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7 Million Dollars Worth of FIBRANT Water Meters on the Way
Todd Paris, Associate Editor and Salisbury Attorney ♦ No, I didn’t miss it. In January of this year city council voted to spend 7 million dollars from the Salisbury Rowan Utilities (SRU) enterprise...
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Chad Wayne Kirkman of Rockwell, Arrested for Kidnapping and Assaulting a...
RFP Staff ♦ Chad Wayne Kirkman, 46, of the 100 block of Belmont Place in Rockwell, was arrested in the early morning hours of Valentines Day and charged with kidnapping (felony), assault on a female...
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Salisbury, N.C.’s “Distinguished Budget Presentation Award” Posted on the...
RFP Staff ♦ The Distinguished Budget Presentation Award posted on the City Budget for 2015-2016 is virtually meaningless. Just about every city that pays their dues to the Government Finance Officers...
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Salisbury, N.C. Police Department Undergoing a Major Manpower Crisis. Veteran...
RFP Staff ♦ Veteran Salisbury Police and SPD retirees informed the Rowan Free Press yesterday that the police department is undergoing a manpower crisis and can not field enough officers to protect...
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Check List Form for OFFICIAL ROWAN FREE PRESS BUTTHURT REPORT
Todd Paris, Associate Editor and Salisbury Attorney ♦ RFP Staff: “We recognize that some folks suffer “stinging butts and bruised egos” due to the Rowan Free Press’s penchant for airing the truth about...
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Jaylon Armon Wimbley Arrested Allegedly for a House Break-in and Stealing TVs...
RFP Staff ♦ In Salisbury, N.C. where house break-ins are all too common and where violent crime is allegedly underreported, Jaylon Armon Wimbley, 17, of Best Street was arrested Thursday for a house...
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If Someone Can Opt into Salisbury’s Municipal Service District and It’s High...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ It recently came to our attention that someone voluntarily opted into Salisbury’s Municipal Service District and its excessively high tax rate said to be the highest municipal...
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Felicia Watson Crawford was Arrested Monday for Allegedly Stabbing Jamie Dawn...
RFP Staff ♦ Felicia Watson Crawford, 29, living at 1376 Percy Lane in Rockwell, was arrested Monday for allegedly stabbing Jamie Dawn Agree, 31, in a dispute that got out of control on Percy Street....
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HARBOR FREIGHT the Home of Salisbury, N.C.’s Number One Bargain Basement...
RFP Consumer Shopper ♦ Okay you don’t want to invest in a handgun with knockdown power. Maybe you have a firearms phobia? And pepper spray and karate don’t pull your wagon. Perhaps you prefer the...
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John Ashley Murdock’s Body Found on the 100 Block of Scottsdale Drive in...
RFP Staff ♦ Sadly on February 16th the body of John Ashley Murdock was found on the 100 Block of Scottsdale Drive in an “open land area” in Salisbury, N.C. His death is suspected to be from a heroin...
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“Good Samaritan Law” Protects Persons Who Report Drug Overdoses to 911 in...
Todd Paris, Associate Editor and Salisbury Attorney ♦ In the past few years new administrative rules were placed into effect by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to share information...
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Brenda Frazier Arrested in Salisbury, N.C. for Allegedly Burning Lavern...
RFP Staff ♦ In a domestic dispute gone haywire Friday, Salisbury Police were dispatched to South Shaver Street to quell a disturbance between Brenda Louise Frazier, 52, and Lavern Victor Demery, 59,...
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James Edward Coe, B and E Pro, Felon, and Fugitive From Justice, Arrested...
RFP Staff ♦ James Edward “C.J.” Coe, 21, multiple felon, B and E pro, and fugitive from justice since December, was arrested Saturday morning by the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office and is being held...
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Today, February 22nd the City of Salisbury, N.C. will Attempt to Seal the...
RFP Staff ♦ Updated: http://rowanfreepress.com/2016/02/22/hearing-for-the-city-of-salisbury-to-seal-the-deposition-of-rory-collins-now-being-heard-by-judge-robert-c-ervin-in-open-court/ Monday,...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Three Cheers for Salisbury’s City Hall’s...
John Q. Public ♦ I’ve watched and listened as Salisbury’s alleged leadership makes excuses for their incompetent decision to bring “visionary” fiber-to-the-home service to all single family residences...
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Hearing for the City of Salisbury to Seal the Deposition of Chief Rory...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ This morning in Salisbury’s Superior Court the City of Salisbury’s attorney’s attempt to seal the deposition of ex-Police Chief Rory Collins in the Kenneth S. Lane v. the City...
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Trevor Armand Shelton Allegedly Stole a Car at Wendy’s on East Innes Sunday...
RFP Staff ♦ Trevor Armand Shelton, 24, of Ranbir Drive in Durham, was arrested Sunday night after allegedly stealing an unlocked Pontiac from the Wendy’s Restaurant at 515 East Innes and speeding away...
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Salisbury City Council Knew Little or Nothing about Their Attorney Trying to...
Todd Paris, Associate Editor and Salisbury Attorney ♦ In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, journalism sort of appears. The local “fish-wrapper,” erstwhile booster page of Salisbury City Council...
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Interview with Former Police Officer Kenny Lane: The MONSTER in Ex-Chief Rory...
Steve Mensing, Editor with Kenny Lane, former Salisbury Police Officer ♦ Steve Mensing: Today I’m interviewing Kenny Lane a former and highly respected Salisbury Police officer who entered into a...
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Today’s Republican Candidates Forum at Catawba and the Lincoln-Reagan Dinner...
Public Announcements ♦ Today’s February 24th Rowan County Republican Candidates Forum at 6 p.m. at Catawba College at the Tom Smith Auditorium located at Ketner Hall. Republican candidates for the...
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