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Business

Public records: Corporations

Rowan County corporations from the N.C. Secretary of State’s Office, November China Grove Barnabas Research LLC, Rick Lee Hudson, 100 Chippewa Trail His Table Church ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Sunday, December 8, 2019 12:00 am

News

Public records: Deeds

Deeds from the Rowan County Register of Deeds Office Franklin Township Michelle S. James to Stephen Bryan James, $9,000 Jerry Boyden Kepley; Christy Deny Kepley ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Sunday, October 13, 2019 12:00 am

News

Public records: Marriages

August marriage licenses: Cody Wilson Jack Plott to Savannah Lavonne Jones Samantha Kaye Walters to Timothy Michael Vogel Marcus Xavier Kearse to Brooke Lee Howard ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Sunday, October 6, 2019 12:00 am

Business

Biz briefs: Health care provider celebrates 50 years of service

SALISBURY — PruittHealth, the management company of the State Veterans Home in Salisbury, will celebrate 50 years of service to the community on Wednesday. The ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Sunday, September 1, 2019 12:00 am

News

1 dead, 17 hurt in Durham gas explosion

By Jonathan Drew Associated Press DURHAM — A leaking gas line exploded Wednesday in a Durham shopping district, killing one person and injuring more than a ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Thursday, April 11, 2019 12:00 am

News

Mega Millions numbers: 4, 24, 46, 61, 70, Mega Ball 7

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Numbers have been drawn for a lottery jackpot that would be the ninth-largest lottery in U.S. history. Mega Millions ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Friday, October 12, 2018 11:51 pm

Nation/World

President Trump picks Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

By Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller and Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — After days of frenzied lobbying and speculation, President Donald Trump decided on federal ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Monday, July 9, 2018 9:33 pm

News

‘Mama Dip,’ fried chicken maven and Chapel Hill icon, dies at age 89

By Martha Waggoner and Allen G. Breed Associated Press CHAPEL HILL — A Chapel Hill restaurant owner known as much for generosity as her fried chicken ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Monday, May 21, 2018 11:44 pm

Nation/World

50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, his children are still grieving

By Errin Haines Whack AP National Writer ATLANTA — On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 5:57 pm

Columnists

Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts: The deadly liberal delusion

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Does anybody here remember Blanche Lincoln? She was a two-term senator from Arkansas, a moderate Democrat who prospered ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Saturday, April 8, 2017 12:00 am

News

Sharon Randall: Being home

By Sharon Randall Where are you from? Where did you grow up? What does the word “home” mean to you? Those are questions I like ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Saturday, April 1, 2017 12:00 am

Business

Duke Energy Corp. sues insurers over coal ash cleanup costs

By Emery P. Dalesio AP Business Writer RALEIGH — Duke Energy Corp. sued 30 international and domestic insurance companies Wednesday, saying they should cover part of ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:29 pm

News

Blotter March 19

In Salisbury police reports: • Combined Insurance reported fraud by false pretense Thursday. • A woman reported a burglary Thursday in the 300 block of ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Sunday, March 19, 2017 12:00 am

Columnists

Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts: The soul of our country

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Donald Trump made this promise on the campaign trail: “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Saturday, March 18, 2017 12:00 am

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Welcome to spring in the desert

The wind comes roaring out of the south, ferocious and hungry, an invisible lion on the hunt. Palm trees rear like horses. Birds swing on ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Saturday, March 11, 2017 12:00 am

News

Window Dressing: 1855 Presbyterian Session House gets a fresh coat of paint

Ed Borst was painting the trim on the windows of the 1855 Presbyterian Session House at Jackson and West Innes streets in Salisbury on Tuesday ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Wednesday, March 8, 2017 12:10 am

Columnists

Steve and Cokie Roberts: Anonymous sources both unsurprising and necessary

By Steve and Cokie Roberts President Trump used a gathering of conservative activists to launch yet another missile attack against the news media. Unethical reporters ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Saturday, March 4, 2017 12:00 am

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: Keeping in touch

  By Sharon Randall   One of the great mysteries of modern life is this: While there are more ways than ever to keep in ... Read more

by Bobby Parker, Saturday, March 4, 2017 12:00 am

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