China Grove News

A China Grove driver could face more serious charges after the death of a Rockwell man from injuries sustained in a July 12 accident.

Time for a change: The housemovers change a tire underneath the platform the house is resting on.

A microburst, not a tornado, caused extensive damage to a building in southern Rowan County, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said Tuesday.

A Porky's Bar-B-Q restaurant employee was tied to a kitchen sink while robbers clean out the business's safe.

A fierce storm swept through Rowan County around 7 p.m. Monday knocking down trees, power lines and heavily damaging a China Grove business.

Petite dancers competing in the 8 and under division returned as national champions.

The annual Farmers Day festival starts at 9 a.m. Saturday with opening ceremonies and wraps up with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. And there's a lot going on in between, highlighted by the Little Miss/Mister Farmer ...

Rowan County commissioners continued last week making changes in advisory boards, appointing new members and removing others.

An attorney representing the town's Zoning Board of Adjustments claims the town's records are in error and that three board members are legal.

Cantaloupes, watermelons, antique tractors, bands, dancers and lots of food will fill several blocks of Main Street on Saturday.

Amber Freeze, a China Grove native and Mount Holly resident now, has started a Web site for singles who are motorcycle enthusiasts at www.thecyclecircle.com. She calls the new site "a mixture of myspace.com and ...

Two men face drug charges after officers found approximately 2 pounds of marijuana during a vehicle stop at South Main Street and Jake Alexander Boulevard Thursday.

Johnny Morgan pushes the small black button inside his office. Brrring! Brrring! "The kids get a kick out of that," he says.

A burglar stole a $900 flat-screen television, a $50 camera flashcard and a can of Mountain Dew from a China Grove home, according to a Rowan County Sheriff's Office report.

County Planning Director Ed Muire has repeatedly emphasized that the goal of the study is to provide recommendations that will keep the rural character of the county, but will not prevent a landowner from ...

Town officials are pleased with new concrete floor in the town's fire department on North Main Street.

The Miss Rowan County Veteran Pageant will be Friday following the parade in Faith.

Representatives from GCG Wealth Management will host a free SecureChild Photo ID event at the 2008 Farmer's Day celebration, providing parents with personal safety kits for their children.

Officials here have discovered that at least three members of the town's Zoning Board of Adjustment may be serving illegally.

Some aspects of Stevie Wonder's accident in Salisbury on Aug. 6, 1973, have been confused, changed and embellished over the past 35 years.