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WANTED: Spencer Murder Suspect, Rodney Roberto Wallace, Still At-Large
RFP Staff ♦ Wanted: Rodney Roberto Wallace, 47, for the suspected murder of ex-wife Toney Ann Johnson whose body was found at 705 4th Street yesterday morning in Spencer, N.C. Description: Black male,...
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Salisbury’s Fibrant Being Smoked in Speeds by Army of Gig Cities Cropping up...
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury, N.C. moves further and further to the rear of cities about to offer gigabyte internet services which include Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Huntersville, Raleigh, Carey, Durham,...
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CAPTURED: Rodney Roberto Wallace Apprehended in Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
RFP Staff ♦ According to Spencer Police sources murder suspect Rodney Roberto Wallace was apprehended in Wrightsville Beach, N.C near Wilmington, N.C. Many will rest easy in Spencer and Salisbury, N.C....
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NC DOT to Hold Public Meeting Tuesday, June 24th about Safety Project at Old...
Public Announcement ♦ The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, regarding a proposed safety project to relocate a section of Old Beatty Ford...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Will Salisbury’s Empire Hotel Suffer the Same Fate as...
Wayne Mueller, Winston-Salem, N.C. ♦ Some older and obsolete buildings far overstay their welcome. I have been following the story of Salisbury’s Empire Hotel which opened its doors in 1855 and closed...
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NC Senator Gene McLaurin’s Statement on the House Budget
From the Office of NC Senator Gene McLaurin, ♦ Senator Gene McLaurin has released the following statement on the current House budget proposal: “I am pleased that some of the concerns I had with the...
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N.C. Nearly Nuked in 1961
BBC News/CNN News ♦ In 1961 after a B-52 broke in half in the skies over N.C. and two nuclear bombs fell on Goldsboro, N.C. Through a strange twist of fate neither bomb detonated. The one fully...
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The Latest “Build It and They Will Come” Scam: Speculative Industrial...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ A popular game played in economically struggling and desperate parts of the United States is squandering taxpayer money on speculative industrial buildings for manufacturing....
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Accused Killer Rodney Roberto Wallace Now Being Held at Rowan County...
RFP Staff ♦ Accused Killer Rodney Roberto Wallace, 47, suspected of the brutal murder of Toney Ann Johnson of Spencer, is now being held under heavy security at the Rowan County Detention Center in...
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Letter-to-the Editor: Breaking with the Time Honored Promise to “Leave the...
Chuck Hughes, Salisbury, N.C. ♦ The greatest generation has slowly passed into history and into the hands of the God they held in such esteem and awe. At age 73, I like many others, am the progeny of...
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2 Letters-to-the Editor: Re: Will Salisbury’s Empire Hotel Suffer the Same...
George Gardner, Rockwell, N.C. ♦ My opinion is not meant to hasten the demise Empire Hotel, but rather a plea to preserve it. I have great memories of Montgomery Ward being in this location. Actually I...
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Fibrant’s Rival in the Municipal Telecom Flop Department: Burlington Telecom
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury, with its Fibrant debacle, is not alone in the municipal telecommunications flop department. There are an armada of washout municipal telecoms putting their cities through the...
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What to Do with the Empire Hotel AKA South Main Bat Castle? The Results are...
RFP Staff ♦ Poll: What can be done with the aging Empire Hotel AKA the “South Main Bat Castle”? What did you believe was best future for the “crown jewel” of the South Main tenderloin? Our...
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The Death of Independent Bookstores and Where to Buy Books CHEAP
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ The independent bookstores are a nearly extinct form of retail. Here and there you may hear one wheezing prior to their death rattle in a small town because they are the only...
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Chikungunya, an Incurable Mosquito-Born Virus Lands in North Carolina
RFP Staff ♦ According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Chikungunya, an incurable Mosquito-born virus is now in North Carolina and 3 other states: Florida, Rhode Island, and Tennessee....
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Missing in America Project Conducted Funerals for 15 Veterans from WWII,...
Rodney Cress, Veteran Advocate/Missing in America Project ♦ Yesterday in Salisbury, N.C. formerly unclaimed cremains of 15 United States Military Veterans from WWII, Korea and Vietnam wars received...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Recycled Wisdom
Chuck Hughes, Salisbury, N.C. ♦ Vote as You Will, but Understand the Consequences of Your Vote: If I may use an analogy: I want to build three facilities. So I ask the bank for 10 million dollars, but...
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Sparks May Fly During Public Commentary about Salisbury’s Proposed Budget and...
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury’s City Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Tuesday June 17th at City Hall where the city’s very unpopular proposed budget could be a topic of discussion during the public comment. So...
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Man Shoots into his Occupied Home and Threatens to Knife 2 Persons in...
RFP Staff ♦ With gun violence on the uptick in Salisbury, N.C., Fernando Portillo, 56, of the 100 block of Faye Lane shot into his home occupied by two persons and threatened to kill them with a knife....
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Re: “The Death of Independent Bookstores and Where to...
Richard Palmer, Raleigh, N.C. ♦ As a Bookaphile of many years I found your recent article in the Rowan Free Press: “The Death of Independent Bookstores and Where to Buy Books CHEAP” to be a spot on...
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