Education
Rowan, Kannapolis students below state average for federal aid applications
SALISBURY – The percentage of students applying for federal money to go to college in Rowan-Salisbury Schools and Kannapolis City Schools falls short of the ...
Top Stories
Livingstone College celebrates federal recognition of Juneteenth
SALISBURY – After Juneteenth became the newest federal holiday, Livingstone College pulled together an impromptu celebration for the ...
Cooper vetoes bill that would have allowed more to carry guns in churches
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed gun-rights legislation on ...
Dennis Rivers joins Salisbury Police Department in new homeless advocate position
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Dennis Rivers brought a new, yet familiar, face to the Salisbury Police ...
West Rowan grad wins two national masonry competitions
SALISBURY – Grant Helms loves laying brick and keeps winning while doing it. The 2020 West Rowan High ...
BREAKING NEWS
State suspends medical examiner after crash turns to homicide investigation
SALISBURY — State officials suspended a medical examiner for Rowan County this week after funeral home workers spotted a fatal gunshot wound on the body ...
by Josh Bergeron.
High School
High school track and field: North girls are regional team champs
1A Midwest Regional high jump champion Kendrell Goodes. Staff report MOCKSVILLE — North Rowan’s young girls track and field team won Friday’s 1A ...
by Post Sports, Saturday, June 19, 2021 4:56 am
High School
High school baseball: Round 3 tests pitching depth
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com A Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday playoff format combined with the NCHSAA pitch-count rules will make Saturday’s third round even more exciting than usual. Teams ...
by Post Sports, Saturday, June 19, 2021 2:53 am
Racing
Preece wins reopened Nashville’s first NASCAR race in 10 years
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Preece won the first NASCAR race at Nashville Superspeedway in a decade by scoring a victory in his first career ...
by Post Sports, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
College
Wolfpack faces Stanford today in College World Series
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina State and Virginia both emerged from big early season holes to make unexpected College World Series pushes. ...
by Post Sports, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
Nation/World
Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with winds, rain
By KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — High winds and heavy rains buffeted coastal Louisiana and Mississippi on Friday as ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
Nation/World
Girl attacked by bear in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was attacked by a bear Friday in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials said. The bear attacked while ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
Albies, Contreras homer as Braves beat Cards 9-1
By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried picked up where Charlie Morton left off a night earlier for the Atlanta Braves. ...
by Post Sports, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
News
Two tubers remain missing after going over Dan River dam
By GERRY BROOME Associated Press EDEN (AP) — Searchers combed a North Carolina river Friday for two missing tubers after a family on a recreational ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
Bland, Henley share lead at US Open
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Open prides itself on being the most open of all majors with some ...
by Post Sports, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
Curry, Harris help 76ers stay alive, hold off Hawks 104-99
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Seth Curry hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points and the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers avoided elimination ...
by Post Sports, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
Coronavirus
US reaches 300 million vaccine shots in 150 days
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden took a cautious victory lap Friday in his quest to bring the COVID-19 pandemic ...
by News Service Report, Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:00 am
Crime
Blotter: June 17
SALISBURY — The body of an unidentified dead man was found on Thursday afternoon in woods near the 800 block of McCanless Road. The body ...
by Ben Stansell, Friday, June 18, 2021 10:57 am
High School
High school baseball: Third-round pairings (Saturday)
Third round 1A EAST (4) Bear Grass at (1) Perquimans (3) East Carteret at (2) Granville Central WEST (12) Lincoln Charter at (8) ...
by Post Sports, Friday, June 18, 2021 4:01 am
High School
High school baseball: Playoffs, 2nd round results
Second round 1A EAST (1) Perquimans 10, (9) Hobbton 0 (4) Bear Grass 4, (12) John A. Holmes 0 (3) East Carteret 9, ...
by Post Sports, Friday, June 18, 2021 2:21 am
Cleveland
Rockwell, Faith, Cleveland adopt 2021-22 budgets; East Spencer officials to receive budget next week
By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The towns of Rockwell, Faith and Cleveland have all adopted budgets for the 2021-22 fiscal year that don’t raise ...
by Natalie Anderson, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: Mustangs fall in 11th-inning heartbreaker
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan’s Cameron Padgett hit three rockets. He had four outs to show for it. Line drives that ...
by Mike London, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
Brind’Amour gets contract extension with Hurricanes, wins coach of year honors
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Rod Brind’Amour never worried much about being able to reach a deal to remain coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. ...
by Post Sports, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
College
College Football Playoff expansion would put emphasis on teams winning their conference
By Ralph D. Russo AP College Football Writer ROSEMONT, Ill. — The proposed 12-team College Football Playoff would make winning a conference more important than ...
by Post Sports, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
Local
Quotes of the week
“There’s still a lot of cowboys on the East Coast.” — Allen Livengood, at the latest Cleveland Rodeo in the arena off Redmon Road ...
by Post Opinion, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
Morton, Braves blank Cardinals
By George Henry AP Sports Writer ATLANTA — Charlie Morton didn’t allow a hit until the seventh inning and took a shutout into the eighth, ...
by Post Sports, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball playoffs: Raiders roll past Oak Grove
Staff report MIDWAY — South Rowan’s baseball team crushed Oak Grove 11-0 in six innings on Thursday in the second round of the 2A state ...
by Mike London, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
Bucks bounce back to defeat Nets 104-89 and force Game 7
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton scored 38 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 30 and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed in ...
by Post Sports, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
News
3 dead, 2 still missing after tubers go over Dan River dam
EDEN (AP) — Three people are dead and two remain missing after a group floating down a North Carolina river on inflatable tubes went over ...
by News Service Report, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
Guest columns
Steven V. Roberts: The ghost haunting the Capitol
As the Senate returns to work and faces a fistful of thorny issues — from upgrading infrastructure to upholding voting rights — the ghost of ...
by Post Opinion, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
Coronavirus
County, state officials work to increase vaccinations as concern over Delta variant grows
SALISBURY — As COVID-19 cases continue a downward trajectory in Rowan County, vaccination rates are still lagging behind. Over the previous two weeks, Rowan County ...
by Ben Stansell, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
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