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Salisbury: Reynolds Street Fire on December 16th Now Called an ARSON
RFP Staff ♦ A noticeable spike in home, commercial building, and vehicle arsons in 2016. Are persons setting structures and vehicles on fire for revenge, to strike back at love gone sour, or to score...
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Update: Jermail Blake Charged with Voluntary Manslaughter (Felony) in the...
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources report that deputies and EMS were called to a home at 180 Apex Lane near Foster Road North of Cleveland at 3:47 a.m. where a fight and a stabbing were...
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Have a Fantastic New Year 2017!
The Editor and the RFP Staff ♦ Have a Fantastic New Year 2017!
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Reviewing the RFP Editor’s Uncanny 2016 Predictions for...
Rabbi Will McCubbins, China Grove, N.C. ♦ I will go on record that the Editor of the Rowan Free Press Steve Mensing is remarkable individual who no doubt knows more about Rowan County and Salisbury...
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Predictions for Salisbury, N.C. in 2017. Should Salisbury Seek Disaster Relief?
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Salisbury faces another extremely challenging year in 2017. Likely little improvement if any from 2016 where violent crime in Salisbury exploded with 10 homicides and plenty of...
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Salisbury: Man Shot in the 1400 Block of Filbert Street This Afternoon....
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources reported that a man was shot while he was walking by 1415 Filbert Street near Willow Street in Salisbury prior to 4 p.m. The man’s name and condition have not been...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Are Nonpartisan Elections Democratic?
Chuck Hughes, Salisbury, N.C. ♦ Pretty much every election includes two parties, Republican and Democrat and at times the Libertarians. Other than the Board of Education (BOE), City Counsel and a few...
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Video: Rowan County Commission Meeting on Tuesday January 3rd at 3 P.M.
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Rowan County Commission Meeting on Tuesday January 3rd at 3 P.M.: http://rowancountync.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=614
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The Rowan Free Press set a Single Day Readership Record on December 9th....
RFP Staff ♦ We would like to thank our growing legion of readers (thousands per day) from Rowan County, Salisbury and across the State of North Carolina and the USA for visiting the Rowan Free Press...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Kenny Hardin Comments on the Declaration of...
Kenny Hardin, City Councilman ♦ Yes, I voted against City Council’s latest resolution the “Declaration of Interdependence” . We have enough feel good measures in this City that do nothing to alleviate...
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Declaration of Co-Dependency Rowan County, N.C. Style
Todd Paris, Staff Writer and Salisbury Attorney ♦ “Codependency; noun: co-dependency: excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically a partner who requires support due to an...
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Rowan Free Press Awards 2016: Man of the Year and Newsmaker of the Year
RFP Staff ♦ Not a whole lot of debate went on this year in choosing the Rowan Free Press’s Man of the Year for 2016. For the first time in nearly a decade the Salisbury City Council had an individual...
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The Salisbury Police Annual Police Report for 2016 (SNAG). Eleven Homicides...
RFP Staff/Salisbury Police Department ♦ Salisbury: The Salisbury Police Annual Police Report for 2016 (SNAG). Salisbury. Eleven Homicides Reported in Salisbury in 2016:...
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Salisbury: Chevvy SUV Shot Up Wednesday Afternoon on Lloyd Street // Shooting...
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources reported that a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox SUV and its two occupants Diana Fredrick, 45, and Rashawn Joshua, 24, both of 2nd Street in Spencer, were victims of all...
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City Councilman Kenny Hardin Chosen for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2017...
Kenny Hardin, Salisbury City Councilman ♦ I am very surprised and deeply humbled after receiving a telephone call and the attached information via email this morning from the Hefner VA Medical Center....
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Salisbury: Snow January 7th 2017 and Snow Photo Gallery //...
Todd Paris, Staff Writer and Salisbury Attorney/GimmeSomeOven.Com Dateline January 7, 2017 at 5:30 a.m. Salisbury NC, – (RFP) National Weather Service predictions were right on the money this morning....
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Salisbury: Wendy Kasper Arrested Friday for Alleged Sex Acts with Dogs and...
RFP Staff ♦ According to Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources Wendy Arlene Kasper, 36, of 630 Gold Knob Road in Salisbury, N.C., was arrested Friday for allegedly engaging in sex acts with dogs on...
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Salisbury: Friday’s East Franklin Street House Fire Called ARSON // Gun...
RFP Staff ♦ Sources in the Salisbury Fire Department and the Salisbury Police report that a fire early Friday morning at a home on 816 E. Franklin Street was purposely set. The structure was badly...
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Rep. Carl Ford (R-76) Reports the Rowan County School System will be CLOSED...
Rep. Carl Ford (R-76) ♦ Rep. Carl Ford reports the Rowan County School System will be closed Monday January 9th and Tuesday January 10th due to hazardous road conditions and near zero degree...
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Video: Catawba College Zoning Request Granted Over Residents Objections at...
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Catawba College zoning request granted over residents objections at Salisbury City Council on December 3rd:
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