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October 12, 2022

• Will taxes go down in Mecklenburg County? Here’s what commissioner candidates think
• Gas prices are creeping up in Charlotte. Here’s why and when they might go back down
• Panthers notebook: Mayfield and Horn injury updates, Marshall looks to build on return
• Panthers’ Baker Mayfield has high-ankle sprain, status for Week 6 vs. Rams in question
• Long-awaited $683 million Brooklyn Village project on track to start by early next year
• Kevin Siers: Fist Bump Sequel
• PJ Walker feels for former Panthers coach Matt Rhule but is ready for his shot
• The streets vs. abusers: Housing choices bleak for Charlotte domestic violence survivors
• Fundraiser for family of Johnson & Wales student killed by bus in uptown Charlotte 
• Good news, drivers: The South End road angst is winding down.
• Chaos erupts at Walmart as customers toss cookies and break wine bottles, TN cops say
• Two bodies found in North Carolina home, cops say. Now daughter accused of murder
• Chemistry class fire at high school sends four to hospital, Virginia officials say
• Unauthorized debt collector in NC now has to wipe away $23M in people’s debt, state says
• 70-year-old sets couch, curtains on fire at assisted living facility, Virginia cops say
• Investigation: NC town council member fostered ‘pervasive fear’ in police department
• Firefighters rush to deadly NC crash site to find their own wrecked SUV, officials say
• What’s most at stake for NC voters this election? The two major parties offer two answers.
• These Charlotte-area organizations provide resources to domestic violence victims
• It’s been 10 years since UNC President Bill Friday died. UNC could use him today.
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• Want extra cash for the holidays? These Charlotte businesses are hiring for seasonal jobs
• Charlotte manufacturing company’s $34 million expansion plan will add 60 jobs
• As giant hospitals get bigger, an independent doctor in NC feels the squeeze
• Here are the NC high school football players of the week
• Mecklenburg health clinics offer new COVID booster shots. How to make an appointment
• The hot item on Charlotte’s black market? Your fridge, or washer and dryer, CMPD says.
• Only 3% of Mecklenburg County residents have received the new COVID booster. Here’s why
• Your 5-minute guide to the best things to do in Charlotte | Oct. 14-20
• New Romare Bearden book explores the South, the artist’s ‘homeland of his imagination’
• 15 unexpected facts about artist Romare Bearden, his life and his NC family
• ‘A top tier healthy Black space’ has closed in Charlotte, citing landlord/neighbor disputes
• Miles Bridges’ case delayed for 6th time, now set for 2 days before Hornets start season