The Weekly Post

West Stanly wrestler Joe Graves scores 100th win West Stanly High School senior wrestler Joe Graves recently achieved his 100th career win. He scored the win January 7 while competing in the West Stanly Duals held at the school. His season record is 28-5. Q. How did you begin wrestling and how old were you? [...]

Good afternoon. This is a notification message from the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office. The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the FBI, will be conducting a field training seminar in the Midland area on Thursday, January 26, 2012. During this time residents in the area of US Hwy 601 and NC Hwy 24/27 may [...]

Congressman Larry Kissell (NC-08) has announced that his staff will next host satellite office hours in Stanly County on Tuesday, January 17, in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room at Stanly Commons, 1000 N. First Street, Albemarle from 2-3 p.m. A caseworker will be on hand to answer constituent questions and provide assistance with casework. “I’m committed [...]

The Town of Midland will be closed for the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, January 16.

I want to thank all of you who have contributed the Oakboro Police Department’s Annual Toy Drive. As of this moment, we have distributed 563 toys to many families and to Stanly Christian Ministries. This afternoon, we learned of one more family in our area that is need of some assistance. A mother and her [...]

TRAFFIC STOPS RESULT IN DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED CHARGES, ADDING TO DECEMBER’S TOTAL The Locust Police Department recently made traffic stops that discovered the drivers were impaired.  This brings December’s total to 5 DWI charges. In the early morning hours of December 17th, a vehicle driven by Ms. Morgan Taylor Gravitte of Albemarle was stopped in [...]

An updated Locust website has been launched with new features and easier to use functionality.  Please take a moment to look it over. www.locustnc.com