SALISBURY - Deputies in Rowan County are on the lookout for something unusual: an antique statue of a knight.

Someone stole the knight from the home of Barry Hepler of 139 Cone Drive, where the knight had been standing guard in front of an oak tree in the front yard.

Hepler described the knight to WBTV as "a 5 1/2 tall, metal statue, man with a helmet with a feather, a shield, sword, body armour, leg armour, it's the whole thing."

SALISBURY - Which branch of the Armed Forces is better, the Air Force or the Marine Corps?

That question, and the ensuing debate, led to a 55-year-old man being shot early Sunday morning in Rowan County.

According to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, Randall Guillory, 55, went to visit the home of David Michael Binges, 49, on Sweet Gum Lane near Faith Road.

Deputies say the two began arguing over which was better, the Air Force of Marines, and that after Binges asked Guillory to stop talking about it five or six times, he went to his bedroom, loaded his 9 mm pistol, and brought it back into the kitchen.

According to the report Binges told Guillory, “I’ve got a gun, and it’s time to leave,” and then the two began wrestling on the floor, and the gun went off.

SALISBURY - The discerning nose of Salisbury Police Officer Rebecca Sexton resutled in the arrest of two people on drug charges.

According to a police report, Officer Sexton was patrolling the area near the 100 block of Depot Street on Wednesday when she noticed the distinct smell of marijuana in the air.

Officer Sexton called for assistance, then began to follow her nose.

The smell led to the small park near a large fountain at the corner of Depot and Innes.