• SAT scores drop
• Thieves cut roof, rob bank
• Suspect held in string of burglaries
• East Spencer gets sporty patrol car
• School reunion no fun
• Corrections
• Welcome, young readers
• Wisdom of the ages
• Cavaliers power past South spikers
• New Hornet mugging opponents
• East spikers pick up pace
• Area obituaries

08.30.99

• Last call for fire chief
• Rowan officials to visit Third Creek dams
• Political writer says Dole’s candidacy good for voters
• New Habitat homeowner excited about the future
• 5 teens recuperating
• A good day fishing
• Hitler’s death still a mystery
• UNC search has high hopes
• Beating back to school blues
• Woeful Weevils wrecked
• New Hornet mugging opponents

• Area obituaries

08.29.99

• Precision farming: High-tech gadgetry for growing crops takes over in Rowan County fields
• Women describe trouble at Freightliner
• Parade brings out thousands of participants for “Take back the Streets”
• Nailing the high notes
• Time for yard sales to crank up
• An unknown South: Pardo story helps Rowan learn about itself
• Prairies and bottomland forests are among Rowan’s lost habitats
• Spanish empire failed to conquer Southeast
• Former Rowan resident Gealy wins first pro golf event
• Young local golfers lead in qualifying for tourney
• Tar Heel fans turn out in East Spencer for “Carl Torbush Day”
• Area obituaries

08.28.99

• Thomas the Tank Engine comes to town
• State fines Brian Center
• “Are You OK?” program seeks to help seniors
• Libby Stone makes name for her modeling agency
• Mario, Cavs pull off dramatic win
• Falcons blast RaidersWar
• Eagles use near-perfect performance to turn back Mooresville
• Not ‘Wonder’ful, but still good enough
• Doubleheader split bugs Weevils
• Hornets suffer 42-0 loss
• Area obituaries

08.27.99

• 911 tape: Man said shooters ran
• Fatal crash leaves new I-85 bridge damaged
• Dennis menace for N.C.?
• Arm of Coates twisted by Democrats
• Four charged after drug investigation
• Extension changes with times
• Rep. Moore resigns position at A.L. Brown High School
• Landlords have their say
• East success a family affair
• Week 2 offers great matchups
• Salisbury soccer storms past Eagles
• The prep cross country notebook …
• Do you have old photos?
• Area obituaries

08.26.99

• Salisbury mural has a new shine
• Tenants, landlords at odds
• Glenn Ave. bridge remains closed
• Suspect wanted in Cary
• Agriculture vital to our daily lives
• Carl Torbush to attend day held in his honor
• College excited about year
• County not sour on farmers
• Thomas is on his way
• Area obituaries

08.25.99

• Graham makes pitch to maintain flood control
• Annexation opponents encouraged
• Drug stores caught in squeeze
• Carter Furniture gets help in Mexico
• Horticulture: a key Rowan commodity
• Schedule firms up for Columbine visit
• Catawba dean looking to raise the bar
• More pearls of wisdom from Madeline
• Rowan Peace Officers begin fund-raising calls
• Bush barbs hurt GOP
• Chateau Laurinda
• Houghton, Misenheimer start strong
• Mustangs spike West momentum
• New linebacker, new attitude
• Weevils woeful in loss to Tourists
• West runner breaks streak
• Area obituaries

08.24.99

• Shale mining decision disappoints neighbors
• Police capture fleeing driver
• Cs filed in death of teen-ager at motel
• Memories help heal wounds
• Extension teaches life skills
• Baltimore man to speak at banquet
• A young life wasted - Opinion
• Scooter decides to run with ‘Pack
• Sherrill commits to State
• Area obituaries

08.23.99

• Inching along
• Trio crashed car fleeing motel after girl was shot
• 2 Rowan volunteers helping with disaster
• Modern 4-H keeps pace with world
• Pros give budding anglers some tips
• County ready to take over zoning duties
• Rufty-Holmes host for state conference
• Corrections
• Students push upper limits
• Connell confounds Tourists with game-winning hit
• Area obituaries

08.22.99

• Fund-raiser extraordinaire: Dole campaign has “can-do” woman on the job
• Man charged in 14-year-old girl’s death
• Concord man held in shooting
• Crowds come out for Godstock
• Asheville blanks Weevils 10-0
• 1940s digs uncovered artifacts
• Eller has watched archaeology flourish in N.C.
• Understanding the “original Southerners”
• Area obituaries

08.21.99

• 14-year-old shot and killed
• Man’s best friend doesn’t work out
• Johnson sentencing
• Murder suspect wants change of attorneys
• Choir makes singers’ lives larger
• KoSa employees felt quakes in Turkey
• Area obituaries

 08.20.99

• Johnson guilty of murder
• Dry lake bed is goose haven
• Dole may visit next month
• Truck crash kills man, 32
• Candidates meet with Republican women’s group
• Officials say things look fine for Y2K
• CP&L INCENTIVES
• North’s long trip, two county rivalries open prep season
• InSync
• Area obituaries

08.19.99

• McCanless: ‘exciting opportunity”
• Market reacts; Food Lion stock falls
• Firemen battle blaze, heat on Long Street
• ‘She’s in the water,’ man said to police
• Tom Webb released from prison
• Godstock to aid 3 children
• Salisbury schools reach 20,000 students
• Lifestyles
• Area obituaries

08.18.99

• CP&L incentives: $3 million
• Witnesses tell a different story
• Rezoning approved for office
• Stitch by stitch: Quilts fill a need
• Children’s home gets president
• Joe Hunter: Working on his obituary a little early
• Cavs open strong against Falcons
• West beats the heat at soccer tourney
• Salisbury rivals finally hit the field
• Moore shows stuff
• Area obituaries

08.17.99

• Problem Houses Bulldozed
• Top Iredell County officials tried a new strategy Monday night.
• CP&L nears approval
• Crushed!
• Rape reports triple in '99
• L.C. Underwood's conviction upheld
• Developer loses appeal
• Norman's sale can now be completed
• Spencer historic group OKs proposed demolition
• Area obituaries

08.16.99

• First Baptist Church marks 150th anniversary
• Bowhunters honor one of their own
• A day history will never forget: Japanese surrender
• Trial starts in death of student
• Grant to increase computer use
• Raiders ready for return to glory days
• Most favor 5-lane design for U.S. 70

• Area obituaries

08.15.99

• Bringing some new faces into politics
• Bride stuck in Bahamas
• Storms down trees, power lines
• Salisbury’s earliest links to Europe
• His experiment with hay worked
• Less than 200 appeal to Raleigh
• East Rowan woman’s tax hike almost tripled
• INSIGHT by Geitner Simmons
• Spanish had many reasons for Pardo expedition
• Scrimmage pleases South
• Baisley reflects on no-hitter
• Area obituaries

08.14.99

• Man of Wings
• Dole camp knows stakes are high
• What’s straw, what’s not
• Charges shock family
• Family, job keep runner on the move
• Sam’s raises nearly $7,000 for charity
• 2 air lifted after head-on crash
• Getting started
• Weevils hear Silva bells in win
• The NC Prep Football News
• Area obituaries

08.13.99

• Dole isn’t considering Iowa her make-or-break state
• Strange happenings on political scene
• Rockwell man arrested on felony abuse charges
• Sweating in the name of helping others
• Heilig Street to become Torbush Drive
• Witnessing until the Rapture
• Here’s my advice: Read, read, read
• Landis mayor considers run for 12th District
• Correction
• Calm summer readies Davie
• Baisley throws no-hitter
• Eagles looking for luck
• Area obituaries

08.12.99

• Iowa the focus for Dole’s presidential bid
• Murder trial set to begin
• County backs off standards for homes
• School enrollment up in Rowan schools and Kannapolis
• Inspirational speeches set to come before football games
• Name game
• Child insurance program works
• Cotton fire just grew and grew
• Cooleemee water tower towers no more
• Spencer officer shoots pit bull that charged him
• Expedition to the Yukon territory proved full of danger, hardship
• Kubes, Weevils fall to Hickory
• North Stanly football
• O.J. is highly-recruited
• Area obituaries

08.11.99

• Woman can't own horses
• Drought hurting livestock
• Farmer sees conditions as bad as any in 50 years
• County won't use taxpayer money to repaint building
• One bid OK
• N.C. 152 work getting closer
• Spencer shuts down site of prostitution bust
• Salisbury planners OK rezoning requests
• Treasured quilt comes home to Union
• Accreditation a goal at Health Department
• Weevils fail to satisfy
• Sons rise over Wonderland
• Area obituaries

08.10.99

• Alcoa plant determined to make changes to survive
• Trial starts in animal cruelty case
• School finances look great, official says
• Weaver learns to make Harris tweed
• Kannapolis courts Coddle Creek area with new zoning
• Woman fights for right to have vinyl siding on home
• Flare-up of blaze in fire chief’s yard creates flap in Rockwell
• U.S. 70 plans upsetting Cleveland folks
• ‘Taking Back the Streets’ celebration Aug. 28
• Button campaign results give Liddy hope
• Kannapolis Y program wins Ketner award
• Hornet hopes hit hard schedule
• Carnes clobbers Crawdads
• Area obituaries

08.09.99

• East Y breaks ground
• Enochville man dies when tractor turns over
• Coddle Creek on Kannapolis agenda again
• Union Lutheran marks 225th year
• Haven Lutheran marks centennial
• Officials investigating mobile home fire
• Apartments planned for area near Majolica Road
• Red Cross looking for donations for emergency shelter trailer
• Picture perfect Sunday shoot
• Weevils drop fourth straight on road trip
• Sports shorts
• Area obituaries

08.08.99

• Granite Lake closing down
• Rowan deputy reinstated to job as sergeant
• China Grove mayor unchallenged
• Cleveland: 3 candidates
• Rockwell, Faith, Granite races focusing on growth and taxes
• Kannapolis growth is big issue
• Landis mayor faces no opposition
• Everhart, Geddys: rematch in Spencer
• MARTHA WEST: From teacher to travel guide
• Scooter Sherril thinking N.C. State red
• Area obituaries

08.07.99

• Paint horses pick up honors at show
• Mayor of East Spencer a popular job as filing wraps up
• Clarification
• Wreck victim’s home ransacked
• New judge means change of schedule
• Rappelling tower to be dedicated Monday
• Pharr breaks record in AAU Nationals
• Area obituaries

08.06.99

• Salisbury High celebrates test success
• Five arrested in China Grove raids
• Schools want positive trend to continue
• Police warn about burglaries
• Landis passes Y2K test
• Children’s home in Lexington brings back memories
• Torbush Drive hits bump
• Candidates beat deadline
• Job a source of pride -- but who knows it?
• Libel suit against newspaper dismissed
• A penny saved
• Twice as nice with Scooters
• Young grabs new recruit at West Rowan
• Area obituaries

08.05.99

• Salisbury High in top 10 improved schools
• Computers cause lunch delay at school
• New school year opens with few hitches
• Kannapolis sex shops a hot issue
• Great bales of fire: cotton trailer burns
• East Rowan YMCA plans groundbreaking
• Bid upset on bakery property
• Landis sets emergency plan
• Chewing through some alphabet soup
• Reaching out to homeless vets
• Former Salisbury man dies in Nevada
• Police seek robbery suspects
• East Rowan football preview
• Dream for dear ol’ dad
• Area obituaries

08.04.99

• 20,000 students return to classrooms
• China Grove gets funding to fix traffic problems
• China Grove: Town clerk can’t talk to media
• Rowan Academy adds staff, board members
• Chick-fil-A appeal of lawsuit rejected
• China Grove to buy firetruck
• Salisbury to demolish 4 problem houses
• Doctors retire
• Dog helps family escape from fire
• Landis upgrades power, water systems
• Merchants tell police about problems
• Candidates dragging feet as deadline nears
• South Rowan to think positive this year
• South football team has strength in numbers
• Area obituaries

08.03.99

• Water shortage
• County to study area’s water needs
• Color critics: Commissioners hate paint on new health building
• County OKs dental clinic for poor children
• Teen drowns in High Rock Lake
• New Dole School to open on time
• UNC coach to visit East Spencer Aug. 28
• Be gentle, teacher
• Granite Quarry joins fight against crime
• Salisbury Police investigating 8 burglaries
• Landis approves citizens center for former municipal building
• Lanids to begin study of town’s future
• Salisbury man gets $3,900 water bill
• Woman accused of leaving children at home alone
• Karen South to head Youth Services Bureau
• North Rowan encourages basketball players onto gridiron
• Secreast: a players’ coach
• Area obituaries

08.02.99

• CP&L hearing set Aug. 16
• Sprinkle, Cobb win third straight golf title
• Kannapolis to loosen porn regs
• Baptists help a neighbor
• Heart attack cause of accident
• Public hearing on new historic district
• Fire destroys house, cars in Enochville
• Armed men rob Domino’s Pizza
• Area obituaries

08.01.99

• Employers find Hispanics hard working, reliable
• Businesses finding new buyers in stores also
• When you could call a candidate
• Coe Brier happy to hang on to record
• Salisbury Futures winner nearing LPGA dream
• Boll Weevils stomp Charleston 7-1
• High school teams start football practice in stifling heat
• Area obituaries