Jake Alexander Blv ...Read More

Staff report A 24-year-old Livingstone College student reported he was pistol whipped early Sunday morning after he lost control of his car and went into a cemetery. Stuart Laron Brown originally told Salisbury police that he had stopped at the in ...Read More

A West Rowan High School student pulled an 8-inch knife on another student while on a school bus — trying to force him to change seats. Paul Allen Cross, an 18-year-old was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a 15-year-old.According to the ...Read More

Staff report Law enforcement dealt with a rash of suicide attempts over the weekend. Salisbury Police responded to three suicide attempts starting Friday around 8 p.m. The ages ranged from 20 years old to 35, all women. One attempt involved se ...Read More

Home break-ins not deterred by bad weather Snow and ice on the roads didn't slow down home break-ins across the county last weekend. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office is investigating more than a dozen incidents, including the theft of a car, a fla ...Read More

The Salisbury Police Department reports that Christopher Tevepaugh, of 215 Titan Drive, reported the theft of a 1986 Camaro on Jan. 29. On Feb. 1, James William Heilig, of 1014 W. Horah St., also reported a vehicle stolen from his back yard. In other ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost The death of a 45-year-old man in a fiery wreck Jan. 29 continues to puzzle investigators. Brian Keith Gordon, of 1040 Starhaven Lane, died around 9 p.m. when his vehicle went off the right side of snow-co ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com A family watched early Friday as everything they owned went up in flames for the second time in seven months. And without insurance to replace their home and possessions this time, the family members d ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.comFire departments from three counties battled a house fire off Unity Church Road that left a family homeless Thursday night. Firefighters from departments in Cabarrus and Iredell counties joined Atwell, ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.comFire departments from three counties battled a house fire off Unity Church Road that left a family homeless Thursday night. Firefighters from departments in Cabarrus and Iredell counties joined Atwell, ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost The death of a 45-year-old man in a fiery wreck on Jan. 29 continues to puzzle investigators. Brian Keith Gordon, of 1040 Starhaven Lane, died around 9 p.m. when his vehicle went off the right side of ...Read More

The Salisbury Police Department reports that Christopher Tevepaugh, of 215 Titan Drive, reported the theft of a 1986 Camaro on Jan. 29. On Feb. 1, James William Heilig, of 1014 W. Horah St., also reported a vehicle stolen from his back yard. In oth ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com Two men sentenced to life in prison for major crimes two decades ago in Rockwell and Kannapolis could soon be free. The state Parole Commission is considering releasing Kenneth Allen Dover and Richa ...Read More

A house on Harris Street in Concord burned early this morning. The city of Concord Department of Fire and Life Safety went at 3:25 a.m. to a reported house fire at 721 Harris St. Firefighters found an occupied single-story, wood frame house with hea ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com Two men sentenced to life in prison for major crimes two decades ago in Rockwell and Kannapolis could soon be free. The state Parole Commission is considering releasing Kenneth Allen Dover and Rich ...Read More

Snow and ice on the roads didn't slow down home break-ins across the county over the weekend. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office is investigating more than a dozen incidents, including the theft of a car, a flat screen TV and thousands of dollars of o ...Read More

A house on Harris Street in Concord burned early this morning. The city of Concord Department of Fire and Life Safety went at 3:25 a.m. to a reported house fire at 721 Harris St. Firefighters found an occupied single-story, wood frame house with hea ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com A 27-year-old Biscoe man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the August 2006 beating death of Jeffrey Allen Wills, the owner of a Kannapolis bar. Nicholas "Nick" Jermaine Steele showed no ...Read More

Authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying the driver of a vehicle that struck a man Tuesday night on Mount Hope Church Road. The vehicle was a red or dark red Ford van or SUV, the N.C. Highway Patrol said. It has windshield damage. ...Read More

CONCORD — Authorities have charged a man with involuntary man-slaughter in the Jan. 28 shooting death of a 46-year-old man. Concord police investigators have obtained an arrest warrant for Ruben Rojas Hernandez, 20, of 307 Melrose Drive SW. The sh ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com A 27- year-old Biscoe man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the August 2006 beating death of Jeffrey Allen Wills, the owner of a Kannapolis bar. Nicholas "Nick" Jermaine Steele showed n ...Read More

Update: The jury has found Nicholas "Nick" Jermaine Steele guilty of first-degree murder in the beating death of Jeffrey Allen Wills. He will serve a minimum of a life sentence. District Attorney Bill Kenerly asked for 9 1/2 to 12 years additional f ...Read More

Staff report Authorities were searching for a van involved in a hit-and-run Monday evening in which a pedestrian was injured. According to emergency radio communications, a 48-year-old man was conscious and alert but suffered a fractured ankle when ...Read More