Empire Hotel Debt Payment Drains DSI Coffers: Brian Miller’s “Project” a Fiasco
RFP Staff ♦ Prior to becoming a City Councilman, Brian Miller, chaired the Empire Hotel Task Force. Brian Miller and the Empire Hotel Task Force provided the leadership resulting in the purchase of the...
View ArticleSHOTZBURY Bang! Bang! Freeman Payton and Joshua Studevent Arrested for...
RFP Staff ♦ Our grossly underpaid and understaffed Salisbury Police Department were dispatched to Salisbury’s mean streets on Saturday when Preston Hillie, 28, called 911 to report someone was shooting...
View ArticleDaniel Lynn Jordan Busted in Downtown Salisbury for Allegedly Ripping Off His...
RFP Staff ♦ It’s getting rough in da Bury. You can’t even score real “smack” without some joker trying to pimp you fake heroin in Downtown Shotzbury. What’s this world coming too? Daniel Lynn Jordan,...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: Endorsing Craig Pierce and Mike Caskey for County...
Rabbi Will McCubbins, China Grove ♦ I have no hesitation in endorsing Craig Pierce and Mike Caskey two proven commodities up for re-election for their seats on the Rowan County Commission. These men...
View ArticleVOTE: Everything You Need to Know about the Rowan County, N.C. Primary...
RFP Staff/Rowan County Board of Elections ♦ VOTE: Everything You Need to Know about the Rowan County, N.C. Primary Elections Beginning Thursday March 3rd:...
View ArticleCorey Damont Bolt Arrested Tuesday for Allegedly Stealing a Gas-Powered...
RFP Staff ♦ Corey Damont Bolt, 40, of the 1100 block of Richard Street in Salisbury, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing a gas-powered jackhammer from Perfect Party Rentals and Sales at 1819...
View ArticleVeteran Scam Alert: Be Aware of IRS Scams! It’s That Time of Year
Rodney Cress, Veteran Advocate ♦ FRAUD/TELEPHONE SCAM ALERT Background Information: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has received numerous reports of threatening telephone calls from individuals...
View ArticleSlim Voter Turnout at Rowan County Polls This A.M. “Jailhouse” Jonny Barber,...
RFP Staff ♦ The Polls opened at 8 a.m. at the Rowan Public Library in Salisbury and the first in line was “Jailhouse” Jonny Barber, an ex-county commissioner, self-confessed alcoholic and convicted...
View ArticleElderly Woman Knocked Down During Mugging in the Lowe’s Parking Lot this...
RFP Staff ♦ At slightly after 6 p.m. this evening an elderly woman was knocked to the asphalt in Lowe’s parking lot during a mugging at 207 Faith Road. One of the muggers, described as a Black...
View ArticleN.C. Department of Public Instructions Report on Crimes Occurring in All Its...
RFP Staff/N.C. Department of Public Instruction ♦ The latest report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction on crimes occurring in all its school districts and individual schools, including the...
View ArticleNewspaperMap.Com: the Largest Collection of the World’s Online Newspapers...
RFP Staff/NewspaperMap.Com ♦ NewspaperMap.Com: the Largest Collection of the World’s Online Newspapers Anywhere. In Every Language. In Every City Large and Small:...
View Article2 Gun Battles Break Out in Salisbury, N.C.’s West End Early This A.M. One Man...
RFP Staff ♦ UPDATED: At around 2:15 a.m. a fist fight broke out in a party inside the Joseph Charles “J.C.” Price American Legion Post at 1433 Old Wilkesboro Road in Salisbury’s West End. The two...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: Concerns about City of Salisbury, N.C. Trash Pickup....
Terry Crook, Salisbury, N.C. ♦ Please see the pictures below. First day I saw the dead possum in the road was Tuesday morning March 1st and beside it is a TV that has been on curbside for at least six...
View ArticleAn Interview with Rowan County Commissioner Craig Pierce Running for Re-Election
Steve Mensing, Editor with Rowan County Commissioner Craig Pierce ♦ The primaries are taking place and our Rowan County citizens are already coming out to vote. There appears to be quite a lot of...
View ArticleSalisbury City Councilman Kenny Hardin Comments on his Interview with the Post
Kenny Hardin, Salisbury City Councilman ♦ Ms. Cook, thank you for the article, but I want to offer a few additional points. I didn’t go into the interview seeking sympathy or approval from anyone. I...
View ArticleRowan County Commission Meets Monday March 7th at 3 P.M. at the County...
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County Commission Meets Monday March 7th at 3 P.M. at the County Administration Building at 130 West Innes Street in Salisbury, N.C. ROWAN COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA Call to Order...
View ArticleBurger King’s Demolition on Jake Alexander is Not Only a Loss for Budget...
RFP Staff ♦ The Burger King inferno decimated one of the city’s leading restaurants as far as Salisbury’s tax base goes. B.K. also represents a major loss to the city’s mushrooming 27.2% poor who...
View ArticleVideo: Rowan County Commissioners Meeting at 3 P.M. March 7th. The Pay Study
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Rowan County Commissioners Meeting at 3 P.M. March 7th. The Pay Study: http://rowancountync.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=575
View ArticleVideo: City Councilman Kenny Hardin Queries Downtown Salisbury Inc.’s Paula...
RFP Staff ♦ Video: City Councilman Kenny Hardin Queries Downtown Salisbury Inc.’s Paula Bohland and Greg Shields about Main Street. Hardin Provides his Observations after a Downtown Walk:
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