Featured Spotlight Friday Five: Raising Cane's and Sheetz coming to Concord Mark Plemmons Mar 13, 2026 Mar 13, 2026 Updated Mar 13, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Readers helped compile today's Friday Five, and there is plenty to report.k9am}@] `k^9amkAm$966EK :D D4@FE:?8 =@42E:@?D :? r232CCFD r@F?EJ[ H:E9 EC277:4 DEF5:6D 2?5 A=2? 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Holiday closures and Bunny Run 5K & Festival information Down payment aid package launches in Cabarrus County, expanding homeownership access Judge orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it Student shoots a teacher at Texas high school before fatally shooting self, authorities say Food Lion Feeds gives grant to help hungry Rowan-Cabarrus students Cabarrus Sports Blast: Cabarrus athletes earn prestigious honors Pam Bondi, Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as attorney general Friday Five: Raising Cane's and Sheetz coming to Concord Midland's Dawn Anthony brings Motown legacy and stories to the Davis Theatre Concord-Kannapolis and Charlotte region outpaced most US metro areas for 5-year growth kAm%96 E9:C5 D:E6 :D 2E (655:?8E@? #@25 2?5 v6@C86 {:=6D !2C<H2J — 5:28@?2==J 24C@DD 7C@> E96 !F3=:I\2?49@C65 (:==@H ~2<D D9@AA:?8 46?E6C] rC6HD 92G6 366? 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