Hough High School scored 21 points in a fourth-quarter comeback, but it wasn’t enough as the Huskies fell 38-33 to Independence High School in the football season opener Friday night in Cornelius. The Huskies’ trailed 17-2 at halftime, but scored 31 points in a second half spurt that included two touchdown runs by Jackson Campbell, and three touchdown passes by quarterback Josh Stilley. Story and photos in SPORTS»

Robbery suspect enters the CVS in downtown Davidson Wednesday night. (CVS security camera, via Davidson Police Department)

Davidson Police on Friday released a security camera photo of the suspect in Wednesday’s robbery of the CVS pharmacy in downtown Davidson. Police repeated their appeal for help in finding the man, who got away with $90 cash.

The security video shows the suspect entering the CVS through the east entrance, off Chairman Blake Drive. He’s an African American man, wearing blue jeans, a yellow shirt and a baseball cap. Read the full story

North Mecklenburg High's band performed at the J.M. Alexander Back to School Fair Saturday.

HUNTERSVILLE - Returning and incoming students and their families converged on J.M. Alexander Middle School Saturday, Aug. 13, for a Back to School Fair.The fair welcomed back existing J.M. Alexander students and their new classmates from Davidson IB Middle School, which is now a school-within-a-school at Alexander. Read the full story

This tree at Beaver Dam broke off at its trunk. More photos below. (Rachel Goldstein/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS and RACHEL GOLDSTEIN
DavidsonNews.net

About 15 trees were toppled during a storm Thursday afternoon at Beaver Dam Park, the historic Davidson family homestead off Davidson-Concord Road.

Most of the trees fell around a parking lot behind the house, though several fell in front of the house. The Federal-style home was not damaged in the winds. Read the full story

This old tree snapped off during Thursday afternoon's high winds at Beaver Dam Park. (Armin Desch photo)

A strong storm blew through the Lake Norman area Thursday afternoon, knocking down trees and affecting traffic lights and power.

As of 6:30 p.m. Duke Energy was reporting that 16,868 customers were without power in Mecklenburg County.

Armin Desch, who runs Armin’s Catering and manages Beaver Dam in east Davidson, said it looked like a “twister” came through the park. He said about 15 trees were knocked down, many in the parking lot, and a few in front of the historic Davidson residence at Beaver Dam. The house was not damaged. (See a related story and more photos about the damage at Beaver Dam.)

“The house is fine and we have a bridal luncheon tomorrow. We can make due with the grass lot, because the parking lot is blocked with trees. One of my staff members was on site and she was terrified by the time I got there,” Mr. Desch said.

Trees also fell in Cornelius, including one on Westmoreland Road near Statesville Road.

News reports said planes at Concord Regional Airport were blown around in the storm, and one flipped on the runway.

Have a photo from the storm or a report of damage? Add a comment here, or send it in to editor@davidsonnews.net.

Bluegrass band Natural Selection opened Saturday night. More photos below. (Wes Harkins photo)

The third annual Barnstock music festival – two nights of live local bands on the Brown family farm off N.C. 73 – raised $6,500 for Davidson Volunteer Fire Department over the weekend.

The event attracted 169 people Friday night for an “Old Folks Barnstock” with several local bands and an older crowd. Another 684 music lovers showed up Saturday for the main Barnstock event, a 15-and-over show that featured five different local bands. Read the full story

Brickhouse Tavern owner Nick Lyssikatos supplied the hot dogs and hamburgers, and Carlos Springs tended the grill at Tuesday's National Night Out in Roosevelt Wilson Park. More photos below. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

About 75 residents, local officials and Davidson police officers on Tuesday night joined Davidson’s celebration of National Night Out, a community cookout and crime-prevention festival held at Roosevelt Wilson Park, off Griffith Street.

The crowd brought neighbors together from the Exit 30 area to the West Side and River Run to St. Alban’s neighborhood. Residents chatted with police officers and town officials while kids played on the park’s playground structure. The Brickhouse Tavern supplied hot dogs and hamburgers, while some residents brought other dishes to share.

With a town election coming up in November, several Town Board members and political challengers turned out. Mayor John Woods was there, along with his challenger Vince Winegardner. Commissioner and Mayor Pro-Tem Laurie Venzon also was there, and so was commissioner candidate Kristen Coupal. Read the full story

Those kudzu-eating goats have found their own way to cool off in this heat. (Madelyn Mills photo)

Man, it’s hot out there. What do you do? Climb into your water trough, of course. Madelyn Mills of South Street in Davidson captured these kudzu-eating goats doing just that the other day out on the cross-country course at Davidson College.

Madelyn likes to run on the 8K loop of the course and has been seeing a lot of the goats – a herd the college hired to help with its kudzu problem on the north side of campus. She’s a rising 11th grader at Hough High School in Cornelius. Thanks for snapping the photo, Madelyn.

RANDOM ACT OF DAVIDSON KINDNESS

Ron Olsson of Pat Stough Lane was out for a run on Concord Road Read the full story