Independent Tribune

The Billy Graham Library will close for three months next year for renovations. Full Story »

Toyota of Concord, Allstate, and Jimmy Murphey are working together to supply toys to children in need this holiday season. Full Story »

The Cabarrus Health Alliance will provide H1N1 vaccinations on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 1307 S. Cannon Blvd., Kannapolis. Full Story »

CONCORD — Not more than two days after the 2009 municipal elections were in the books, the Cabarrus Republican Party was gearing up for the 2010 midterm elections. The group hosted the candidates hoping to run against U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell next year. Full Story »

Cabarrus and Rowan transportation projects could have trouble getting federal funding unless the two counties and others in the greater Charlotte region can agree on a plan to improve the local air quality by June 30, 2010. Full Story »

A small intimate group gathered Thursday night in front of the Cabarrus County Government Center for a candlelight vigil to honor and remember family members and friends who have been affected by Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. Full Story »

The MURDOCK Study is involved in a big push to enroll residents all over Cabarrus County. On Wednesday, the study set up at shop at Fire Station No. 7 in Concord to register firefighters. Full Story »

The Junior Charity League of Concord is hosting its first Holiday House event on Saturday to raise money for its clothing room for local children in need. Full Story »

Niblock Development has asked to be allowed to delay payment on Cabarrus County's Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance fees for its Waterford on the Rocky River development. Full Story »

When the Concord Spiders and Kannapolis Wonders take the field Friday night, the teams will be fulfilling a rite that generations of players and coaches have been passing through since the Great Depression. Full Story »

There are various ways to measure the intensity of the Concord-Kannapolis football rivalry. Full Story »

Jaime Duque Riveria, 25, died, from the gunshot wounds he sustained Wednesday morning at his home in Concord, according to the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office. Full Story »

Like a chipper emergency-room doctor, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman delivers the grimmest news with a dose of can-do spirit. Full Story »

MIDLAND — Kathy Kitts was elected mayor of Midland on Tuesday, with more than 75 percent of the 303 votes cast for the seat. Kitts received 232 votes. Full Story »

MOUNT PLEASANT — L. Scott Barringer, Richard Burleyson and Maura Eberhardt won the Mount Pleasant Town Commissioner election against incumbent James C. Johnson III and Michael Metcalf. Full Story »

Padgett, Misenheimer, Hagler re-elected in Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg. Incumbents re-elected to Kannapolis council. Full Story »

The NCHSAA state soccer playoffs are scheduled to start tonight. Five South Piedmont 3A Conference teams qualified. Full Story »

The incumbents in Kannapolis were re-elected Tuesday night. Full Story »

Scott Padgett, who has been mayor of Concord since 2001, won his third term Tuesday, receiving about 72 percent of the vote percent against opponents Johnny "Elvis" Almond, who received about 19 percent, and write-in candidate Alex Porter. Full Story »

Construction for the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College's biotechnology building on the North Carolina Research Campus is ahead of schedule, said Jeff Owens, senior project executive for Turner Construction. Full Story »

The candidates began their campaigns months ago, and now it's up to the voters in North Carolina's largest city to decide which of them will be the new mayor. Full Story »