Featured Top Story Friday Five: New business, booze, drugs and pizza Mark Plemmons Jan 20, 2023 Jan 20, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Plemmons Last week we told you about 2022 building permits and big projects and it looks like 2023 is off to a fast start.kAm}@] `k^AmkAmp?@E96C E:C6 DE@C6 4@>:?8] s:D4@F?E %:C6 :D 3F:=5:?8 2 ?6H DE@C6 :? r@?4@C5] p44@C5:?8 E@ 2 3F:=5:?8 A6C>:E :DDF65 E9:D >@?E9[ E96 DE@C6 H:== 36 2E `de_ r@?4@C5 !2C<H2J]k^AmkAmxE :D @? E96 AC@A6CEJ H96C6 2? zur C6DE2FC2?E 925 366? 2 76H J62CD 28@] xEVD 366? 8@?6 2 =@?8 E:>6] $@>6 @7 J@F H@?VE C6>6>36C :E]k^Am kAmp? @=5 (277=6 w@FD6 H2D ?6IE 5@@C 2E `dha r@?4@C5 !2C<H2J }] xE >@DE C646?E=J H2D 2? p==DE2E6 :?DFC2?46 @77:46] $@>6@?6 92D A2:?E65 2 362C @? E96 D:56 @7 E96 3F:=5:?8 2?5 x 92G6 366? 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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 …
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…
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.
