JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST District Attorney Brandy Cook (facing left) hugs Candice Swift during a recess of the court and after the verdicts were read. Sandra Steen (right) watches. The jury in the murder trial of Jeff Steen returned a verdict on Wednesday morning in Rowan County Superior court. After days of deliberations, jurors find Jeff Steen guilty of the 2013 murder of his grandfather, J.D. Furr, guilty of robbery and guilty of attempted murder of his mother, Sandra Steen. Wednesday, February 1, 2017, in Salisbury, N.C.

“Justice for Daddy has been served now.”

— Sandra Steen, survivor, on son Jeff Steen’s conviction for the murder of her father, J.D. Furr,  and her attempted murder

“We look forward to bringing the group to North Carolina — and the amazing schools in Rowan-Salisbury, Charlotte- Mecklenburg and Rock Hill, S.C. — when all of our districts are able to be there.”

— Sara Shapiro, senior director, Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools,

on cancellation of a national event in Salisbury because HB2 prompted some states to ban government employee travel to North Carolina

“It’s neat to walk through
another world without leaving Salisbury.”

— Cathy Stutler, local organizer,

on seeing life in impoverished countries via the Compassion Experience at Life Church

“I think the city actually has to put themselves in the seat of the citizens and look at it from that perspective.”

— The Rev. Patrick Jones,

after Salisbury officials decided to get the attorney general’s opinion on whether the city can ban no-knock warrants

“We understand that what is good for the local and regional community is good for our business.”

— John Collins,
executive VP, Cube Hydro,

on the company’s purchase of the
Yadkin River dams from Alcoa and plans
to follow through on improvements