Cabarrus County sells bonds for jail housing unit

Bonds to finance construction of Cabarrus County’s jail housing unit went on the market Nov. 13 at a rate of 4.94 percent for the $58.8 million bond sale.  Cabarrus County officials made a choice to wait to sell these bonds until the market was more favorable. With guidance from the county’s underwriters, Cabarrus County watched the market to select the best date. The 4.94 percent interest rate is only .30 percent higher than the rate just prior to the shift in the economy.   “We wanted to... 

Y celebrates century of memories

By Hugh Fisher hfisher@kannapoliscitizen.com For decades, the Cannon Memorial YMCA stood in a prominent place downtown: between the steeple of First Baptist Church and the central offices of Cannon Mills Company, on Cannon land.  Read More →

‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ with a twist

By Lee Ann Sides Garrett For the Kannapolis Citizen George Bailey would have been proud.  The story of his life, a holiday mainstay, was performed live, in a slightly different style, at the new Davis Theatre in Concord on Saturday. The play, “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” delighted the audience with the story of George Bailey’s efforts to help his community and his brush with near disaster, as told in Frank Capra’s original classic movie. The setting was WBFR in New York,... 

Community Band to jumpstart holidays with Sunday concert

By Joanne Gonnerman news@kannapoliscitizen.com “Uh one.  Uh two.  Uh one, two, three …” Not even legendary band conductor Lawrence Welk created as much musical excitement as when local community band director Jon Hutchinson starts the instruments of the Piedmont Prime Time Community Band (PPTCB) musicians. The 40-plus member volunteer band, led by Hutchinson since 2002, will showcase that enthusiasm this Sunday, Nov. 23, during its fall-winter concert at Jay M. Robinson High School, 300 Pitts... 

Navy’s Commodores jazz up Kannapolis

By Hugh Fisher hfisher@kannapoliscitizen.com For a while on Sunday afternoon, a little bit of Kannapolis went back to the Jazz Age. The audience at the Kannapolis Performing Arts Center at A.L. Brown High School was treated to big band classics courtesy of the U.S. Navy Commodores, the Navy’s jazz band. With horns, piano, drums and an electric guitar, the 17-member band and vocalist Yolanda Pelzer kept the audience members clapping and tapping their feet throughout the 90-minute set. “I love... 

Wagstaffs deck the halls early for Community Free Clinic

  By Joanne Gonnerman For the Kannapolis Citizen Did you know that lime green is the current, on-trend color that will be found in holiday decorations this year? Or that it’s possible to set a beautiful dinner table with mix-and-match plates? If decorating tips like these sound interesting, then visit the Community Free Clinic 2008 Holiday House in the home of Kannapolis residents Don and Peggy Wagstaff, in the Village at Kellswater Bridge. Holiday House 2008 is an annual fundraiser sponsored... 

‘They had so much potential’

  By Beth Feeback For the Citizen There’s a big void in the hearts of A.L. Brown High School students and alumni with the Friday morning shooting deaths of two of the school’s most beloved graduates.  Read More →

Hospital describes expansion

Council also hears about need for city recycling program By Hugh Fisher hfisher@kannapoliscitizen.com The Kannapolis City Council met Monday at the Kannapolis Train Station. All council members were present. Councilman Roger Haas gave the invocation. Business before the council included the following: • NorthEast: Council members heard a presentation from Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast regarding the proposal to build an eight-story tower and perform renovations at the Concord hospital. Larry... 

D-Day vet shares memories

By Lee Ann Sides Garrett For the Kannapolis Citizen When Bob Slaughter joined the National Guard at the age of 16, he had no idea he would end up fighting in one of the most difficult and historic battles in history.  “I grew up in the Great Depression; people were starving,” the retired staff sergeant told a group of students at Cannon School in Concord. “I joined the National Guard. They got a dollar a drill. Back then a dollar was huge. I had no idea I was going into combat.”  In September... 

City opens new segment of 8th Street Greenway

By Joanne Gonnerman For the Kannapolis Citizen Teresa Parker of Kannapolis and her daughters, Kendyl Parker, 13, and Brandy Parker, 10, were in the right place at the right time Monday evening.   The family had just begun their walk along the recently finished 8th Street Greenway at West A Street when they were invited to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony which officially dedicated the newest segment of the  greenway. “It kind of brings the community together,” said Teresa.  “We... 

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