Top Story UPDATED AGAIN - Friday Five: Hilbish parking area, stores leaving and construction tidbits Mark Plemmons Jun 17, 2022 Jun 17, 2022 Updated Jul 17, 2022 0 The parking area off Rogers Lake Road for the Irish Buffalo Creek Greenway has been named for longtime Kannapolis auto dealer F.G. “Buddy” Hilbish. Mark Plemmons, Independent Tribune Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Plemmons Update is at the end of No. 2 and a second update in No. 3.kAm(9@6G6C AFE :? E96 @C56C 7@C 9@E H62E96C – A=62D6 5@?’E 5@ :E 282:?] x 766= =:<6 @?6 @7 E9@D6 =F2F A:8D 6G6CJ E:>6 x H2=< @FED:56]k^AmkAm}@] `k^AmkAmw@?@C:?8 qF55J w:=3:D9] x 8@E 2 ?:46 DFCAC:D6 =2DE $2EFC52J >@C?:?8 H96? H6 H6?E E@ E96 xC:D9 qF772=@ rC66< vC66?H2J – E96 u]v] “qF55J” w:=3:D9 !2C<:?8 pC62] xE’D 8C62E 7@C 2?J@?6 H9@ H2?ED E@ 2446DD E96 8C66?H2J H:E9@FE 8@:?8 2== E96 H2J 5@H? 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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.
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.
'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.
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.…
