NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s estate has been sued for a combined $30 million by the estates of two others killed in a Dec. 18 plane crash.
- Richard Stradling The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The city will erect stop signs at three intersections on Clark Avenue near N.C. State University, including the one with Pogue Street where a biology professor was hit and killed in a crosswalk last fall. The signs, due to go up within the next week, will create four-way-stop intersections a…
- Sarah C. Johnson
The U.S. Secret Service contacted the Catawba County Sheriff's Office about a suspect, which prompted a police chase into Alexander County.
- Sarah C. Johnson
A Winston-Salem hospital released the man without notifying police.
- JOHN HINTON Winston-Salem Journal
The two people involved did not know each other.
- Sarah C. Johnson
"It is absurd, and it makes our family want to fight harder for answers.”
- Sarah C. Johnson
“Be good. If you cannot be good for yourself, be good for her,” Jada Marlowe's mother said.
A shooting Saturday afternoon, Feb. 28, left a man dead and has the Sanford Police Department investigating his murder. At around 3:45 p.m., Sanford police responded to 1208 Bland Circle to investigate a report of someone being shot. When officers arrived on scene, they located Jabar Rajahnik Griffin, 19, lying in the driveway suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. He was ...
Two people were killed, including a state trooper, in what officials are describing as a wrong-way crash on the Durham Freeway early Sunday morning. Master Trooper Steven J. Perry was reportedly struck by a wrong-way driver while Perry was on duty on the Freeway, also known as N.C. 147, according to a Facebook post by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The other driver also died, the ...
Fuquay-Varina police are investigating after a woman was killed in a rollover crash early Sunday morning. Officers were called to Judd Parkway Northwest between Coley Farm and Wilbon roads about 12:15 a.m., according to a news release from the town of Fuquay-Varina. First responders discovered a vehicle several feet off the road “that had sustained significant damage and appeared to have ...
As many as three dogs were involved in the killing of a 75-year-old woman in remote southwestern North Carolina, investigators say. Her identity has not been released. The body was found late Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Hiwassee Dam area near Murphy, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said in a Feb. 27 news release. The area is about a 250-mile drive west from uptown Charlotte “The deceased ...
One man is dead and another man is facing a murder charge in a shooting at a Morrisville shopping center Monday night. Officers arrived near 1105 Market Center Drive between Crumbl Cookie and Ruckus Pizza, Pasta & Spirits around 9::30 pm and found Zachary David Horn, 45 of Morrisville, with a gunshot wound. He later died. John Willis Fraizer III, 55, of Morrisville is charged with murder and ...
A “troubling” 2001 missing persons case took a stunning turn when detectives discovered the wife and mother was living a secret life in North Carolina, according to investigators. A “new lead” is credited with solving the mystery of what became of Michelle Hundley Smith, who vanished while going to K-Mart on Dec. 9, 2001, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said. “On February 20 ...
A boat was found adrift west of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and closer inspection revealed it was transporting a body, according to investigators. The discovery was made by a passerby Saturday “in the marsh south of Wanchese,” the Dare County Sheriff’s Office reported in a Feb. 21 news release. Deputies searched the boat and found a body that is believed to be 37-year-old Robert Tedrick ...
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
Food, fundraisers, special events - here are upcoming community events around Cabarrus County.
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
Read through the obituaries published today in Independent Tribune.
Plane with U.S. carrying passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius arrives in Omaha
The plane with U.S. carrying passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius arrived in Omaha early Monday morning.
You couldn't see the full solar eclipse in Lincoln or any part of Nebraska, but a partial eclipse was visible on Apirl 8, 2024. Hundreds of people gathered at Hyde Observatory to view.
Traffic camera footage shows moment two vehicles fall into Pacific Street sinkhole in Omaha. Video provided by Omaha Police Department.
U.S. consumer prices increased at a brisk pace for a second straight month in April as the war with Iran pushed up energy costs and food prices surged.
Makary faced intensifying political pressure while he clashed with top administration officials, sources said.
Tesla's robotaxi service has been plagued by long wait times, poor availability and drop-off spots that are sometimes far away from the rider’s destination.
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The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office is recognizing the vital contributions of its 911 telecommunicators during National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week.
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.
Gov. Josh Stein established the council on the caanabis industry in large part out of concern that "our state’s unregulated cannabis market today is the Wild West and is crying for order." North Carolinians spent about $3.2 billion on unregulated marijuana products just in 2022, according to a U.S. Cannabis Report. About 1.6 million North Carolinians used cannabis in 2022, including 15.8% of high schoolers.
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.
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Cabarrus County Commissioners will hold their monthly regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Cabarrus County Government Center in downtown Concord.