Site Map | December 2020 | December 23

December 23, 2020

• Over 100 inmates in an NC prison caught COVID. Families ask if the state is to blame.
• ‘Balloonacy’: The story behind a Charlotte family’s 86 holiday lawn inflatables
• Ron Rivera’s Carolina memories include plenty of ‘what-ifs’ with Cam Newton’s health
• The Panthers will likely be without two of their biggest stars Sunday against Washington
• They work in a Charlotte ICU as COVID rages on, and have a plea for the community
• 30 pounds of THC-laced Skittles, sour chews seized in Tennessee drug bust, police say
• Peeping Tom entered homes, performed lewd acts and sent photos to victims, NC cops say
• IMG Academy makes Jaden Bradley’s homecoming special. Nationally ranked Ascenders roll
• Which area players made the 2020 All-Observer high school football team?
• Tuesday’s rewind: Va power stops Lake Norman Christian at Hoops-Mas event in Rock Hill
• ‘Historic moment.’ 4,000+ health workers already vaccinated in Charlotte area. 
• Laid off Charlotte teacher grieving father’s death finds new hope in NC lottery ticket
• Risk of floods, weak tornadoes added to Charlotte region’s Christmas Eve forecast
• Here are donors to the Charlotte Observer’s Empty Stocking Fund
• Concord man wins $1 million in North Carolina lottery in time for holiday shopping
• Two men fatally shot at opposite ends of Charlotte within the same hour late Tuesday
• 5 biggest decisions the Carolina Panthers’ new general manager will have to make
• Mint Museum exhibit examines complexities of border walls around the world
• Will LaMelo Ball and Gordon Hayward thrive? Charlotte Hornets’ 5 biggest questions
• Deeper look at the Charlotte Hornets: Strengths, weaknesses, player-by-player analysis
• LaMelo Ball waited a lifetime for this moment. The Hornets waited even longer for him.