The Salisbury Police Department is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in the 500 block of Faith Road that occurred sometime between Saturday, April 29, 9 p.m., and today, Sunday, April 30, 5 a.m. The victim is identified as Victor Gobin, 59.
Phillip Lookadoo, a 20-plus-year development services professional, has been selected to serve as the city of Salisbury’s first land and development services department director. Lookadoo will officially begin his position with Salisbury on Monday, May 15.
The South’s favorite soda releases full entertainment lineup
Cheerwine, the iconic 106-year-old cherry soda, and the City of Salisbury will welcome multi-platinum rockers Neon Trees to the Hotwire Communication Stage as the 2023 Cheerwine Festival music headliner. This year’s Cheerwine Festival will be held Saturday, May 20, from noon to 10 p.m.
The Rowan County Chamber’s Minority Business Trade Show will feature our locally-owned and minority-owned small businesses. We want to encourage major employers and the community to increase the percentage of business they do with minority and locally owned firms.
The City of Salisbury, North Carolina was made aware of online articles posted today in The Guardian and Raw Story publications that mentions Salisbury, North Carolina. The young woman’s property is not located in the city limits of Salisbury, and as noted in the article, the Salisbury Police Department was not the responding law enforcement agency. The property is located eight miles from Salisbury. We have reached out to the journalists for a correction to their articles. We are awaiting a response.
Salisbury’s Bell Tower Green Park, the Bankett Station project, and the entire Salisbury Parks and Recreation Department continue to celebrate their honors bestowed at the recent North Carolina Main Street Awards ceremony held last week in Statesville, N.C.