Mark Plemmons

1 week ago | independenttribune.com | Mark Plemmons

A familar face to many is the new face director. There are plenty of changes at the mall. A light festival wraps up this weekend. And an Independent Tribune columnist has a new book. No. 1The new Cabarrus County Fair Director. A couple of weeks ago we told you about the rodeo coming to the Cabarrus County Fair. Today we have the new executive director. It's Courtney Wyatt. She replaces Kate Sharpe, who was the fair leader for several years.

1 week ago | independenttribune.com | Mark Plemmons

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1 week ago | independenttribune.com | Mark Plemmons

CONCORD - The No Kings Protest in Concord was peaceful and featured a few hundred people, many holding signs. Organizers said about 700 people signed up to participate. More showed up and the group was estimated at 850. The protesters lined the sidewalks in front of Carolina Mall and the Atirum Health Cabarrus parking deck. Dr. Vincent Keipper of Concord was one of the people there. "It was a mix of young and old, all races and genders.

2 weeks ago | independenttribune.com | Mark Plemmons

Everytime we turn around it seems somebody local is on TV. Today we will tell you about the latest. We've also got news about law school graduates, new businesses downtown and more people getting high speed Internet. No. 1Kannapolis resident on the HISTORY Channel. Douglas S. Meyer is on the 12th season of "Alone," which began Thursday evening. Meyer has lived in the Concord/Kannapolis since the early 1980s. He is a graduate of Northwest Cabarrus High School and UNC Charlotte.

2 weeks ago | independenttribune.com | Mark Plemmons

Mahmoud Mansour of Concord took a chance on a $10 scratch-off and won a $1 million top prize. Mansour bought his lucky Red Hot Millions ticket from the Sam’s Mart on Scott Futrell Drive in Charlotte, a store where he works. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts When Mansour arrived to claim his prize, he had a decision to make. He could choose to receive the prize as an annuity of $50,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $600,000.