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A man has been sentenced to a minimum of 94 months in prison for his role in the 2021 homicide of Edward Geouge III. Rene Oscar Gomez Jr., was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter as part of a plea agreement with the Rowan County District Attorney’s Office, according to a release […]

EAST SPENCER — East Spencer hosted its first ever tree lighting on Tuesday, an event that town officials say they hope turns out to be an annual staple of the community. The event was held beside the fire department, where a tree was planted by a former town administrator over 15 years ago, which Parks and […]

SALISBURY — A man was arrested after deputies said he was found in possession of stolen items from multiple victims during a suspicious person call. Deputies initially responded to Alexander Supply, located 2225 E. Highway 152, on Wednesday morning after someone noticed a blue moped that had been left overnight in the parking lot surrounded […]

SALISBURY — Ten firefighters were injured while combating a blaze in Salisbury on Monday. Multiple residents inside the structure were transported for additional medical treatment as well. At approximately 5 p.m., Salisbury Fire Department received a call about a blaze underway at a single-story brick home in the 1100 block of Laurel Street. Firefighters arrived […]

One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 601 on Tuesday night. According to N.C. State Highway Patrol Troopers on scene, a white Ford SUV was traveling south on Highway 601, towards Salisbury, when it struck a man near the White Farm Road intersection and in front of Rowan Memorial […]

The East Spencer Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a person of interest in a shooting that left one man dead in August. According to previous Salisbury […]

A Cleveland man has been charged after deputies said he sexually abused an 8-year-old child. The investigation into 21-year-old Noah Gabriel Vanhoy began after the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office received […]

The North Carolina Governor’s Office has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people involved in the January killing of 28-year-old Khari Ikeem […]

The world at large likes to tell us what art is and should be and, often, how it ought to be executed.

The gym at Eva B. Stokely Elementary, in the town of Shiprock, New Mexico, site of today's Northern Navajo Agency Council meeting, has the points of the compass marked on each of its four walls.