Woodleaf News

Furniture makers were "cautiously optimistic" entering the 2009 High Point Market that began Saturday and with good reason.

The Rowan County Department of Environmental Management is responsible for operating the Rowan County Landfill, eight recycling/solid waste convenience centers, the Rowan County Recycling and Processing Center and the community recycling education program.

Last weekend's Big Sweep turned up some items of interest to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.

Funeral service for Catherine Eugenia Brazell, 92, will be held noon Saturday, September 26, 2009, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.

B.W. Corriher has buff skinned pumpkins. You could store a whole, uncut pumpkin in a cool dry place for several months or you could create puree for a pie.

Someone apparently worked hard to get their hands on $3 worth of pills. Melissa Ann Sechler of Cavin Lane, Kannapolis, reported someone removed a window air conditioner to gain access to her home on Sept.

Savanna Garrison playing on the playground at Providence UMC Vacation Bible School.

Students in the Rowan-Salisbury School System and Kannapolis City Schools will have the option to watch a ' or not watch a ' President Obama's address on academic success Tuesday.

Faith Farm & Equipment at 585 W. Ritchie Road is among the latest victims of thieves.

Authorities say a Woodleaf woman was trapped with her vehicle for 11 hours after she wrecked on her way to work and ended up in a creek.

KidSports is now enrolling students in the afterschool program. Openings are available and pick-up is provided for Granite Quarry, Hurley, Isenburg, Knollwood, North Rowan, Overton and Woodleaf elementary schools.

First-day enrollment in the Rowan-Salisbury School System Tuesday was down 195 students from the first day last year.

Rodney K. Justin, a medical doctor from Woodleaf, was convicted Wednesday of obstructing the internal revenue laws and of failing to file tax returns for several years, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced.

It started in 1984 with only 12 students enrolled in a Music and Movement class using Orff-based music concepts.

Adam Moore and Jacob Karriker stand with their cows in the ring. Cooperative Extension photo.

Lawrence Safley looks over a restored 1939 Allis-Chambers tractor that was in the parade in an earlier year of the festival.

WOODLEAF a ' It's time again to celebrate the tomato on Saturday. Long known for the quality and quantity of the area's tomato harvest, Woodleaf and residents of western Rowan County are planning relaxed country festivities for the annual Tomato Festival at Unity Presbyterian Church on Woodleaf Barber Road.

WOODLEAF a ' It's time again to celebrate the tomato on Saturday. Long known for the quality and quantity of the area's tomato harvest, Woodleaf and residents of western Rowan County are planning relaxed country festivities for the annual Tomato Festival at Unity Presbyterian Church on Woodleaf Barber Road.

Thieves broke into a van at Hinson Electrical in Kannapolis and took $2,350 worth of tools, according to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.

RALEIGH a ' Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that 15 contracts totaling $29.3 million have been awarded for highway and bridge projects across North Carolina, including seven projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.