Three men were shot to death within 24 hours in separate incidents Friday afternoon and Saturday, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. The shootings were reported on Murchison Road, Pamalee Drive and Tamarack Drive.
Five of the 15 candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot for Fayetteville City Council — as well as both mayoral candidates — gathered Thursday for a forum hosted by advocacy groups Cape Fear Indivisible, Organizing Against Racism: Cumberland County, Common Cause N.C. and Fayetteville Freedom For All at Smith Recreation Center.
Gladys Hill was honored at Monday’s night’s Fayetteville City Council meeting with a proclamation from Mayor Mitch Colvin to recognize her community work of selling pink light bulbs each October to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Terry Sanford’s quarterback and a Gray’s Creek volleyball record-breaker are the Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County Schools.
Seventy-First football coach Duran McLaurin has basic criteria he follows when deciding to use a player as a starter on offense and defense. First, he’s got to be a player you can depend on. Second, he’s got to be one who gives his best effort and won’t be taking breaks on the field.
They were pulled together from two dramatically different schools, a relatively small neighborhood group that was closing its doors and a mega-school with a rich athletic history that was having a hunk of its student-athletes moved into an unknown situation. That was the circumstance that led to the birth of Douglas Byrd High School back in 1972 when the boys from Massey Hill and Seventy-First united to make history.
The Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) is getting ready to debut its newest bus route next month — an express line that promises to take riders from Cross Creek Mall to Navy Federal Credit Union in 30 minutes.
Fayetteville Area System of Transit will add its first express route, X1, to serve west Fayetteville starting Nov. 13. X1 is a 30-minute route operating from 6 to 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Army air defense units from Fort Liberty are among those deploying to the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war, according to Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the top Pentagon spokesman.
Kathy Greggs stood outside City Hall clutching the framed plaque like precious cargo that later Monday evening she would present to Mayor Mitch Colvin. You couldn’t have pried it from her grasp. “We’re presenting this plaque in honor of Ted Mohn,” Greggs said on behalf of the Fayetteville Police Accountability Community Task Force, speaking to Colvin after Monday’s council meeting concluded.
One-stop early voting for the Nov. 7 municipal elections is underway at two locations in Cumberland County. Voters will be required to show photo identification at the polls, according to a Board of Elections news release. Residents who do not have a photo ID can get a free one at the Board of Elections Office.
The Fayetteville City Council on Monday recognized the work of Tony Brown and his program staff for their work fostering positive opportunities for youths in Fayetteville.
On Thursday evening, in the middle of a three-mile stretch along Bragg Boulevard where four bodies were discovered in the past month, a glimmer of hope remained. In the Terry Sanford neighborhood in northern Fayetteville, the Fayetteville Police Department's Faith in Action program was at work. Sponsored by the department’s chaplain program, Faith in Action aims to combat the opioid epidemic by providing a safe and positive environment for people to get harm-reduction supplies and connect with addiction recovery and mental health organizations.
The infamous Addams Family is in Fayetteville, and they’re inviting everyone — living, dead and undecided — to come see them. After a couple of weekday sold-out preview dates, Cape Fear Regional Theatre opened its latest production of “The Addams Family: A Musical Comedy,” on Saturday night to a packed house.
The Murchison Choice Neighborhood Plan has earned the 2023 North Carolina Marvin Collins Award in the “advancing equity” category. The awards are presented by the North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association.
Pine Forest women’s golf coach David May said he was talking to a cohort recently when the subject of Trojan senior golfer Jordan Blanton came up. “Jordan is playing with a different mantra,” May said. “She’s calm and collected. Her whole game is changing.” After a string of scores in the 80s, Blanton peaked earlier this week in the All American Conference tournament at Chicora Golf Club in Dunn, turning in a personal best of 77.
Each year, for the past 16 years, more than 500 American flags honoring active-duty military service members and veterans are placed at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum Parade Ground.
Fayetteville is one step closer to hiring a director for an Office of Community Safety, an unofficial entity that will fill gaps in the city's public safety initiatives, particularly in coordinating and evaluating the city’s responses to mental health crises, homelessness and violence interruption programs.
A South View football standout and a Cape Fear golfer are the Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County Schools.
There will be a strong Cumberland County presence at the first East-West All-Star football game played in December this year. Two Fayetteville coaches are on the East staff for the game. Pine Forest’s Bill Sochovka will be head coach for the East while Terry Sanford assistant coach Jeff Morehead will be an assistant. Players from Cumberland County chosen for the game include kicker Juan Hernandez of Pine Forest, wide receiver Rico McDonald and linebacker Landon Sargent of Cape Fear, and defensive back Kamal Thames of Terry Sanford.
Early voting is underway throughout Cumberland County for the Nov. 7 general election, including the Fayetteville City Council races for mayor and competitions in District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5 and District 9. The early voting period runs through Nov. 4.
A funny thing happened to Fayetteville Academy after completing its soccer regular season with a perfect 16-0 record. When seedings were announced for this year’s state 2-A playoffs, the Eagles found themselves sitting at No. 6. The lower seeding did earn them a double bye, meaning they won’t play their first game until Saturday, but both Eagle head coach Andrew McCarthy and some of his players were a little mystified that they didn’t get more of a reward for their unbeaten record.
The Greater Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce announced the launch of its newest program, the Consumer Protection Division, at a news conference Thursday morning. The program's mission is to create a guide of ethical and honest businesses in the greater Fayetteville area, provide scam warnings, and curate consumer reports for Fayetteville residents.
Eleven Fayetteville City Council candidates, including both in this year’s mayoral race, answered questions on primarily economic-related topics — such as growth and development, the tax rate, housing and infrastructure — during a forum Wednesday hosted by the Greater Fayetteville Chamber.
Fayetteville Technical Community will welcome Grammy Award-winning pianist and Latin jazz recording artist Lannie Battistini for three appearances at the Fayetteville campus on Oct. 24 and 25.
