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Snow Forecast for Rowan County Tuesday Afternoon Through Wednesday Morning. 1...
RFP Staff ♦ The National Weather Service currently forecasts Rowan County as having 70% chance of snow from Tuesday afternoon through early Wednesday morning. Predictions call for snow with amounts...
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Snow Expected in Rowan Tuesday Afternoon through Early Wednesday Morning. 1...
National Weather Service ♦ Snow expected to arrive in Salisbury/Rowan Tuesday sometime before Noon. Snow fall will become heavier in later afternoon. A 1 to 2 inch snow fall predicted, making for...
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The Rowan Free Press Plan to Lift Salisbury, NC Out of Poverty: (Part III)...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Salisbury, N.C., as many are well aware, is a city on the ropes after years of suffering through a deficit in direction and whose map was charted by special interest groups and...
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Seeking Firsthand Accounts of the September 1989 “Sacking of Downtown...
RFP Staff ♦ We are seeking firsthand accounts of the September 1989 ”Sacking of Downtown Salisbury” during the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo. For several days the city was without power, light, and...
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Special Announcement on NC 12th District Race Plans from Local Broadcaster...
Announcement CHARLOTTE, NC — After decades of reporting on, analyzing and critiquing local, state and national politics, Radio Personality Vince Coakley is making a special announcement regarding North...
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Rowan-Salisbury Schools and Kannapolis City Schools Will Be Closed Wednesday
Public Announcement ♦ The Rowan-Salisbury School System announced they will closed Wednesday for students and staff due to weather conditions. All afternoon and evening activities are canceled. The...
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Snow Still Falling in Rowan in the Early A.M. Driving Hazardous Due to Ice...
National Weather Service ♦ Snow continues to fall in the early morning hours in Rowan County making for hazardous driving conditions. Black ice conditions expected throughout the county in the early...
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Enjoy the Winter White!
RFP Staff ♦ Enjoy our winter white. Watch out for black ice in the morning! Photos taken in the early evening in Salisbury.
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Classic Chicks Film Festival and Spa Night at the Rowan Public Libraries in...
Public Announcement ♦Salisbury, NC (January 28, 2014)– Rowan Public Library is proud present the second annual Classic Chicks Film Festival and Spa Night. In addition to our Salisbury location, we are...
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Video: Vince Coakley Announces Candidacy for 12th District Congressional Seat...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Surrounded by friends and area political figures, popular Charlotte radio and TV host Vince Coakley announced his candidacy for the 12th District Congressional Seat at the...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Has the City of Salisbury Quit Salting and Plowing?
Casey Wright, Salisbury, NC ♦ Has the city of Salisbury given up the ghost with their services? No sign of salting or plowing anywhere at 7 a.m. Maybe we don’t rate living outside the hysteric...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Clean Out the School Board in November! Payback Time...
Dana Moncrief, Spencer, N.C. ♦ I am sick and tired of Richard Miller’s vendetta against the county commissioners. He’s the one demanding the county taxpayers get sued. His sock puppets on the school...
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Rowan-Salisbury Schools and Kannapolis City Schools Will Be Closed Thursday
Public Announcement ♦ The Rowan-Salisbury School System announced they will closed Thursday for students and 10 month staff due to weather conditions. Other staff will follow code 1. All afternoon and...
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Letter-to-the Editor: The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost in Salisbury
A. P. Davis, Huntersville, N.C. The Rowan Free Press should be lauded for airing the truth about what is going on in Rowan County and Salisbury, N.C. Although my wife and I left Salisbury back in 2007,...
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A Review: Thelma’s Down Home Country Cooking–A Great Place to Eat!
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ One of Salisbury’s many virtues is that it has some great places to eat. Among my favorites are El Patron, Downtown Bangkok, Ivan’s, Go Burrito!, Uncle Bucks, Il Colosseo and...
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$35,000 in Rewards Now Offered for Information in the Missing Erica Parsons Case
RFP Staff •Today rewards totaling $35,000 are being offered in the missing teenager Erica Parsons case. During a press conference at the Rowan County Court House this afternoon the FBI announced they...
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Rowan-Salisbury Schools Will Have a 3 Hour Delay Friday. Kannapolis City...
Public Announcement ♦ Friday Rowan-Salisbury Schools will experience a three-hour delay for students and a one hour delay for staff. Kannapolis City Schools on Friday will have a two-hour delay for...
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Republican Men’s Club Breakfast Meets Saturday Morning February 1st at...
Public Announcement ♦ Republican Men’s Club Breakfast will meet Saturday morning at 8 a.m. February 1st at Porky’s II Restaurant at 124 W. Ryder Ave. in Landis, N.C. Come out and enjoy breakfast and...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Congressman Richard Hudson has Trashed our Constitution...
Tony Treece, Oath Keeper/TreeceCo.com ♦ Congressman Richard Hudson has trashed our Constitution and Bill of Rights! Please I beg you citizens of the 8th Congressional District to do 30 minutes of...
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