Rowan County News

Robbers dressed in Halloween costumes terrify a Rowan County couple. One of the victims spoke exclusively with NewsChannel 36.

A Rowan County, NC man shot an armed intruder in self defense, saving himself and his father from a second violent home invasion that week.

Two arrests have been made in a home invasion, robbery and shootout in a Rowan County home.

A homeowner shot a person who broke into a home in Rowan County on Friday afternoon, investigators said.

A North Carolina district attorney has asked to be recused from investigating whether former Gov.

Foy Allen Edelman has assembled quite a collection of stories and recipes in "Sweet Carolina: Favorite Desserts and Candies from the Old North State" from the University of North Carolina Press.

Mark Simila installs an Electrified Parking Space pod at the Big Boys Truck Stop off I-95 in Johnston County on Monday.

A Rowan County farm and N.C. State University have won a grant to try to lengthen the strawberry growing season so North Carolina farmers can better compete with berries from California and Florida.

Authorities charged and arrested a China Grove man on Thursday in the attempted sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl earlier this week in the South Rowan branch of the Rowan County Library.

Investigators charged a man from Kannapolis, NC with child abuse after officers tracked him down using his own GPS unit.

Two people caught after a multi-county car chase by the Cabarrus Sheriff's Office have been charged with multiple break-ins in the Bostian Heights community.

When a Rowan County man was charged last year with a rape committed in 1986, it powerfully illustrated how DNA testing has revolutionized the investigation and prosecution of rape and other violent crimes.

Rowan County commissioners voted Monday to appoint two of their members to look into plans for developing an Airport Economic Development Zone for the Rowan County Airport.

ROWAN COUNTY Someone shot two horses in Rowan County, at point blank range, between the eyes.

Mitchell Wright charged with secretly filming a 9-year-old girl, as part of a child pornography case.

In the small town of Landis, state agents investigating crimes against children went to a home on Mt.

CHINA GROVE a ' A 52-year-old China Grove man has been charged with secretly taping a 9-year-old girl after authorities searched his home in a child pornography investigation.

Two Rowan County fire departments have received grants from the state's 2009 Volunteer Fire Department Fund, according to a press release from the office of N.C. Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin.

Mary Kaufmann with Thomas the Golden Retriever and Judge Lynn Meeks with the Salisbury Kennel Club.

SPENCER a ' A former mayor of Spencer has been charged with her role in an armed standoff involving police in May.