China Grove News

A report of suspicious activity early Saturday morning resulted in the arrest of two men and the recovery of more than 30 stolen batteries.

Authorities say the fire broke out around midday at a mobile home on Vivian Road, in a community off Old Beatty Ford Road.

Austin was charged with felony identity theft, and charges of felony identity theft trafficking and felony obtaining property by false pretenses are pending, deputies said.

Windstream Communications , a nation-wide provider of high-speed Internet, phone, and TV services, is busy doing damage control after an employee used Windstream's customer database to open fraudulent accounts with online retailers .

The Charlotte Observer is reporting that a man who died in a weekend police chase in China Grove had been suspected in crimes in four area counties, according to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.