September 2026

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Hough and Providence hold the top two spots in The Observer’s Sweet 16 football poll. Chambers rises to No. 4, while Ashbrook and Marvin Ridge debut.

Duke football, head coach Manny Diaz, opened the 2026 season at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, against Tulane Green Wave. Recap, final score.

Tyler Cameron is having a rough time pitching potential team names to his Dancing With the Stars professional partner Sharna Burgess.

Part of Knox Road in Cornelius is scheduled to close temporarily for a $25.6 million project to fix chronically backed up Lake Norman intersections, town said.

A crash closed all lanes on Interstate 77 South in Charlotte on Saturday, state highway officials said. The crash happened just after 1:30 p.m., NCDOT said.

Charlotte Observer reporter & retired CMPD major played more than 25 golf courses within 30 miles of Bank of America Stadium to find Charlotte’s top 10.

Charlotte’s second homicide of the Memorial Day weekend occurred at 4 am on West Trade Street near Johnson & Wales University in uptown, CMPD says.

Hough and Providence hold the top two spots in The Observer’s Sweet 16 football poll. Chambers rises to No. 4, while Ashbrook and Marvin Ridge debut.

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