Elisabeth Strillacci

FAITH — A call that initially came in as a residential fire about 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon ended up being a commercial fire at Loves Auto Repair at 30005 Cemetery Drive in Faith. Although the cause has not yet been determined, the fire did reach the residence next door, causing minor damage. The damage to […]

SALISBURY — For the second year, members of the Salisbury Police Department, the Salisbury Fire Department, Rowan County Emergency Services and the Veterans Affairs Police Department gathered to sing carols and light up the night in front of the VA center. Those who were able to join in the brief caroling session met, despite the […]

The Webb Road Flea Market has been a destination off I-85 for travelers and residents alike since 1985, and history has proven it takes more than fire to close the beloved institution. On Sunday, Dec. 15, at 3:40 a.m, the fire alarm in Building B at the market went off, and firefighters began arriving to […]

FAITH — Another residential fire in Faith broke out around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon, following the Christmas eve fire that seriously damaged Love’s Auto Repair Shop and caused some moderate damage to the family’s house next door. Thursday afternoon a fire at 256 Charter Way, a dead-end gravel road, was in a cabin that appears […]

Three fires on Christmas Eve and one on Dec. 26 kept fire departments in Rowan County busy over the holidays. A fire at Love’s Auto Repair Shop on Cemetery Drive on the edge of Faith broke out Tuesday afternoon and some of the fire spread to the family’s home next door. According to Andrew King […]

Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • An assault on South Main Street reportedly occurred at 9:36 a.m. Dec. 22. • A larceny from a property on Old Beatty Ford Road, Gold Hill reportedly occurred between 4 pm. Dec. 13 and 2 p.m. Dec. 15, and was reported Dec. 22. • Property damage of a vehicle […]

A severe thunderstorm that brought tornado warnings, high winds and heavy rain Sunday morning has claimed the life of a Cleveland man. According to NC State Highway Patrol, Matthew Ronald Steeple, 70, of Cleveland, was traveling on NC Hwy 152 in Iredell County about 10:10 a.m. when his 1979 Chevrolet pickup truck was struck by […]

MOORESVILLE — A China Grove man has been arrested in connection with a break-in and theft at a Mooresville storage unit on Dec. 10, according to Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell. Deputies were called to a storage unit that Tuesday on a report of breaking and entering. When they arrived, they found someone had not […]

A severe thunderstorm raced from Mecklenburg County through Rowan County on Sunday just before 10 a.m., sounding sirens and knocking down trees and power lines. One Cleveland resident, Matthew Ronald Steeple, 70, was killed when a tree fell on his pickup truck as he travelled on N.C. Hwy. 152 near Brumley Road in Iredell County, […]

BOSTIAN HEIGHTS – A garage that caught fire in the 300 block of Log Barn Road just outside Faith Thursday night has taken the life of one person and one dog, according to fire officials. Captain Todd Taylor of the Bostian Heights fire department said the initial call reporting a garage on fire came in […]