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.

GRAY’S CREEK – Slip the notch in your belt down by one. No need for a snug-fitting skirt. Those country cooks from “down at the branch” are busy this week preparing for the 56th annual Gray’s Creek Woman’s Club Buffet and Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the newly remodeled Gray’s Creek Community Building.

The Fayetteville City Council’s Homelessness and Mental Health Committee met Tuesday to discuss policy recommendations members plan to present to the council at a work session next month.

On Wednesday just before noon, Fayetteville police officers responded to a report of human skeletal remains in  a wooded area in the 3900 block of Bragg Boulevard, the Fayetteville Police Department said on Facebook Wednesday.  

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fayetteville received $40.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding from the federal government. In the years since, the city has primarily invested the funding in three areas: business and economic vitality; housing and community livability; and infrastructure and community investment. 

Fayetteville residents are invited to pitch in and pick up litter during the fall Fayetteville Beautiful cleanup on Nov. 11, according to a news release. Registration for the cleanup is open.

This past May, at a London summit hosted by the UK’s Royal Aeronautical Society, the U.S. Air Force’s chief of AI test and operations brought up an unnerving scenario. He told the audience about a simulation involving an AI-enabled drone tasked with identifying and destroying targets. A human operator retained the final authority over whether to ultimately destroy any one target.

Cumberland County Emergency Services received a check for $4,912 from South River Electric Membership Corp. for the purchase of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms to be distributed to volunteer fire departments.

From a ghostly night of live theater to trunk-or-treats, CityView has compiled a list of festive activities in Cumberland County for you and the family to partake in this October. 

Here are the scores from Friday’s football games for Cumberland County Schools: E.E. Smith 34, Western Harnett 15 Terry Sanford 42, Westover 20 See more:

Our popular culture seems to be obsessed with crime. People are apparently fascinated by crime content of all kinds:  through TV, movies, podcasts and books. Crime horrifies us, but that doesn’t stop us from wanting to know the twisted, sensational details.

The public is invited to celebrate the life of late Fayetteville City Councilman Theodore "Ted" Mohn at a memorial service  at 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Bill Crisp Senior Center.

Cumberland County Schools Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. is meeting with parents, families and other stakeholders through a series of Monday evening “chats” designed to engage with students' families and provide updates on the implementation of the system's strategic plan. 

Here are the Cumberland County high school Athletes of the Week:

As rivalries go, the one between Gray’s Creek and South View isn’t long in years compared to others in Cumberland County. But the back story on how it started has certainly amped up the …

Jeff Nance has an athletic family tree that would be the envy of almost anyone. His eldest brother, Terry Luck, was a multisport star at old Massey Hill High School who came off the bench in 1974 and led Nebraska with a game-winning drive over Florida in the Sugar Bowl. His brother Ronnie Luck was also a Massey Hill star who went on to a college career at UNC-Pembroke and served as both coach and athletic director in a number of Cumberland County schools. But this week, Nance scored an achievement that pushed him past both his older brothers in the accomplishment category as the Cumberland County Board of Education voted to name the baseball field at Gray’s Creek High School in his honor.

Mayor Mitch Colvin and challenger Efrain “Freddie” de la Cruz will be among Fayetteville City Council candidates pitching campaign messages as part of a Greater Fayetteville Chamber candidates forum scheduled from 8 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Crown Coliseum ballroom.

With Tuesday’s primary in the rearview mirror, the remaining candidates vying for seats on the  Fayetteville City Council — and in other municipal races in Cumberland County — …

The Remember My Name domestic violence vigil will be held at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 12 on the steps of the Cumberland County Courthouse in downtown Fayetteville to raise awareness and highlight community resources.

As North Carolina pursues its plan to reduce carbon emissions over the next few decades, Fayetteville’s Public Works Commission is preparing to meet the state’s renewable energy goals …

Inquiring minds, you’ve heard before, want to know, and freshman City Councilman Mario Benavente is one of those inquiring minds. He’s not alone. So does Mayor Mitch Colvin, Mayor Pro Tem Johnny Dawkins and council members Shakeyla Ingram, D.J. Haire, Brenda McNair, Courtney Banks-McLaughlin and Deno Hondros.

Incumbent Mayor Mitch Colvin will face challenger Freddie de la Cruz in Nov. 7’s general election after the pair led a four-person ballot in Fayetteville’s nonpartisan primary Tuesday.

On Fayetteville’s first primary election day under a new statewide voter ID requirement, voters at polling places largely shrugged off the new law.

The Fayetteville City Council is seeking police body camera footage of Lawrence Artis, a 29-year-old man who reportedly shot himself with a concealed weapon Oct. 2 while in custody of Fayetteville police officers and has since died. 

Suicide rates were 3.2 times higher for teenage boys than teen girls between 2018 and 2020 — with guns increasingly playing an outsize role. Boys and young men represent  80 percent …