Cabarrus County issued a press release Thursday afternoon after reports of big cuts proposed by Cabarrus County Schools.
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Mark Plemmons is editor of the Independent Tribune in Concord, N.C.
This isn’t a lineup built like the ’27 Yankees, bludgeoning opponents with power.
Hickory Ridge looks more like the 1934 “Gashouse Gang” Cardinals -relentless, unpolished and unapologetically gritty.
“Gritty” is the word that keeps coming up around the 2026 Ragin’ Bulls.
Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: Concerts return to Downtown Concord, Elizabeth's Treasures closed; Concord Micro-Con is coming; Jim Helms Day, and changing wire services.
Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: Two new restaurants, Panda Fest, ELK's war on litter, a new app for lawncare and an odd list about how people are dealing with inflation.
Concord Councilperson Andy Langford wrote this in response to the outcry over a proposed ICE Detention Center in Concord.
Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: A Wendy's commercial shoot; an Arby's sauce shortage; Pint Day for brewers across N.C.; the Robert Tucker 5K; the Extension Service's Spring Plant & Herb Festival; and the Friends of the Midland Library's poetry contest and Spring Fling.
Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: The continuing traffic jam on Concord Parkway is caused by the Union Cemetery realignment with Rock Hill Church Road; Jaggers looks like it will open in the old Chick-fil-A in front of Walmart; and Toll Brothers wants to build 142 homes on Weddington Road.
Today's Cabarrus Sports Blast includes: Six Cabarrus basketball players earned All-District honors and two Mount Pleasant wrestlers were named All-Americans.
Chicago White Sox No. 1 draft pick Billy Carlson and the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers open the regular season with a three-game series Thursday through Saturday at Atrium Health Ball Park.