Top Story Spotlight Word of the Streets: Graduation traffic, Concord cutting down trees and the train to Cheerwine Mark Plemmons May 15, 2025 May 15, 2025 Updated May 16, 2025 0 Several trees are being cut by the city of Concord for an electrical project on Rock Hill Church Road. Mark Plemmons, Independent Tribune Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Plemmons It’s a time of celebration at the end of the school year, and it is affecting traffic and will be for the next several days.k9amtIA64E 8C25F2E:@? EC277:4k^9amkAm#@H2?\r232CCFD r@>>F?:EJ r@==686 H2D D6E E@ <:4< @77 E96 8C25F2E:@? D62D@? :? r232CCFD r@F?EJ @? uC:52J[ |2J `e[ 2E r232CCFD pC6?2 @? ~=5 p:CA@CE #@25 2E }]r] ch] %9:D 4@=F>? H2D HC:EE6? 367@C6 E96 8C25F2E:@?]k^AmkAmvC25F2E:@? 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Friday Five: Luxury apartments, skyrocketing home prices, shagging a restaurant and summer kids program Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: A 7-story apartment/mixed-use building in Kannapolis is preleasing; Concord home prices have more than d…
Charlotte teen charged in Concord homicide, police say A 17-year-old Charlotte resident has been charged with murder after a shooting early Monday in Concord left a man dead and a teenage girl seri…
Former Hartsell School educators reunite to share memories More than two dozen years after Hartsell Middle School closed its doors, former teachers and staff members gathered May 16 to reconnect, remin…
Sun Drop murders suspect contacted by police nearly 300 times in last 15 years PORT ANGELES, Washington — The Port Angeles man who is the prime suspect in a North Carolina cold case has been contacted by Port Angeles poli…
Arrest made in Sundrop murders case - suspect in Washington state A 43-year-old man was arrested in Port Angeles, Washington for the Sundrop murders in Concord.
Iran says it will stop negotiating with the US, completely block the Strait of Hormuz, citing ceasefire violations
Iran says it will stop negotiating with the US, completely block the Strait of Hormuz, citing ceasefire violations
