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A Message from Steve Mensing the Editor of the Rowan Free Press
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ Living in Salisbury, N.C. was quite an experience. It was the first time I ever lived in a sleepy little Southern town that has undergone years of mismanagement and cronyism....
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A Program on Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson will be Held...
Public Announcement ♦ A Program will be held on Wednesday, October 8, in the Stanback Room of the Rowan Public Library at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Ms. Cassy (C. L.) Gray who will present a...
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Rowan Public Library Announces FREE Virtual Online Card Number to Access All...
Public Announcement ♦ Sign up for a free virtual card number for access to online resources including NCLIVE and Proquest Databases and get same day access, a short interval maybe required for your...
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City Council Meets Tuesday to Consider Granting a Special Use Permit for the...
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury City Council will meet tomorrow Tuesday October 7th at 4 P.M. at City Hall 217 S. Main St. A link to Tuesday’s live streaming webcast will be available on the Rowan Free Press so...
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Salisbury, N.C.’s Water/Sewer Infrastructure is Crumbling and May Require $20...
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County be very wary of taking on the City of Salisbury’s water and sewer utility if its suddenly offered as a gift horse. According to sources inside of Rowan-Salisbury Utilities,...
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Manhunt on for Friday’s Cato Fashion Store Robber in Salisbury, N.C.
RFP Staff ♦ As Salisbury, N.C. wilts under a blistering stretch of robberies and stickups, many unsolved, Friday the police are hunting for a black male who robbed the Cato Fashion store for women at...
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Dr. Lynn Moody’s Rowan Hotspot for Literacy!
RowanHotpsot.com Dr. Lynn Moody has gathered a selection of valuable resources for literacy: http://www.rowanhotspot.com/resources.html
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The Ghost Gun–Everything You Wanted to Know about the Latest 3D Arms...
Ghostgunner.Net Make an AR-15 in your home…beyond the reach of gun control. The neighborhood arms race is on and Cody Wilson is behind it. The Ghost Gun: Everything you want to know about the latest...
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Video: Rowan County Commission Meeting at 3 P.M. Monday October 6th
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Rowan County Commission Meeting at 3 P.M. Monday October 6th: http://rowancountync.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=481
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(Updated) A Woman Crossing the Street at Statesville Blvd & Lash Drive Dies...
RFP Staff ♦ Monday at about 7:30 p.m. Kimberly Regina Allen of the Lakewood Apartments in Salisbury, N.C., crossed the street by the intersection of Statesville Blvd. and Lash Drive and was struck by a...
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Letter-to-the Editor: I am Deeply Saddened by the Hard Times in Salisbury, N.C.
Jonathon Morris, U.S. Army (Ret) and Rowan County Sheep Baron ♦ I am deeply saddened by the condition that Salisbury, N.C. has fallen. Several wrong turns and the city I once knew has fallen on very...
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Letter-to-the-Editor: Judy Klusman’s Expertise on the West End Plaza...
Rabbi Will McCubbins. China Grove, N.C. ♦ I was really disappointed in Judy Klusman’s “performance” at last week’s Livingstone College candidates forum. Klusman’s bad mouthing the West End Plaza is...
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Chamber of Commerce Presents a Candidates Forum October 14th and 16th at...
Press Release ♦ Rowan County Chamber of Commerce announces a Candidate Forums Scheduled for October 14 and 16 Salisbury, NC – (October 6, 2014) The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce invites you to two...
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Truck Drivin’ Lady, on an Alleged Drinking Spree in Salisbury, N.C., Hits Two...
RFP Staff ♦ Early Friday morning Jennifer Ann Craig, 39, of Rachel Lane in Salisbury, N.C. left “Nashville Nights”, a C & W club on West Innes, and allegedly began a drunk driving spree in her...
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BREAKING: Salisbury City Council Votes 4 to 1 to Deny Special Use Permit for...
RFP Staff ♦ City council voted 4 to 1 to deny special use permit for government uses at the West End Plaza to Rowan County. A detailed story will be forthcoming on the RFP tonight. County likely to...
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Salisbury City Council Votes 4 to 1 Against a Special-Use Permit for the West...
Steve Mensing, Editor ♦ On Tuesday Salisbury City Council gave Rowan County a taste of what it’s like to “do business in Salisbury”–a good old fashion “run around”. Salisbury City Council denied Rowan...
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West End Plaza Adds to its Retail Roster: Magie’s Carpets and The Family...
RFP Staff ♦ Monday County Commission Chairman Jim Sides informed the Rowan Free Press that the West End Plaza added two new stores to its roster of retailers: Magie’s Carpets and The Family Closet 2...
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School Board to Meet Thursday Octobe 9th at 5:30 P.M. To Discuss Bible...
RFP Staff ♦ The Rowan-Salisbury School Board will meet Thursday October 9th at 5:30 p.m. at the district’s Long Street administrative offices on110 S. Long St. in East Spencer. They will meet to...
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Alleged Asian Drug Lords Nabbed on I-85 with 63 Lbs. of High-Grade Pot by...
RFP Staff ♦ Jacky S. Kong, 59, of Chicago and Timothy Cheung, 54 of San Francisco, were busted with 63 lbs. of high-grade pot by members of both the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Aggressive Criminal...
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