Friday Five: Fiber crew breaks two more waterlines - the price of progress? Mark Plemmons Apr 22, 2022 Apr 22, 2022 Updated May 9, 2022 0 Vegetables, herbs and flowers will be part of the Plant Sale Saturdays, April 23 and 30, at the Piedmont Farmer Market on Winecoff School Road. Piedmont Farmers Market Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Plemmons The price of “progress” is pretty high and at the very least inconvenient. 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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.
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 …
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.
Charlotte bank VP from Concord alleges racial discrimination, retaliation by old company A former leader for artificial intelligence at U.S. Bank is suing the financial institution for racial discrimination while working in Charlot…
Cabarrus school bathroom battle is stoking worries about LGBTQ student harassment Transgender students are absorbing the consequences of a growing fight in Cabarrus County Schools, where two federal lawsuits and a Trump admi…
