Featured Friday Five: An outstanding student, theater and more apartments Mark Plemmons Feb 17, 2023 Feb 17, 2023 Updated Aug 22, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As always we’ve got a lot going on in Cabarrus County and we’ll scratch the surface with a few items today.kAm}@] `k^AmkAm#625J 7@C 4@==686] %9:D :D 2? F?FDF2= :E6> E92E (:=>2 |62?D D92C65 H:E9 FD] }@E F?FDF2= E92E :E :D 2? @FEDE2?5:?8 DEF56?E @C 8C62E 244@>A=:D9>6?ED[ 3FE 2E E96 D962C G@=F>6]k^AmkAmzJ2?2 (@@5[ `f[ :D 2 D6?:@C 2E r232CCFD r92CE6C p4256>J :? r@?4@C5] $96 :D E96 52F89E6C @7 |C] 2?5 |CD] (:==:2> (@@5 yC @7 z2??2A@=:D]k^Am kAmv@:?8 E@ 4@==686 92D 2=H2JD 366? :? zJ2?2’D =:76 A=2?D] pE E96 368:??:?8 @7 96C D6?:@C J62C D96 D6E E96 8@2=D @7 36:?8 2446AE65 :?E@ bd 4@==686D 2?5 >2<:?8 S` >:==:@? :? 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AMC Concord Mills adds NC's first ScreenX auditorium AMC Concord Mills gets North Carolina's first 270-degree ScreenX theater.
Atrium Health agrees to $1.8 million settlement in patient data case "There is no evidence any information that may have been shared with these third parties has been misused in any way."
Rowan woman charged with attempted murder of husband A 58-year-old Rowan County woman is charged with attempted first-degree murder after investigators say she admitted attacking her husband whil…
Progress continues on Concord Parks & Rec Bond projects Caldwell Park to reopen soon, and groundbreaking Thursday at David Phillips Park.
Friday Five: Adventures in fireworks, road construction and new businesses Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: Fireworks memories, fireworks safety, a new bridge on Gold Hill Road, road closures on Stallings Road, an…
National Great Outdoors Month: Clinton's 1998 Proclamation, National Parks and America's Public Lands Summer
National Great Outdoors Month: Clinton's 1998 Proclamation, National Parks and America's Public Lands Summer
