The Dr. Josephus Hall House opens for weekend holiday tours beginning Dec. 5. Regular tours will be held 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Dec. 5-20. A special candlelight tour will be held 6-8 p.m. Christmas Eve. Admission for the weekend tours is $5 p ...Read More

A Salisbury teenager was charged with first-degree kidnapping and robbery with a dangerous weapon in an arrest made Thursday by the Rowan County Sheriff's Office. Reports said William Harley Hodges, 18, of 135 Dunnsview Drive kidnapped a Rockwell boy ...Read More

COOLEEMEE — The rush of the Christmas holidays draws near. Especially for working families, it can easily become a blur. That is why residents in this small town enjoy slowing down on the first Sunday of December to gather as neighbors and remember t ...Read More

Big Buck Contest begins today Atwell One Stop is now a wildlife registering agent, and is hosting a big buck contest beginning today and ending Jan. 1, the last day of deer season. The entry fee for the contest is $20, and deer must be harvested i ...Read More

Harvey Gantt, the first African-American mayor of Charlotte, spoke at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College today for a program sponsored by the Rowan-Cabarrus' Men Inspiring Success Through Education & Role Modeling (MISTER). The club helps to create sup ...Read More

The Robert F. Hoke Chapter No. 78 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will honor four U.S. military veterans at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Stanback Auditorium of the Rowan Public Library. The men served overseas and in the United States and wi ...Read More

Dr. Henry L. Johnson, former U.S. assistant secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education, shared factors that impact educational outcomes with faculty, students and guests at Livingstone College this morning. A 1968 graduate of Livin ...Read More

Cancer claims councilmanBy Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — City Councilman Richard Anderson, who died Monday, never let political correctness get in the way of looking after his constituents. Anderson, 73, was blunt, plain- ...Read More

By Jessie Burchette jburchette@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — For weeks, City Councilman Richard Anderson hadn't felt well. A pack-a-day cigarette smoker for most of his 73 years, breathing had become increasingly difficult. After a series of tests, ...Read More

Spencer Police Chief Robert Bennett announced today that he will retire next year. Bennett shared the news Tuesday during the Law Enforcement Protocol Committee meeting, saying he's reached 30 years in law enforcement and it was just time to retire. ...Read More

By Lee Barnes lbarnes@salisburypost.com A national political action committee that donated campaign money to Congressman Larry Kissell is now running commercials criticizing Kissell's vote against the House's health-care reform bill. Kissell is one o ...Read More

By Lee Barnes lbarnes@salisburypost.comWhat's the best way to discourage people from looking at pornography on library computers? Put the computers where everyone else can see them. After nearly 90 people were caught looking at pornography on its pub ...Read More

By Lee Barnes lbarnes@salisburypost.com The Rowan County Fair Association is going back to the drawing board in its attempt to buy the fairgrounds from the county. Monday, fair officials asked the Rowan County Commissioners to consider selling the as ...Read More

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER - Associated Press Writer
(AP) -- More than 15 million taxpayers could unexpectedly owe taxes when they file their federal returns next spring because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit.
Taxp ...Read More

The Rowan County Health Department will conduct a H1N1 flu vaccination clinic for target groups on Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Health Department, 1811 East Innes St. All people attending the clinic will be reviewed for vaccination e ...Read More

Become a part of the Post's Day in the Life feature by sending in your photos online. Much like the Day in the Life section the Post published annually for many years, these photos can help give a snapshot of the community and the people who live he ...Read More

Grant applications for the Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation are now available at several locations in Salisbury and online. The forms for 2010 represent the foundation's 13th year of grant-making. Printed applications can be found at Wach ...Read More

Dr. Henry L. Johnson, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education, will be the keynote speaker at an American Education Week celebration Wednesday at Livingstone College. The celebration will be held at 11 a.m. ...Read More

Staff report After a public hearing Monday, the Rowan County Board of Commissioners will consider adopting a resolution spelling out the county's opposition to condemning land for greenways and other public trails. Commissioners meet at 7 p.m. on the ...Read More

By Shavonne Potts spotts@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Students at Carson High School will soon learn about how local government really works via a cell phone call from the China Grove town board. During a recent meeting, Amie Furr, a 10th grade ci ...Read More

Staff report Cheerwine is now available Salisbury to Salisbury. The hometown soft drink has landed northward in another Salisbury — Salisbury, Md. The Delmarva distributor for Cheerwine in this region is Pepsi Bottling Ventures. "The area has a lot i ...Read More

Humanitarian Service Award nominations Nominations are now being accepted for the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Service Award sponsored by the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Salisbury Inc. The award recognizes the efforts of individual ...Read More

Operation Christmas Child collection sites: Catawba College, 2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury. - Monday – Friday, noon-2 p.m. For more information, call 800-640-5629. St. John's Lutheran Church, 200 W. Innes St., Salisbury. - Monday noon-7 p.m., - Tuesd ...Read More

Rowan County Health Department today announced they are holding an H1N1 Vaccination clinic.
 "This clinic is for people in high-risk groups," said Nina Oliver, Preparedness Coordinator for the health department.
 This includes pregnant women ...Read More

1905 — The Salisbury Coca-Cola bottling company begins production in the 100 block of South Main Street with a wagon drawn by two horses named Tobe and Bell. The plant has a single foot-powered bottling machine. 1915 — The company builds a new plant ...Read More