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October 31, 2019

• Police struggle to find man behind back-to-back sexual assault crimes
• The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 prep football poll
• Here are our media panel’s picks for Friday’s Charlotte-area prep football games
• Panthers need a reliable returner. Greg Dortch says he’s the one. ‘I’m fun to watch.’
• Hawk vs. snake? Not sure how the fight started, but we know how it ended in Tennessee
• NC man ‘grabbed the preacher,’ arrested after stripping naked in church service
• Halloween on a 1-day delay? Neighborhoods are scrambling to decide.
• Risk of violent winds and possible tornadoes heightens for Charlotte trick-or-treaters
• Visitors beware: Raging winds and downed trees close roads in the Great Smoky Mountains
• Mystery surrounds ancient toad bones found in NC mountains. Where are the heads?
• Could Charlotte postpone Halloween because of weather? A City Council member asked
• Transgender men couldn’t graduate from a women’s college in Virginia. Now they can
• Large chunk of Blue Ridge Parkway closed, state park sealed off amid severe weather
• Charlotte’s District 6 council seat has always gone red. Could a Democrat win?
• More jobs headed to Charlotte as tech company details plans to hire about 200 people
• In short-staffed prison north of Charlotte, inmate is stabbed to death with a shank 
• The political challenge for NC evangelicals
• Review: Act of kindness opens a world of possibilities in Children’s Theatre musical
• Queen musical resonates with old hits — and a surprisingly relevant dystopian future
• Christian band MercyMe soars after some soul-searching — and a boost from a hit movie
• Your 5-minute guide to the best things to do in Charlotte | Nov. 1-7
• Sabor has a secret menu — here’s what you should have been ordering all along.
• Midwood Smokehouse pitmaster shares his secrets to good BBQ. (Hint, one is patience.)
• Fouls aplenty have been Hornets point guard Terry Rozier’s primary flaw so far
• Hornet P.J. Washington doesn’t look like an NBA rookie. Can he be Rookie of the Year?
• Rookie P.J. Washington (23 points) pushes Hornets past Kings for 1st road win