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To get into the Halloween spirit, local storytellers share some ghost stories and other sordid tales from Charlotte and North Carolina's history. Plus, meet the host of the hit podcast and TV show “Lore,” which reveals the dark historical tales behind many of our modern-day superstitions.

Authorities have released 911 calls made by prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh and two motorists after a Sept. 4 roadside shooting in which a bullet grazed Murdaugh's head. A woman passerby says on one call she saw a man bloodied and waving his hands on the roadside but she didn’t stop because it looked — in her words — “like a setup.”

The soon-to-be successor to a North Carolina House member says he was outside the U.S. Capitol in January when the insurrection there occurred. WRAL-TV says Donnie Loftis confirmed his attendance at the Jan. 6 event. The former Gaston County commissioner and Army veteran was chosen by local Republican activists this week to succeed the late Rep. Dana Bumgardner.

The state Commerce Department announced Friday that September's seasonally adjusted rate was 4.2% compared to 4.3% in August.

A group of about 20 current and former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students gathered in First Ward Park on Thursday evening, calling for a new investigation into former Myers Park High School principal Mark Bosco, who has been criticized for his handling of alleged sexual assaults on campus.

A geyser of water disrupts service in most of Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools begins the work of drawing school board voting districts. And COVID-19 vaccines for kids 5 to 11 are just weeks away. Our roundtable of reporters fills us in on those and other stories on the Local News Roundup.

Not all hospitals responded to questions, but those who did are saying vaccine exemptions for their workers are relatively rare.

Axios Charlotte's Ashley Mahoney joins WFAE's "All Things Considered" host Gwendolyn Glenn to talk about weekend events in Charlotte, including the Charlotte Symphony's special showing of "The Nightmare Before Christmas," the Mint Museum celebrating its 85th anniversary and the inaugural BayHaven Food & Wine Festival.

More than 300 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers will be docked $750 each because the district accidentally overpaid them when giving a COVID-19 bonus this summer.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper visited LeafSpring School daycare in Charlotte on Thursday to discuss newly announced child care stabilization grants.

At least 5,750 employees at Atrium Health have still not received a COVID-19 vaccine, leading the Charlotte-based hospital system to push back its original deadline for mandatory vaccination.

Mecklenburg County says cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, blooms have been spotted in Lake Wylie several times since August. The cyanobacteria blooms can be harmful to humans and animals, and while they've been seen around Charlotte for years, 2021 is the first time they've been confirmed in areas where swimming is allowed.