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Video: Smoking Heroin and OxyCotin (Hillbilly Heroin) an Epidemic in...
RFP Staff ♦ “Chasing the dragon” or smoking heroin or OxyCotin (called hillbilly heroin) has grown in popularity among teens and adults. Prescription abuse of opioid pain medications such as OxyContin...
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Salisbury’s Grim Street Shootout Victims named by Police
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources named the 3 men suffering from gunshots wounds during the West End gun battle at Grim Street near Alexander Lane: James Jermain Little, 23, Salisbury found slumped...
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N.C. Vets Can Now Have Veteran Status Designated on DMV License or State ID
Public Announcement ♦ Honorably discharged veterans living in North Carolina may now have their veteran status designated on their DMV driver’s license or state-issued ID. Veteran designations will be...
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RSSS Accepted into Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools
Press Release ♦ The Rowan-Salisbury School System has been selected to join the national network of school districts committed to demonstrating, evaluating, and scaling innovation. WASHINGTON, D.C. |...
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Fisher at UNCG’s GYM with Brother-to-Brother
Press Release ♦ Greensboro, NC – Dr. Ada M. Fisher, NC Republican National Committeewoman, was invited by students Mr. Dominick Hand, Historian and Mr. Lawrence Jamail Watkins of Salisbury, NC to meet...
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Board of Education Approves a County Proposal for the School System’s Capital...
RFP Staff ♦ Monday evening the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education approved the county commission’s proposed resolution for the system’s capital needs. The document represents a proposal from the Board...
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Knifepoint Holdup Nets $600 at Days Inn in Salisbury, N.C.
RFP Staff ♦ Early Sunday at 2:30 a.m a 37 year old man was startled from his sleep at the Days Inn on Bendix Drive and robbed at knifepoint of $600. According to police sources, the robber brandishing...
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FBI Imposter Stomps Woman in Rockwell and Grabs Cell Phone
RFP Staff ♦ On March 22nd at around 6 a.m. Jimmy Ray Blackwell, 49, allegedly posing as an FBI agent, was reported to make his way onto a woman’s porch in Rockwell, stomped her, and snatched her cell...
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The Redevelopment Hoax
Thomas Sowell, Conscience of America ♦ Why are so many people who are opposed to development nevertheless in favor of “redevelopment”? The short answer is that development involves decisions made in...
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Off-Duty Sheriff’s Deputy Guns Down Robber at China Buffet in Salisbury, N.C.
RFP Staff ♦ At 9:15 P.M. Tuesday night an off-duty Rowan County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a robber attempting to stick up the China Buffet on 205 North Arlington Road (Off of East Innes)....
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Video: “Realistic Thinking”, the Bedrock Thought Process of Highly Successful...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ “Realistic Thinking”, not to be confused with short-sighted “positive thinking” or its distorted cousin idealism, is the bedrock thought process of highly successful human...
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Some Vets Won’t have to Report Income for VA Care
Rodney Cress, Veterans Advocate ♦ Starting this month, veterans who qualify for care from the Veterans Health Administration under income thresholds will no longer need to report their income...
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Video: RCTPP U.S. Senate Candidates Forum in Salisbury, N.C. on March 25th
Mike Bebber, Videographer ♦ The RCTPP U.S. Senate Candidates Forum at the High Rock Church in Salisbury, N.C. on March 25th:
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FBI Busts Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon on Federal Public Corruption Charges
RFP Staff ♦ This afternoon several Charlotte TV stations are reporting that Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, 47, a Democrat, was arrested by FBI agents on Federal public corruption charges after a 4...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: A Note From Mark Harris Concerning Thom Tillis
Chuck Hughes, Salisbury, N.C. ♦ Editor, I want to share this note from Mark Harris concerning Thom Tillis: A note from Mark Harris A report in yesterday’s paper clearly proves we are stronger than...
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Sheriff Kevin Auten Will Appear at the Rowan Oath Keeper’s Meeting on...
Public Announcement ♦ Sheriff Kevin Auten will appear at the Rowan County Oath Keeper’s Meeting on Saturday March 29th at 7 p.m. at Army-Navy Surplus on Statesville Blvd. in Salisbury, N.C. Bring a...
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Deceased China Buffet Robber Identified as Sakhar Robinson a North Rowan High...
RFP Staff ♦ The deceased China Buffet robber was identified as Sakhar Williye Robinson, 20, a 2013 graduate of North Rowan High. He had a previous record for misdemeanor larceny at 17. Here is a...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Who Should Have More Control of the County
Joe Coladarci, High Rock Lake, NC ♦ When I first posed this question I was not sure anyone would answer but after a week and 123 responses I will tell you I was a little surprised. As an 8th grade...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Livingstone College Behavior. Can You Expect Better in...
Al Braxton, Jr., Salisbury, N.C. ♦ If the college students behave the way they do at Livingstone College over in the West End of Salisbury, how do you expect school children to act? No wonder nobody...
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