SALISBURY - Four champion barrel racing horses were killed early Tuesday morning in a barn fire in the community of Woodleaf.

Fire crews responded to a report of a barn fire on Wetmore Road just after 3:30 am Tuesday morning.

When fire crews arrived at 1815 Wetmore Road near Highway 801 they found the barn 50% involved in flames, the barn was destroyed.

Five horses were inside the barn, four died. 

The fire started in the tack room, but is not considered suspicious.  The exact cause has not been determined.

The horses belonged to Woody Brown who is well known in the barrel racing world and as publisher of the Cleveland (Rowan County) Chronicle.

ROWAN COUNTY, NC (WBTV) - The Rowan County Sheriff's Office is looking for three sex offenders who have outstanding warrants.

Deputies are looking for 50-year-old James Terry Hosch of 3410 Statesville Road in Charlotte, 34-year-old Anthony Tryon Pressley of Salisbury, and 37-year-old Angel Yvonne Stiller of 165 Zeb Street in Salisbury.  

If you know where any of these three people may be, call the Rowan County Sheriff's Office at 704-216-8700.

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