Letter-to-the-Editor: Solving the Problem of Teacher Migration Between Local...
Chuck Hughes, RSSS Board of Education ♦ I understand the State is being lobbied for a 10% pay raise for teachers. Although I believe every teacher should be paid a decent salary, with raises based...
View ArticleFederal Court Tosses North Carolina Congressional Map
CarolinaJournal.com/Rick Henderson ♦ Federal Court Tosses North Carolina Congressional Map: Federal Court Tosses State’s Congressional Map
View ArticleSalisbury, N.C. Residents: Shawn Sexton, 28, and Mathue Moro, 32, Charged...
RFP Staff ♦ Shawn Michael Sexton, 28, of 220 Linda Street in Salisbury, was arrested Saturday by investigators from the Rowan Sheriff’s Office for alleged sex crimes with children under the age of 13....
View ArticleCity Finance Director Given Audit Governance Letter. Did he Share the Letter...
RFP Staff ♦ In a email dated December 3, 2014 Martin and Starnes Auditor Tonya L. Marshall verified that City Finance Director would print the annual audit document for the City Council and that the...
View ArticleFibrant Fails the Reality Test: Salisbury, N.C. is a Bad Spot for 10 Gigabit...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ I’m drinking a cup of coffee this morning and reading an article in the city of Salisbury’s “newsletter”. The article is brimming with high gloss baloney about Fibrant one of...
View ArticleFrom the Deposition of Kenneth S. Lane v. the City of Salisbury: Ex-Chief...
RFP Staff ♦ Kenneth S. Lane v. City of Salisbury, 14CVS432 apparently settled his case with the city. It appears so on the published Rowan County Civil Superior Court Docket. The terms are not public,...
View ArticleNicole Marie Jackson Arrested Saturday for Allegedly Attempting to Run Over...
RFP Staff ♦ Nicole Marie Jackson, 44, of Heron Glen Drive was arrested Saturday for attempting to run over China Grove Policeman J. Corriher after a routine traffic stop at the intersection of Highway...
View ArticleTasha Miller Russ and Daughter Cassidy Russ Arrested in Rowan for Allegedly...
RFP Staff ♦ This past Thursday Tasha Miller Russ, 40, and her daughter Cassidy Leigh Russ, 18, were arrested in the 5oo block of Tony’s Lane in Rowan County and both charged for allegedly permitting a...
View ArticleKenneth S. Lane v. City of Salisbury Deposition: Who Terminates Salisbury...
RFP Staff ♦ Under oath in a deposition dated January 7th, 2016 former Salisbury Police Chief Rory Collins disclosed that Salisbury Human Resources, which includes Assistant City Manager Zack Kyle and...
View ArticleCity Finance Director Wade Furches Asks for Family Perks from Vendor. Vendor...
RFP Staff ♦ In an email dated July 3, 2014 City Finance Director Wade Furches explains to audit company Martin and Starnes that he will be taking his family to the North Carolina Government Finance...
View ArticleWelcome Home BILLY FLOYD PLESS to Salisbury, N.C. and Spencer on Your Release...
RFP Staff ♦ Welcome Home BILLY FLOYD PLESS to the Streets of Salisbury, N.C. and Spencer! We Await your Joyous Release from the State Pen on Wednesday February 10th! Billy Floyd Pless’s Previous...
View ArticleVideo: Salisbury, N.C. City Council Fibrant Budget Discussion on February 2nd
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Salisbury City Council Fibrant Budget Discussion on February 2nd:
View ArticleProgram on Champ Ferguson, a Confederate Hung for War Crimes, Presented at...
Public Announcement ♦ Tonight a program on Champ Ferguson, one of two confederates executed for war crimes after the War between the States, will be presented by Damon Webb at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,...
View ArticleCity of Salisbury Finance Director Wade Furches Violates City Employee...
RFP Staff ♦ As a result of a public records request, Rowan Free Press discovered that City of Salisbury Finance Director Wade Furches requested free tickets to a banquet at the beach for his family...
View ArticleCori Mayhew Arrested Sunday Night for Allegedly Shooting Boyfriend Justin...
RFP Staff ♦ Cori Brooks Mayhew, a 23 year-old Granite Quarry woman was arrested Sunday night by Rowan County Sheriff’s office deputies for allegedly shooting boyfriend Justin Joyce, 22, in the face on...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: Maggie Blackwell Makes Hurtful and Insensitive Facebook...
Jane Doe, 8 Block, N.C. (Jane works for the city and desires to avoid losing her job at the hands of Zack and Ruth) ♦ I usually don’t get terribly upset when I read the thoughtless negativity being...
View ArticleTodd Paris’s Latest FOIA Requests Ask for MAYOR KAREN ALEXANDER’S “Take” in...
Todd Paris, Associate Editor and Salisbury Attorney ♦ My recent Freedom of Information Request response while delayed and only partially answered, has created enormous interest recently and generated...
View ArticleShannon Clement, the Mother of a Toddler 20 Months Old, Charged with...
RFP Staff/Landis Police Department/Capt. Hosey ♦ Shannon Clement, 26, mother of a toddler 20 months old, charged with youngster’s alleged over dose in Landis N.C. According to Capt. Hosey of the Landis...
View ArticleSalisbury, N.C.’s City Hall Attempts to Seal Chief Collins’ Deposition. The...
RFP Staff ♦ Dateline – Salisbury, NC. It always amuses us to hear that “no one reads” Rowan Free Press while stories persist that Salisbury City Hall H-R spends countless hours each day snooping on...
View ArticleN.C. Supreme Court Ends Congressional Redistricting Lawsuit
CarolinaJournal.com/Barry Smith ♦ N.C. Supreme Court Ends Congressional Redistricting Lawsuit: N.C. Supreme Court Ends Redistricting Lawsuit
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