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Robert Romerle King Arrested Friday as Second Suspect in the Alleged...
RFP Staff ♦ According to Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources Robert Romerle King, 56, living at 112 E. Division Avenue in Spencer, N.C. and a 2nd suspect in the attempted murder, robbery, and...
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City Councilman Kenny Hardin Summarizes His One Year Anniversary with the...
Kenny Hardin, Salisbury City Councilman ♦ I was interviewed for an hour this past Friday morning by a reporter from the local newspaper. The focus was on what my thoughts were after being an elected...
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Salisbury: Sharod Raheen Mathis Shot to Death at the Firewater Lounge on S....
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources Sharod Raheen Mathis, 22, of 255 Long Bow Road in Salisbury, was the victim of a criminal homicide early this morning. He was shot outside in the...
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Jahari Rustin and Jai Winchester Arrested Sunday Morning for the Alleged...
RFP Staff ♦ According to sources in the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Jahari Shaheed Rustin, 20, 2113 E. Innes St. in Salisbury and Jai Wontreal Winchester, 21, of 1607 Lakewood Drive in Salisbury were...
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Salisbury City Councilman Kenny Hardin’s Angry Morning Rant
Kenny Hardin, Salisbury City Councilman ♦ Yes, I’m outraged right now but for a different reason. I’m upset because of all the hypocrisy, fake concern, and those who have done nothing but turn a blind...
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Video: Rowan County Commission Meeting at 3 P.M. on Monday, December 5th....
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Rowan County Commission Meeting at 3 P.M. on Monday, December 5th. Chairman and Vice-Chairman Chosen: http://rowancountync.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=612
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A Candlelight Memorial for Murder Victim Sharod Raheen Mathis. A Reward...
Todd Paris, Staff Writer and Salisbury Attorney ♦ A candlelight memorial could be seen tonight in the parking lot at the Firewater Lounge on 122 S. Avalon Drive in memory of Sharod Raheen Mathis, 22,...
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Salisbury: House Shot Up Sunday on Messner Street in the West End
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources and neighbors Teela Evette Wilkins, 29, living at 310 Messner Street in Salisbury’s besieged West End, was the victim of all other shooting into an...
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Salisbury: Armed Robbery Sunday Night on 2300 W. Innes Street by Catawba...
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources B.J. Bradsher, 21, of Chris Drive in Kannapolis was a victim of a robbery–firearm on Sunday night on 23000 W. Innes by Catawba College not far from a...
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Salisbury City Councilman Kenny Hardin Thanks All the Folks Who Came to...
Salisbury City Councilman Kenny Hardin ♦ I want to thank all those who came out to the City Council meeting last night. The room was filed to capacity with every seat occupied and people lining the...
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Salisbury’s City Council Meeting Demonstrated a Mobilized Public Demanding...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Last night I watched Salisbury City Council’s meeting on city government’s streaming website and was heartened by the large public turnout. I saw a mobilized public demanding...
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The Salisbury City Council and County Commission Joined Together to Offer a...
Kenny Hardin, Salisbury City Councilman ♦ The Salisbury City Council and County Commission leadership announced at a press conference this afternoon that we are coming together to offer a $20,000...
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Galen Lee Smith, From Gold Hill, will Spend His Life in Prison after Being...
RFP Staff ♦ Galen Lee Smith, 45, formerly of 1175 St. Peters Church Road in Gold Hill, will spend his life in prison after a 5 day jury trial where he was convicted of 24 felony counts of sex crimes...
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Armed Robbery Wednesday Night at Ron’s Quick Grocery on S. Enochville Avenue...
RFP Staff ♦ Convenience stores and filling stations are taking a beating from armed robbers in both Salisbury and out in Rowan County. Aside from being pistol whipped so far no one has been killed or...
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Salisbury City Councilman Kenny Hardin Offers a Few Thoughts
Kenny Hardin, Salisbury City Councilman ♦ There is so much involved with the murders that occurred over the weekend and the random acts of gun violence that have broken out in the following days since....
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HIGH ALERT for Potential Gun Violence in Salisbury, N.C This Weekend //...
RFP Staff ♦ According to persons knowledgeable about the Salisbury’s uptick in gun violence and recent tragic murders, the city is on HIGH ALERT for Potential gun violence from Friday until Sunday...
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Hunt on for Bryan Williams Gibson Suspect in Wednesday’s Armed Robbery of...
RFP Staff ♦ Bryan Williams Gibson, 32, a Salisbury felon, was named a suspect in Wednesday evening’s armed robbery of Ron’s Quick Grocery at 418 S. Enochville Avenue in Kannapolis. The Rowan County...
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EMERGENCY MEETING: Salisbury City Council and Rowan County Commission Vote...
RFP Staff ♦ At this mornings joint emergency meeting of the Salisbury City Council and the Rowan County Commission at Salisbury’s city hall, the two boards voted unanimously together to pass a...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: In the Last Days of Salisbury North Carolina
Rabbi Will McCubbins, Salisbury, N.C. ♦ Salisbury, N.C. has truly fallen long and hard since mid-2000. In the last few days the Bury’s deaths rattle became louder and more pronounced. Robert Van...
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Videos: Salisbury Citizens Speak Out Against the City’s Violent Crime and “No...
♦ During the Dec. 6th City Council public comments many Salisbury citizens vented grief and anger that a child’s life was lost in a recent shooting, a shooting they felt the City could have done more...
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