Andrew Phillips caught up with the Cox Mill Chargers, the defending Cabarrus County girls' flag football champions. These are a few photos from practice.
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Leaders say the childcare shortage in Rowan and Cabarrus is costing $149 million a year in lost workforce productivity and participation, and in lost tax revenue.
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Dr. Doug Kelling, who joined what is now Atrium Health Cabarrus in 1976, has spent five decades treating patients in the Concord area.
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