Village Tavern is the latest in a string of decades-old Charlotte mainstays to close this year, from Harper's to Riccio's Italian. Photo: Laura Barrero/Axios
🍔 Village Tavern, a cherished SouthPark staple, has closed its doors after 35 years. (Axios)
🏈 The Carolina Panthers will start quarterback Bryce Young this weekend against the Denver Broncos. (Axios)
Veteran quarterback Andy Dalton was in a car accident Tuesday and sprained his thumb, head coach Dave Canales told reporters Wednesday.
The team has gone 0-2 with Young and 1-4 with Dalton.
🚨 Free nug alert: Chick-fil-A is giving away eight counts this Saturday from 10:30am to 10pm to celebrate the Charlotte Hornets opener. (WBTV)
🏔 Roughly 20 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway reopened near Blowing Rock on Wednesday from Bamboo Gap to about Beacon Heights. (Axios)
🎤 Bonnie Raitt will perform a benefit concert to support Hurricane Helene relief efforts at Ovens Auditorium on Nov. 20 at 7:30pm. (Tickets)
🌮 Tacos El Nevado Express opens Sunday inside Compare Foods on Arrowood Road. (Instagram)
⛸ Light the Knights opens at Truist Field on Wednesday, Nov. 27. (Instagram)
🚨 Two repeat teenage offenders were arrested in Charlotte after allegedly threatening to kill girls on social media in September, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reported. (WBTV)
🏛 The builder sued for the deaths in the SouthPark fire is claiming the workers were negligent for failing to evacuate, court records show. (WBTV)
Because of a unique North Carolina law, this could prevent the families from being awarded any money from the suit.