Regional News

Police say a tip from the public helped them recover a school bus that had been stolen late Tuesday or early Wednesday in Concord.

A townhouse burglary overnight ended with gunfire, a chase, and a police manhunt. The suspects got away, however, and one of the burglary victims suffered minor injuries.

Jeff Almond, who has spent near a quarter-century with the Davidson Fire Department, has been elected as chief of the department.

Concord police are looking for a stolen vehicle that will be difficult to hide.

Bill Russell, president of the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce, was arrested Saturday night and charged with driving while impaired.

The town has plenty of sewer capacity to handle more development, Mayor Bill Thunberg and other town officials said in reaction to concerns about a planned 650-home Lake Davidson development.

A new mandatory N.C. boater education law could be proposed in 2009, after a study committee has a second meeting Wednesday.

Cabarrus County

The proposed Prosperity Church Road extension through Huntersville continues to take shape, but it is expected to take a bit of a turn now.

Schools in Cabarrus County have partnered with the county sheriff's office in a new way to keep students safer.