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Police warn missing child social media post is a scam
EAST LIVERPOOL — St. Clair Township and East Liverpool police departments are warning residents that a post of a missing child circulating on Facebook is a scam. Neither department currently has any missing children. The post reports a 15-year-old is missing and requests that residents come together to search...
2 Rowan-Iredell firefighters die in West Virginia crash
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — Communities in Rowan and Iredell counties are mourning the loss of two firefighters who died in a crash. Two firefighters with the Rowan-Iredell Volunteer Fire Department were killed in an ATV crash in West Virginia, officials said on Sunday. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office confirmed...
County budget approved with some changes
SALISBURY — The Rowan County Board of Commissioners approved the proposed county budget with administrative changes on Monday. The budget proposed by County Manager Aaron Church kept the property tax rate at the same as the previous year, at 58 cents per $100 of property valuation. Several fire departments did propose increases to their district […] The post County budget approved with some changes appeared first on Salisbury Post.
Beauty & The Bean: Longtime dream becomes reality
FAITH — By incorporating her love of multiple things into one shop, Rowan County native and South Rowan High School graduate Alexis Ksobiech is fulfilling a longtime dream. Ever since she was a little girl, she said she has wanted to own her own beauty salon. Alexis has memories of getting off the bus every […] The post Beauty & The Bean: Longtime dream becomes reality appeared first on Salisbury Post.
Bowling: South graduate enters N.C. Bowling Hall of Fame
Tracy Bradshaw Calfee was inducted into North Carolina Bowling Hall of Fame in ceremonies held in Mebane on Saturday. Calfee started bowling when she was 8. She’s never bowled a perfect game (300), but she has bowled 289s. The South Rowan graduate traveled all over the world in the...
Sports obituary: East’s McKenzie was a track phenom
GRANITE QUARRY — Former East Rowan coach W.A. Cline guided hundreds of athletes during two tours of duty at East Rowan, but 50 years later, he still remembers Kevin McKenzie. “You never forget the Kevin McKenzies that play for you,” Cline said. “As a person, there weren’t any finer...
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