Education
Jeanie Groh column: College dorm shopping 101
A few weekends ago, I made the trek out to Concord Mills for a Bed Bath & Beyond shopping trip. When I got there, it ...
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Crime
Blotter: Richfield man hides in shower to avoid larceny, drug and traffic charges
A Richfield man who tried to hide from Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies in the shower is facing more than a dozen larceny, drug and traffic ...
by Jeanie Groh, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 12:00 am
Local
Car plummets down embankment, trapping occupants
N.C. Highway Patrol is investigating an accident that sent a sedan down a 12-foot creek embankment Monday afternoon. The accident was initially called in at ...
by Jeanie Groh, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 12:00 am
Kannapolis
Kannapolis, Landis enact voluntary water restrictions
Local water supplies are beginning to feel the effects of this summer’s unusually dry and hot conditions. The Catawba-Wateree Basin, which supplies Kannapolis’ water, is ...
by Jeanie Groh, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 12:00 am
Local
Composer sets her memories of Salisbury to music
By Jeanie Groh jeanie.groh@salisburypost.com Salisbury holds a very special place in the heart of composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, and soon she will share her fond ...
by Jeanie Groh, Monday, July 20, 2015 12:30 am
Local
Reenactors bring Civil War history to life at Rowan Museum
Phyllis Mahmud was driving down Main Street after church when she spotted an unusual site – Union and Confederate soldiers were camped on the lawn ...
by Jeanie Groh, Monday, July 20, 2015 12:10 am
News
Union Church Road home destroyed by fire
By Jeanie Groh jeanie.groh@salisburypost.com A home on Union Church Road is likely a total loss after a three-alarm fire ripped through the building Sunday morning, ...
by Jeanie Groh, Sunday, July 19, 2015 9:30 pm
Education
Summer school is out, but summer learning is in
Gone are the days of traditional summer school, where students show up, sit in rows and relearn things they didn’t grasp over the school year. ...
by Jeanie Groh, Sunday, July 19, 2015 12:10 am
Education
School board names new attorney
The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education selected a familiar face to serve as its new board attorney Friday. The board unanimously voted to begin negotiations with ...
by Jeanie Groh, Saturday, July 18, 2015 12:00 am
Education
School board opts to forego dome if money can’t be raised in two weeks
By Jeanie Groh jeanie.groh@salisburypost.com If Rowan-Salisbury’s Board of Education cannot raise $320,000 over the next two weeks, the district’s new central office will have to ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 16, 2015 12:15 am
Education
School board to interview attorneys Friday
Staff report The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education will interview four candidates for the board’s attorney position on Friday. “We want to find somebody who has ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 16, 2015 12:00 am
Education
Local student wins national masonry competition
Luke Dutton says he “took a chance” when he signed up for a masonry class as a freshman at West Rowan High School. That chance ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 16, 2015 12:00 am
Education
Interns spend summer researching health benefits of fruits and vegetables
KANNAPOLIS — It’s a well-known fact that fruits and vegetables are both delicious and healthy, but few people truly understand exactly how they can impact ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 16, 2015 12:00 am
Faith
Faith to hold public hearing for unwanted proposed business
Although Faith’s zoning board recommended that a rezoning request for a 1.46 acre property at the intersection of Crescent Road on Faith Road be denied, ...
by Jeanie Groh, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 12:00 am
Education
All students to be able to eat free in Kannapolis
All Kannapolis City students will receive free breakfast and lunch beginning this fall, thanks to the Community Eligibility Provision. The Kannapolis City Board of Education ...
by Jeanie Groh, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:00 am
Education
School board calls meeting to discuss dome
Rowan-Salisbury’s Board of Education has called a special meeting to discuss the proposed dome on top of the new central office building Wednesday. “We’re going ...
by Jeanie Groh, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:00 am
Local
Local piano instructors tickle the ivories downtown
By Jeanie Groh jeanie.groh@salisburypost.com Three local piano experts — Susan Wilson, Connie Burleson and Jeremy Vess — manned three different pianos along Main Street to offer piano ...
by Jeanie Groh, Monday, July 13, 2015 12:10 am
News
Faith board to discuss proposed business
Faith’s board of Aldermen will once again discuss a rezoning request that would allow a business to be built at the intersection of Faith Road ...
by Jeanie Groh, Monday, July 13, 2015 12:05 am
Education
Kannapolis school board to meet Monday
Staff report The Kannapolis City Board of Education will meet Monday for its regular end of the fiscal year meeting. The board will discuss a ...
by Jeanie Groh, Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:00 am
Crime
Granite Quarry man leads deputies on chase, then kicks deputy in face
By Jeanie Groh jeanie.groh@salisburypost.com A Granite Quarry man who put up a fight against Sheriff’s Office deputies is facing eight individual charges and citations. According ...
by Jeanie Groh, Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:00 am
News
Blackberry festival draws big crowd
By Jeanie Groh jeanie.groh@salisburypost The heat didn’t deter the crowds from attending Hill’s Minnow Farm’s first annual Blackberry Festival Saturday. In fact, the free festival ...
by Jeanie Groh, Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:00 am
Education
Legos transcend playtime to become learning tool
Legos aren’t just for playtime anymore. Those brightly colored, interlocking blocks that cause unbearable pain when stepped on with bare feet are making their way ...
by Jeanie Groh, Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:10 am
Elections
Hilton files for Landis Board of Aldermen race
By Jeanie Groh jeanie.groh@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Longtime Landis alderman Tony Hilton will once again be running to maintain his seat on Landis’ town board. The ...
by Jeanie Groh, Friday, July 10, 2015 12:00 am
Education
West Rowan graduate finds her wings
Only a few years removed from receiving her driver’s license, 19-year-old Kaitlyn Allen has already obtained her private pilot’s license and is well on her ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 9, 2015 12:08 am
Education
Jeanie Groh column: Define ISTE
Last week, 225 Rowan-Salisbury educators loaded onto four buses and braved a mid-summer trek to Philadelphia for the International Society of Technology in Education’s (ISTE) ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 9, 2015 12:00 am
Education
PHHI welcomes new researcher focused on berry and vegetable genomics and breeding
Dr. Massimo Iorizzo recently joined N.C. State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. An assistant professor ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 9, 2015 12:00 am
Elections
Twenty-three year old Seth Moore files for Landis board of aldermen race
Seth Moore filed Monday to run for a seat on the Landis Board of Aldermen. The 23-year-old Landis native said his priorities include the revitalization ...
by Jeanie Groh, Thursday, July 9, 2015 12:00 am
Education
Kannapolis school board names replacement for Millie Hall
Lt. Daniel Wallace of the Kannapolis Police Department became the newest member of the Kannapolis Board of Education Monday night. He was appointed to take ...