Featured Top Story Friday Five: A rant, a new name, flags for veterans, snakes and lower rent Mark Plemmons Nov 4, 2022 Nov 4, 2022 0 1 of 2 A new sign is up and there have been some renovations inside ahead of this weekend's grand opening at Going Going Gone! at Afton Ridge. Mark Plemmons, Independent Tribune Apartment List Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Plemmons I’m going to start off with a rant today. Many of you will agree with me.kAm}@] `k^AmkAm%96 6=64E:@? H:== 36 @G6C D@@?] %92?< 8@@5?6DD H6’C6 :? E96 9@>6DEC6E49 @7 E96 6=64E:@?] xE 92D 366? A@DD:3=J E96 ?2DE:6DE 42>A2:8? E@A E@ 3@EE@> E92E x 42? C6>6>36C]k^AmkAmxE’D 366? 2 4@?DE2?E 32CC286 @7 D925@HJ G:56@D A@CEC2J:?8 @AA@?6?ED 2D 4962E:?8 4C@@<D H9@ H2?E E@ 7:== @FC DEC66ED H:E9 G:@=6?E D6I @776?56CD @C 8F? ?FED H:E9 2FE@>2E:4 H62A@?D]k^Am kAm%96 :?\A6CD@? 42>A2:8?:?8 92D?’E 366? >F49 36EE6C] (6’G6 962C5 C6A@CED @7 23FD:G6 42>A2:8? 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Iredell County man gets 80 years in prison for 2021 murder of parents, brother Corey Cook's parents and brother were shot and their throats were slit before the family's home was set on fire.
'What I walked into, I wasn’t prepared for': Greensboro man led cleanup of Ground Zero "I admit there were nights when I cried on site," David Griffin said.
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 …
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.
Four Lake Norman hospitals seek approval for 3D body scanner. Only one will get it A public hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 in the meeting room at the Iredell County Public Library, Statesville Main Branch, 201 N.…
