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Newcomer Hondros defeats incumbent Kinston

Political newcomer Deno Hondros defeated first-term Councilwoman Yvonne Kinston on Tuesday for the District 9 seat on the Fayetteville City Council, according to unofficial returns. Hondros …

Freshman City Councilwoman Courtney Banks-McLaughlin will return for a second term representing District 8, according to unofficial election returns.

Bill Kirby Jr.: Mama always voted, and so do I

You’ll find the old house along N.C. 690 heading into the little town of Vass in Moore County. Seems like it has been there forever and a day. “That’s Bill Smith’s …

Tuesday is Election Day for Fayetteville voters, who will cast ballots for mayor and nine members of the City Council. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Residents of Cumberland, Bladen and Robeson counties concerned about the safety and quality of their drinking water will have an opportunity Tuesday, July 26, to ask questions of state environmental experts …

The assistant director of Fayetteville’s public transit system will become its first woman director in August. City leaders said in a news release Monday that Tyffany Neal will be promoted to lead the Fayetteville Area System of Transit

SPRING LAKE — Aggressive driving played a role in a weekend shooting that left a Fayetteville man dead, interim Spring Lake Police Chief Dysoaneik Spellman said. Officers responded to a …

COVID-19 relief grants available for eligible small businesses

Eligible small businesses that were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic may apply for COVID-19 relief grants through the city of Fayetteville. Money from the Small Business Relief Grant Program …

A Fayetteville man has been charged with robbing a business on Ramsey Street on Saturday afternoon. Officers with the Fayetteville Police Department were dispatched to a business on the 5300 block …

Davis Molnar may hold the distinction of being the top high school male athlete in the state, but it is an honor the Terry Sanford High School graduate shares with others. He is skilled in …

Drivers will have to slow down to stay within the speed limit on sections of some of Fayetteville’s busiest roadways. New speed limits will be enforced on parts of Cliffdale Road; Pamalee Drive and Country Club Drive; and Stoney Point Road beginning Wednesday,

In this week’s notebook: an FSU professor receives a Fulbright education award, Fayetteville to hold a Developer Workshop Thursday, the FSU Foundation receives a $50K Enterprise Holdings award and Cumberland County Schools is conducting a bus survey.

More than 4,000 cast ballots during early voting period

Candidates and their supporters were out Saturday urging people to vote on the last day of early voting ahead of the Fayetteville municipal election. The Board of Elections office on Fountainhead …

FTCC, partners announce solar power training program

Fayetteville Technical Community College will partner with Blue Ridge Power and Cumberland County Schools to offer a pre-apprenticeship program in solar power construction to high school students …

City manager: Community will have input in police chief search

City Manager Doug Hewett said he plans to work with a recruiting firm as he looks to find a replacement for Police Chief Gina Hawkins, who announced last week that she intends to retire early next …

State veterans agency ignores NCGA deadlines for assessing state veterans nursing homes

Until they heard from Gov. Roy Cooper, the state Division of Military and Veterans Affairs slow-walked directives and missed legislative deadlines to look into the state veterans nursing home system …

A Sanford man was arrested Thursday and charged with statutory rape and 23 other counts in a sexual assault case, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. William Darryl Wright, 56, was …

On a podcast in May, City Council candidate Tyrone Williams denied that the FBI investigated a secretly taped conversation in which Williams tells the project manager of the Prince Charles Hotel properties that he can make “a cloud” on a lien disappear for $15,000.

FTCC board moves forward with presidential search

The Fayetteville Technical Community College board of trustees met Thursday in a special called meeting to receive recommendations from the Presidential Search Committee on the potential successor to …

The Rev. Grady McKeithan lived his life with a passion. He embraced every day. “He was an interesting man, born in Cumberland County with many contacts to our city,” Diane McKeithan Alabaster says about her “Uncle Grady.”

The Fayetteville Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a man it says robbed two Family Dollar stores of cash and cigarettes on consecutive nights. The robberies happened at …

Students will not have to wear uniforms in Cumberland County public schools in the coming school year. School uniform requirements will be waived for the 2022-23 term, according to a news release.

The Fayetteville Police Department has identified the man who was found shot to death Wednesday in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Frankie Avenue. Tony Ray Parker, 64, of the 1800 block …

In the Fayetteville City Council District 2 race, incumbent Shakeyla Ingram is being challenged by former Councilman Tyrone Williams. Both are Fayetteville natives who grew up in the district.

Incumbent Ingram facing former Councilman Williams in District 2

Shakeyla Ingram is campaigning to keep her District 2 seat on the Fayetteville City Council. Challenging her is former Councilman Tyrone Williams, who is running for office again after reluctantly resigning four years ago when allegations emerged that he tried to solicit money from a developer.

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