A win for the nation’s first-ever religious charter school in Oklahoma would represent “the most radical change to religious freedom under the First Amendment in American history,” one expert believes.
- Andrea Eger Tulsa World
A win for the nation’s first-ever religious charter school in Oklahoma would represent “the most radical change to religious freedom under the First Amendment in American history,” one expert believes.
- Corey Jones Public Service Journalism Team
The Tulsa World and Lee Enterprises’ Public Service Journalism Team created a database of Oklahoma’s deadly police pursuits to learn who was being killed, which agencies were pursuing and why.
- From Staff Reports
A federal agreement with Owasso Public Schools was prompted by a complaint initially filed by the Human Rights Campaign in response to the death of Owasso student Nex Benedict.
- Christopher Miller
On Saturday, June 1, the Tucker Gardens will once again be open to the public, with proceeds benefitting CVAN, Cabarrus County’s battered women’s program.
- Christopher Miller
Aviation history was made in the county Thursday evening as the first nonstop flight from New Haven, Connecticut, touched down at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport.
- JOHN GITTINGS
Although she's no longer headlining shows at Circus World, Viola and her co-star Kelly and still under contract to perform elsewhere.
Sophomore Nex Benedict died the day after getting into a fight in a school restroom with girls the 16-year-old identified as bullies. The DA called it an "instance of mutual combat."
"In memory of Nex, we must all recommit to our work to end discrimination and address the suicide crisis impacting too many nonbinary and transgender children," the president's statement says.
The report provided Wednesday by the state medical examiner states Nex Benedict, 16, took a fatal combination of two drugs commonly known as Benadryl and Prozac.
The Owasso Public Schools Board of Education on Monday heard from several attendees who voiced their concerns about the district’s handling of and response to student Nex Benedict’s death.
See all our pictures of the hundreds of protesters who showed up in Owasso Wednesday to demonstrate against the Westboro Baptist Church, an extremist group out of Topeka, Kansas, in the wake of Nex Benedict’s death.
Dozens of activists confronted members of Westboro Baptist Church, first outside Owasso Public Schools’ Education Service Center, then outside Owasso High School, where hundreds more assembled to demonstrate.
The district received notice Friday of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights based on a complaint filed by the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization Human Rights Campaign. #oklaed
The Cabarrus Healthcare Foundation will host its 29th annual black-tie gala, “Illuminate,” on Saturday, April 18, at 601 Milestone event venue in Concord to raise funds for Atrium Health Cabarrus.
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
Traffic camera footage shows moment two vehicles fall into Pacific Street sinkhole in Omaha. Video provided by Omaha Police Department.
Two vehicles fall into sinkhole on Pacific Street in Omaha.
See photos of the two vehicles fall into sinkhole at 67th and Pacific in Omaha
Within the past two years, 69 public schools in Wisconsin shut down. More will close in coming years.
In a matter of days, three Americans and one Canadian will set their sights on heading toward the moon for the first time in more than half-a-century.
"We have a tanker out there. We don't mind having somebody get a boatload because they need … they have to survive," Trump told reporters as he flew to Washington.
Trump says he has no issue with a Russian oil tanker delivering fuel to Cuba, and the administration signaled it has no plans to stop it.
NASA is going back to the moon more than a half-century after Apollo. The Artemis mission with four astronauts on board won't land on the moon this time or even orbit it. But it's the first step for future moon landings.
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The Kannapolis Fire Department is offering free, non-certified CPR classes in 2026 — and you’re invited to attend.
Huntersville police are offering a reward of up to $14,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the 2014 killing of Peter Jordan. Jordan was 19 when someone shot and killed him in The Landings at Northcross Apartments on Feb. 19 of that year, police said. The apartments are on Landings Drive, off Sam Furr Road (N.C. 73) and Interstate 77 exit 25 in the Birkdale area. ...
Illinois jails continue to struggle with the mental health needs of their inmate population, particularly when detainees are unfit to stand trial.
Defense lawyers have asked for a short prison term, if any time in custody is required at all, for the first Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Western New York convicted of protecting drug traffickers.
The city of Concord is introducing a new way for residents to easily report non-emergency issues like potholes, street sign damage, streetlights that are out and more. The new Concord Click-2-Fix is a free online reporting tool that replaces the former Concord Mobile Care application.
Cabarrus County Commissioners will hold their monthly regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Cabarrus County Government Center in downtown Concord.
Citing "unspeakable acts of violence" committed by federal immigration officers, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday proposed a state law to ban local police across New York from working with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on immigration raids.
The city of Kannapolis recently received two indicators that recognize the financial health of the municipality.