Mark Garrison Reports

With seven Republicans running for school board spots in Cabarrus County, there is controversy over which ones are truly conservative, with one of the candidates even being a Democrat until recently.

Mark Garrison spoke with incumbent Laura Blackwell about all the attention the school board race is getting four months before election day. 

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With grocery prices up well over 10% and other costs increasing across the board, food banks are feeling the pressure more than ever since the peak of the pandemic. 

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The Cabarrus County school board race is heating up with 11 candidates. 

Mark Garrison spoke with Sean Turner, a Marine, who has gotten a financial shot in the arm for his campaign -- by raffling off a rifle. All the tickets sold in no time.  

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Mark Garrison met an 86-year-old woman who "un-retired." The result -- lots of cavities filled for people in need.

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Today on Charlotte at Six Mark Garrison is joined by WBT food critic TJ Boggs to share the dirtiest restaurants in the Charlotte area, including one place with "no food knowledge" and another with roaches on the wall + what to avoid in the WBT vending machines.

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We're celebrating 8 years of Charlotte at Six this week and Mark Garrison begins by revisiting an old story with plenty of relevance today -- should you buy used tires?

Mark takes you around Charlotte to show you all of the deals around -- and which ones you might want to worry about. 

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Mark hits "Rewind" on this week's top stories.

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Mark shares a restaurant who didn't quite understand how a food thermometer works, and our food critic finds a summer spot with a clever name.

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Governor Cooper is putting out the welcome mat for abortions.

He is inviting women from all over ---- to come to North Carolina to end their pregnancies. 

But pro-life groups say his executive order is troubling. 

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President Biden is blaming owners of mom-and-pop gas stations for the historic prices, his latest target in deflecting blame from himself for the crisis. 

Local station owners had this to say in response: "It's absolutely ridiculous." 

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