🌱 Mac's Speed Shop Stays + Redistricting + Home Costs Soar

Up and at 'em, Cornelius! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in Cornelius today.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and cooler. High: 56 Low: 27.

Here are the top stories today in Cornelius:

1. BUZZ: Cost of starter homes here soars; Local exec dies of cancer (Charlotte Business Journal)
2. Local organization donates $100,000 to DC children's hospital - The Stanly News & Press (Stanly News & Press)
3. After NC redistricting, Republicans could get a supermajority in Raleigh again (WFAE)
4. Popular Lake Norman barbecue spot won’t close after all. Here’s what will change (Charlotte Observer)
5. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Lauture, Smith are best in GMC girls golf; league honors other all-conference selections (Independent Tribune)

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— Cassie Fambro

About me: A Texas-native, I've spent most of my life in Alabama but have recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I have an avid interest in motorsports, so this makes the Carolinas an ideal region to call home. I have a decade of experience in journalism, graduating from the University of South Alabama with honors in journalism with a double major in psychology and a minor in criminal justice. I spent roughly five years of my career in front of a camera in TV news but I have spent years in print journalism and even earned a couple of cool awards like an Edward R. Murrow award along the way. I enjoy covering stories in education, healthcare, government and most of all, stories that directly help people and improve their lives in some way. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my partner Matt, and our two cats, Kenly and Gotenks, going to new restaurants and hanging out at racetracks.

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