Travis Allen, a Rowan County Sheriff's deputy, has filed papers to start the committee to elect Travis Allen sheriff with the Rowan Board of Elections. Allen, of Salisbury, was a Salisbury Police officer from 1994 to 1998, and has been with the Sheri ...Read More

Staff reports One of three people shot in a South Jackson Street house Thursday night is in very critical condition in a Winston-Salem hospital. Dennis Alexander, 24, of Gold Hill Circle, is at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center with mu ...Read More

A Mount Ulla resident has reported to the Rowan Sheriff's Office that he was ripped off at an area antique business. Leo Vincent White of 1127 Hazlenut Place told deputies that he placed $3,500 worth of antiques and collectibles at the business in Ma ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com Salisbury Police officers, with a little help from firefighters, caught a would-be robber coming out of Wendy's Wednesday night. In something akin to a TV script, the plot featured a chase and a fig ...Read More

The Salisbury Police Department reports a number of vandalisms occurring between Nov. 13 and 16 at various businesses and residences in the city. Incidents were reported at 613 Cedar St., 612 Mocksville Ave., Triangle Grading at 2130 Harrison Road, ...Read More

Staff report KANNAPOLIS — A woman ended up in the hospital after fighting off a robber who tried to shoot her. The gun apparently misfired. The woman, who lives on Crescent Street, and her 9-year-old child were returning home Sunday around 8:15 p.m. ...Read More

KANNAPOLIS — A woman ended up in the hospital after fighting off a robber who tried to shoot her. The gun apparently misfired. The woman, of Crescent Street, and her 9-year-old were returning home Sunday around 8:15 p.m. when a man with a gun came u ...Read More

Staff report A Church Street resident turned the tables on a would-be scam when she started asking questions. Salisbury Police report the woman got a phone call on Monday from a man who had a sad story and needed help. The man claimed he had a rel ...Read More

Salisbury Police, with a little help from firefighters, caught a would-be robber coming out of Wendy’s Wednesday night. Police officers patrolling East Innes Street responded so quickly to the report of a robbery in progress, they arrived on the sc ...Read More

Staff reportLocal police departments combined with the Rowan County Sheriff's Office to catch dozens of speeders and other traffic violators. Local law enforcement agencies conducted the "No Need for Speed" campaign on Wednesday. Capt. John Sifford ...Read More

By Shelley Smithssmith@salisburypost.comSalisbury will probably have an interim police chief after current Chief Mark Wilhelm steps down at the end of 2009. City Manager David Treme expects to take that step while he finds a permanent replacement. ...Read More

An Agner Road man was charged Wednesday with shooting at and strangling his wife. John Ricky Eller, 53, 2065 Agner Road, is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center following the domestic incident. According to information in warrants take ...Read More

The Rowan County Sheriff's Office responded to a call Nov. 13 from Ronnie Lane Drye concerning a break-in at 1510 Cannon St., Rockwell. Drye said someone took items valued at approximately $6,700. Taken were numerous construction items, including a S ...Read More

Staff report Police are making progress in identifying as many as six people in a shootout at Civic Apartments, but are asking for help from the community. A bus dropping off First Calvary Baptist Church members ended up in the crossfire Sunday afte ...Read More

Salisbury Police are seeking help in identifying someone who used a stolen credit card at a local business. According to police, credit cards were stolen from an office at Catawba College on Nov. 11 between 8 a.m. and 12 noon. A SunTrust Visa card ...Read More

A Deal Road company which builds racing engines is out a set of General Motors racing heads worth $9,000. Keith Swanson Roberts of Roberts Racing Engines, 1375 Deal Road, Mooresville, reported the theft of the V-6 racing heads on Nov. 16. The theft o ...Read More

Staff report Police are making progress in identifying as many as six people in a shootout at Civic Apartments, but are asking for help from the community. A bus dropping off First Calvary Baptist Church members ended up in the crossfire Sunday af ...Read More

Salisbury Police are seeking help in identifying a man who used a stolen credit card at a local business. According to police, credit cards were stolen from an office at Catawba College on Nov. 11, between 8 a.m. and 12 noon. A SunTrust Visa card ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette and Hugh Fisher jburchette@salisburypost.com Riders hit the floor as a loaded church bus got caught in the crossfire during a gun battle Sunday afternoon at Civic Apartments. Two bullets struck First Calvary Baptist Church's bu ...Read More

Salisbury Police responded to two separate reports of armed robbery over the weekend of Nov. 14 and 15. Saturday, Nov. 14, Tammie Larck Gamez reported a robbery with a firearm at Pizza Hut at 520 W. Jake Alexander Blvd. On Nov. 15, Christopher Marc ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com As a loaded church bus drove through a gun fight Sunday afternoon at Civic Apartments, riders hit the floor to escape injury. Although the First Calvary Baptist Church 15-passenger bus was hit twice ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com A community activist is calling for the city of Salisbury to put more police officers on the streets to stop shootings. William Peoples, a member of Calvary Baptist Church, said today he isn't surpr ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette and Hugh Fisherjburchette@salisburypost.com Riders hit the floor as a loaded church bus got caught in the crossfire during a gun battle Sunday afternoon at Civic Apartments. Two bullets struck First Calvary Baptist Church's bus. N ...Read More

The Rowan County Sheriff's Office received a report Nov. 11 from Kyle Commerford of 8615 Dogwood Drive, Kannapolis, of a theft at his residence. Commerford reported that someone had taken a pistol from a hidden place at his residence between Nov. 3 ...Read More

Salisbury Police officers made two arrests the evening of Nov. 12 following a report of a break-in. Charles Hayden Kepley of 623 E. Cemetery St. reported two people broke into his residence shortly after 5 p.m. Less than an hour later, two suspects ...Read More