“It could have been a lot worse, and in the back of my mind I think, you know, I could have shot the kid, but I’m glad I didn’t.”

— Deputy Danny Lindley

West Rowan Middle school resource officer on disarming a masked student wielding a butcher knife

“There are going to be some big changes.”

— Travis Allen

on being one of two candidates, along with Dean Hunter, to unseat incumbents on the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education

“I love my country, and my country is falling, my people are dying.”

— Alexander Freeman

Salisbury resident and Liberia native on his desire to travel with his plea to scientists, governments and the wealthy to find a cure for Ebola

“It’s like a puzzle that’s missing just one piece and now we found that one piece.”

— Traci Crosby

on reuniting with her youngest sister, Katie Adams, from whom she and her other sisters had been separated as children

“Money couldn’t buy what I’ve done. And I know I’ve helped a lot of boys.”

— Helen Beaver

on working with Cub Scouts in Kannapolis for the past 50 years