Did Salisbury’s Walgreens Bandit Rob a Spencer Walgreen’s Wednesday Afternoon?
RFP Staff ♦ Spencer Police are hunting for a masked man who stuck up a Walgreen’s Drug Store 317 N. Salisbury Avenue Wednesday at 2:46 p.m.. Driving a blue Ford Ranger with an extended cab truck, the...
View ArticlePhotographs of Salisbury, N.C. from the 1930’s and 1940’s
Edith Clark History Room at the Rowan Public Library: ♦ A collection of black and white photographs of Salisbury, N.C taken in the 1930’s and 1940’s from the Edith Clark History Room at the Rowan...
View ArticleThe Rowan Free Press Will Take a Brief Hiatus from Saturday until Tuesday
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ The Rowan Free Press will take a brief hiatus from Saturday September 27th until Tuesday September 30th or Wednesday October 1st when it will reemerge from a migration. Your...
View ArticlePrince Charles Apartments on N. Fulton Allegedly Broken into by Fellow...
RFP Staff ♦ As the epidemic of break-ins continue throughout Salisbury, N.C., Kyle Edward Colton Hensley, 26, living in the Prince Charles apartments on N. Fulton Street, was arrested for allegedly...
View ArticleRowan-Salisbury School System’s ACCOUNTABILITY AND TESTING RESULTS 2013-2014....
NCPublicSchools.Org ♦ NC Public Schools ACCOUNTABILITY AND TESTING RESULTS 2013-2014. Find Rowan-Salisbury School System’s testing & graduation reports for 2013-2014 here: Understanding the...
View ArticleRowan Free Press Will Return on October 1st
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan Free Press will be back in action on October 1st after completing a migration. Have a great fall weekend!
View ArticleMario Andre Partee, 26, Alleged Salisbury, N.C. Narcotics Kingpin, Sought for...
RFP Staff ♦ Mario Andre Partee, 26, alleged Salisbury, N.C. narcotics kingpin, is sought for 20 Outstanding Warrants. Partee a black male, stands about 5’7 and weights about 120 lbs. His last known...
View ArticleCabarras County Deputies Arrest Rowan County Suspect for the Attempted Murder...
RFP Staff ♦ Gerrell McCrae, 31, charged with attempted murder and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon in Rowan County, is currently being held in the Cabarrus County Jail under a $500,000 secured...
View ArticleChick-Fil-A, Salisbury, N.C.’s Number 1 Restaurant, Will Close Temporarily...
Chick-Fil-A ♦ Chick-Fill-A will close temporarily starting Friday, October 3rd at 5pm for restaurant renovations. The restaurant is tentatively scheduled to re-open in November. The store is undergoing...
View ArticleDSS Board Chairman Sides Calls Reports of DSS & Health Department and...
RFP Staff ♦ Department of Social Services Board Chairman/County Commission Chairman Jim Sides told the Rowan Free Press this morning that reports of moving the Department of Social Services and the...
View ArticleSalisbury Opts Out of State Funds for Water/Sewer Infrastructure by It’s...
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County May Be The Only Local Government Eligible For Water Infrastruture Loans and Grants. Any county commission candidate calling for a ‘partnership’ with Salisbury for extending...
View ArticleTeen Steals Van and Slams into Phone Pole in Salisbury N.C.’s West End with...
RFP Staff ♦ Marterius Azende Robinson,16, of the 600 block of Laurel Pointe Circle in Salisbury, N.C. allegedly stole a 1998 Honda van and slammed into a phone pole at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday by the corner...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: When Ebola Pounces on Salisbury, N.C.
Jonathon Morris, U.S. Army Ranger, (Ret.) & Rowan Sheep Baron ♦ I have no doubt the odds are astronomically high that sometime in the next two years Ebola will land in Salisbury, N.C. Salisbury...
View ArticleBoone Newspapers Inc. Continues to “Streamline” the Salisbury Post, Making...
RFP Staff ♦ In the last several days sources within the Salisbury Post and elsewhere are reporting that Boone Newspapers Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Alabama are continuing their policy of “streamlining” the...
View ArticleFreedom from Religion Foundation Demands Rowan-Salisbury Schools Must Drop...
RFP Staff ♦ On Wednesday an organization calling itself The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) announced they sent a letter to the Rowan-Salisbury School System demanding the schools must...
View ArticleLetter-to-the-Editor: The School Board Candidates Forum at Livingstone...
Rabbi Will McCubbins, China Grove ♦ First off I want to say the students and faculty of Livingstone College did a super job of putting this forum together. Last night at the Livingstone College School...
View ArticleN.C. Senator Gene McLaurin Chosen to Serve on Education Task Force
Press Release N.C. Senator Gene McLaurin has been appointed by Best NC to serve on a statewide task force to develop a public education roadmap for our state. Best NC is a non-partisan, non-profit...
View ArticleRowan County Commission Meeting for Monday October 6th at 3 P.M.
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan County Commission will meet on Monday October 6th at 3 p.m. in the J. Newton Cohen Rm. at the County Administration Building at 130 W. Innes Street in Salisbury, N.C. Commission...
View ArticleCounty Commission Candidate Chris Cohen Launches his Campaign Website:...
Press Release ♦ County Commission candidate Chris Cohen launches his campaign website: http://www.electcohen.com/
View ArticleAn Interview with Vice Chairman Craig Pierce on the “Real Truth of the LGC...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ The other day I read an article in the city’s print newspaper about commissioners not going forward LGC application for the West End Plaza. Craig Pierce was interviewed for the...
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