Featured Top Story C. JEMAL HORTON COLUMN: At 28, Seager gives dad ultimate gift -- showing the world he's still his hero C. JEMAL HORTON Jul 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 Updated Jan 23, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I'm biased, and maybe it’s the man in me. But there aren’t many things more special to me than a son’s relationship with his father. C. JEMAL HORTONjhorton@independenttribune.com kAmx 5@?’E >62? E@ 5:DC6DA64E 2== E96 92C5\H@C<:?8[ 92C5\=@G:?8 >@E96CD @FE E96C6[ 3FE[ 96J[ 9:DE@CJ D9@HD E96J FDF2==J C646:G6 E96:C ;FDE 5F6]k^AmkAm(6VG6 2== D66? :Eik^AmkAmp 8FJ D4@C6D 2 E@F495@H? :? 2 7@@E32== 82>6[ CF?D 324< E@ E96 D:56=:?6 2?5 D66D %' 42>6C2D K@@>:?8 :? @? 9:> — J@F 2=C625J <?@H E96 7:CDE E9:?8 96’D J6==:?8i “w:[ |@>P”k^Am kAmpE r9C:DE>2DE:>6[ H96? 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Friday Five: Merry Christmas - Downtown Concord celebrates Saturday Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: Christmas in July in Concord, the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society seeking descendants of Mont Amoena …
Concord breaks ground on David Phillips Park, new nature-focused destination Construction is underway on David Phillips Park, a new nature-focused park that city leaders say will preserve the site's natural beauty while…
AMC Concord Mills adds NC's first ScreenX auditorium AMC Concord Mills gets North Carolina's first 270-degree ScreenX theater.
Atrium Health agrees to $1.8 million settlement in patient data case "There is no evidence any information that may have been shared with these third parties has been misused in any way."
North Carolina should treat obesity like the chronic disease it is A Concord mother, writer and speaker shares her experience battling obesity and says North Carolina and insurance companies should treat it li…
