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It’s not like what you see on tv: Citizen Academy dives into detective work
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — In this week’s class, two sergeants who work in criminal investigations took time ...
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Kannapolis presents $126 million 2025-26 budget to council
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — The annual budget that City Manager Mike Legg presented to the Kannapolis City ...
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Kannapolis Youth Council honors graduating members, selects new officers
KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis Youth Council recently celebrated its graduating seniors and recognized its new 2025-2026 officers and ...
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And the contest winners are…
Staff reports The Kannapolis Police Department has selected the winners of their police badge coloring contest. For the ...
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Citizen’s Academy: Getting a real taste
KANNAPOLIS — This week’s Kannapolis Police Citizen’s Academy was the most ardent eye-opener so far, and I cannot ...
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City approves request for larger pocket neighborhood
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — The city council approved a Special Use Permit (SUP) at Monday night’s meeting ...
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Stolen car recovered, Kannapolis man charged with theft
A Kannapolis man is under arrest for allegedly stealing the car of an Iredell County family while they ...
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Kannapolis council debates policies in considering broadcasting meetings
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — City staff presented results of research into broadcasting council meetings at Monday night’s ...
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City to replace a portion of sewer lines that will ease downtown flow
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — The city council Monday night addressed project approval and funding for the less ...
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Learning the ins and outs of police use of force
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — In this week’s Citizen Police Academy with Kannapolis police, Lt. Justin Smith gave ...
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Kannapolis may revise codes restricting some downtown businesses
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — Kannapolis, like many other cities, has zoning regulations including a Kannapolis Development Ordinance ...
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On the street with police at a DWI checkpoint
KANNAPOLIS — This week in the Kannapolis Citizen Police Academy, we got a taste of what officers really ...
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Slow down! A reminder in this week’s class of the danger of speeding
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — Anyone who has been through driver’s education knows that speed kills, and why ...
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Rebrand fuels growth: REBEL scales up Kannapolis, RoCo operations
KANNAPOLIS — The Rowan EDC and the city of Kannapolis have announced that REBEL (formerly Rebelstork) has expanded ...
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Kannapolis street renamed in honor of the late Taylor
KANNAPOLIS — Recently, the Kannapolis City Council renamed East C Street to Milton Taylor Street in honor of ...
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Driver charged in crash that causes house fire
KANNAPOLIS — A couple on C Street got a traumatic wake up Sunday morning when a car crashed ...
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Yes, that dog will bite: The next Citizen Police Academy installation
KANNAPOLIS — In the last class, students got an inside look at the patrol division, which I described ...
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Kannapolis firefighter and family lose home, belongings in fire
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — Firefighters are the ones the public counts on to help keep them safe ...
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Kannapolis adds three new firefighters
KANNAPOLIS — Three new firefighters, Jacob Collins, Tyler Hayes and Jason Tighe, have recently joined the Kannapolis Fire ...
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Back in the classroom for one reporter
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — There is much in covering police work that is standard across the country, ...
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Kannapolis Police file charges in death investigation
KANNAPOLIS — Just shy of one year ago, on April 20, 2024, Kannapolis police answered a call to ...
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Wilson announces plans to run for Kannapolis mayor
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — Doug Wilson, who has served on the Kannapolis city council since 2013, is ...
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Kannapolis fire displaces six Wednesday
KANNAPOLIS — Six people — three adults and three children — were displaced in a two-alarm fire that ...
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Kannapolis accepting applications for grants for non-profits
KANNAPOLIS — The city has an estimated $50,000 that will be made available in both smaller and larger ...
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Kannapolis to explore sharing meetings online
By Elisabeth Strillacci KANNAPOLIS — After several nudges from city council members, the council as a whole has ...
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Fire truck gets ceremonial welcome to the crew
KANNAPOLIS — Fire Engine 51, the first new fire truck for the department since 2018, is now in ...
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Kannapolis votes to permanently close street, property to revert to Insite
KANNAPOLIS — In a split vote that elicited concerns from residents in the neighborhood, the council voted to ...
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Kannapolis Fire Department invites public to ‘washdown ceremony’ for new truck
KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis Fire Department invites the public to attend a traditional washdown ceremony to officially bring ...