The Swanee Theatre in downtown Kannapolis has announced a slate of late summer and fall events featuring dancing, family entertainment, comedy, tribute bands and live music.
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The Independent Tribune's Cream of Cabarrus ranks the top 6 football teams this week in the county.
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Central Cabarrus Coach Donnie Kiefer's hard-nose approach to football - "I'm not interested in mediocrity."
In a story about a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools investigation in the Aug. 18 Independent Tribune, we mistakenly used an incorrect photo. The woman in the photo was not Glenda Jones.
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A rooftop restaurant and cocktail lounge is coming to downtown Concord. The Union Sky has leased 3,085 square feet at NOVI Lofts.
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Cabarrus County’s annual Cabarrus CORE (Collaborative Opioid Recovery and Education) community event returns Wednesday, giving residents an opportunity to learn how opioid settlement funds are being used.
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Cabarrus County inspectors - Gary Martin was named District 3 Building Inspector of the Year , while Mike Cox was named Mechanical Inspector of the Year.
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Ever wondered why Cabarrus County is named "Cabarrus"? The Rev. Stephen Davis tells us why.
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The Harrisburg Town Council will meet at Monday, Aug. 24, for a workshop focused on updates to several ongoing town projects and policy matters.
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FORT BRAGG — Special Forces candidates will take part in the U.S. Army’s Robin Sage training exercise beginning Friday, with activity planned across more than two dozen counties in North Carolina and South Carolina. The exercise will run Aug. 14-27 and serves as the final test for soldiers completing the Special Forces Qualification Course at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare ...
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The Rev. Mike Ruffin discusses five things God doesn't promise.
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UNC has named Wisconsin transfer Billy Edwards Jr. its starting quarterback, according to multiple reports. Edwards won a “close battle” with Texas A&M transfer Miles O’Neill for the job, ESPN’s Pete Thamel first revealed Tuesday. In 2024, Edwards threw for 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions during his 2,881-yard season at Maryland. After transferring to Wisconsin last season, he spent most ...
The wait is over. Week 1 of the 2026 North Carolina high school football season is here with games kicking off on Aug. 21.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — Every offseason, college football coaches like Rhett Lashlee now face the same challenge. They have to recruit their own roster all over again. The transfer portal gives players a chance to chase more playing time, more money or a better fit. And for the best players, there is rarely a shortage of programs willing to make a pitch. Over the last five years, SMU has been ...
MIAMI — Mario Cristobal was 13, an age for dreaming, the night the University of Miami arrived as a national college football power. “My grandfather’s house, on a black-and-white TV, watching Kenny Calhoun bat down that ball,” he says now. He needn’t recall that moment 42 years ago, because the memory is always there. Calhoun, a defensive back, deflects a last-second two-point conversion pass ...
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Greensboro fell 7-4 to Winston-Salem in the home series finale, as the Dash edged the Grasshoppers in hits and Justin Sinibaldi outdueled Draven Zeigler.
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High Point University men's soccer capped an unbeaten preseason with a 3-1 move-in game win over Queens as 2,013 fans filled Vert Stadium in High Point.
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UNC Greensboro men’s basketball and head coach Jerod Haase have released the 2026-27 schedule, featuring 32 games, a western trip, SoCon play and Bodford Arena home dates.
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First-generation student Kammaren Mitchell shares how the Hines Scholarship opened access to college, new opportunities and a brighter future in Hartsville.
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Cal Flyn traveled tens of thousands of miles around the world to research her book, “The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness,” journeying to remote areas in Africa, Antarctica and the Amazon and encountering AK-47-toting men, isolated Indigenous communities, big game hunters, turbulent seas, wild animals and an erupting volcano along the way. Oh, and that time the ground gave way ...
For his 10th novel, Riley Sager, the pen name of author Todd Ritter, wanted to celebrate all of his work and give back to his fans. He hopes fans will have fun spotting callbacks to his earlier work in “The Unknown,” but also says it has something for first-time readers. “I wanted to do something special to celebrate a decade of publishing success,” Sager said during a recent email interview. ...
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