Featured Top Story C. JEMAL HORTON COLUMN: Cannon softball team was willing to do whatever it took to win state title C. JEMAL HORTON May 28, 2023 May 28, 2023 0 The Cannon School softball team captured the 2023 N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 4A championship last weekend. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save C. JEMAL HORTON CONCORD – Every good team needs a theme song.kAmx7 :E H6C6 FA E@ >6[ :E’5 36 :? E96 p==\$A@CED #F=63@@<]k^Am C. JEMAL HORTONjhorton@independenttribune.com kAmp?5 7@C E96 r2??@? $49@@= D@7E32== E62>[ 2=E9@F89 E96 a_ab D62D@? 5:5?’E DE2CE @FE H:E9 E96 r@F82CD 56D:8?2E:?8 x>28:?6 sC28@?’D “(92E6G6C xE %2<6D” 2D E96:C @77:4:2= E62> ;2>[ E96 A@A 9:E E@@< @? 2 H9@=6 ?6H >62?:?8 2D E96J 3682? 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Cabarrus is the only one of NC’s 10 largest school districts to reach this goal Twenty-five district schools earned A or B performance grades.
Window, door maker from Ohio chooses Mocksville for Southeast expansion, 400 jobs The Mocksville plant will be just its second outside Ohio.
Stabbed husband saves wife by driving car into knife-wielding man, NC sheriff says A man stabbed outside a Food Lion went on the offensive to protect his wife, using his vehicle to run down a knife-wielding man, according to …
Inmate awaiting extradition to NC uses pencil to open cell door, SC sheriff says An ingenious inmate needed only a pencil to open his cell and escape from jail, according to investigators in South Carolina.
Interstate 40 repairs now cost $2.8B, up from initial estimate. Here's why Rebuilding Interstate 40’s path through the Pigeon River Gorge after Hurricane Helene will cost about $2.8 billion — a 40% increase over a pro…
