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August 20, 2021

• This Detroit-style pizza place to open its first NC location in Charlotte this week
• Mecklenburg revises start of mask mandate, as more towns now order masks indoors
• ‘Hi, we’re Charlotte’: University makeover includes new logo and preferred name
• NC district forgoing masks in schools amid local COVID positivity rate jump
• Demand up for online-only school in Charlotte — this time by choice
• ‘I’m going to run beside the bike:’ Joe Horn wants to ensure Panthers’ Jaycee thrives 
• 86-year-old among four killed by flooding in Haywood County, NC. Seven still missing
• No. 5 Charlotte Catholic comes up with big late drive and stops rival South Meck
• No. 2 Hough gets three interceptions, stops No. 6 Myers Park in Memorial Stadium showdown
• Panthers Tracks: A strong Panthers defense, and everything you missed at training camp
• Friday’s Charlotte-area high school football schedule and best games
• Friday’s high school football scores, how the Sweet 16 fared, next week’s schedule
• ‘Death of my hero.’ Carolinians share memories of environmentalist Anne Springs Close
• NC school librarian desperately needed COVID supplies. Leslie Jones responded.
• This teen violinist-rock climber was born with one hand. She’s happy not to have two.
• School leader in Tennessee accused of comparing COVID vaccines to Holocaust. ‘Baffling’
• Two dead in fiery plane crash after flight departs NC regional airport, officials say
• Biden’s budget is a pipe dream the US cannot afford
• How Charlotte’s light rail sped up a ‘takeover’ of historically-Black neighborhoods
• The Carolina Panthers are bringing a ‘Big’ high school football format back to Charlotte
• After Week 1, Catholic, South Meck, Myers Park and Hough all have things to build on
• Charlotte firefighters help search for 5 still missing after deadly mountain floods
• Atrium, Novant report new COVID clusters among staff, patients in Charlotte area
• Mecklenburg will change mask mandate to ensure private schools abide
• It’s not your imagination. Charlotte’s airport is one of world’s busiest this summer.
• U.S. governors are offering to take in Afghan refugees. Roy Cooper should do the same
• COVID deaths, hospitalizations rise in Mecklenburg as delta variant surge continues
• NC man faces weapon of mass destruction charge over threat near US Capitol, feds say
• Facing murder charges, Tennessee couple tries stealing yacht in California, DA says
• 2 more found dead, long recovery begins in NC mountains after flood
• Walk-up doughnuts are almost back: Here’s when Reigning Doughnuts will reopen in NoDa
• This Charlotte restaurant opened in 2020 and has already outgrown its space.
• Hornets’ NBA 2021-22 schedule features 8 national TV games and Lonzo-LaMelo matchups