A Bladen County jailer driving a vehicle equipped with police lights and sirens is charged with trying to stop a woman driver Tuesday at Skibo Road and Swain Street, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.
A leading supporter of a plan to add at-large seats on the Fayetteville City Council said Tuesday that his organization is not giving up. A motion to put the Vote Yes Fayetteville initiative before city voters in a November referendum was rejected on a 6-4 vote Monday night at a City Council meeting.
Toni Dixon has been named interim president and CEO of the Greater Fayetteville Chamber, officials announced Tuesday. Dixon began work in her new position in August, the chamber said in a news release.
A husband and wife are both dead after a domestic disturbance on Shiloh Court on Monday night, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. Officers were sent to a home in the 1900 block of Shiloh Court about 8:30 p.m. Monday, a news release said.
After delaying action at two previous meetings on a plan to restructure city elections, the Fayetteville City Council voted 6-4 Monday night against calling a referendum on the Vote Yes Fayetteville …
A man is in stable condition after being shot in the neck early Tuesday, the Fayetteville Police Department said. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at 1 a.m. in the area of the 700 …
The number of homicides and the overall crime rate have continued to climb over the past six months, according to police statistics presented Monday night to the Fayetteville City Council.
A woman was stabbed to death Monday night on Shiloh Court, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. The report of a stabbing was reported about 8:30 p.m. Monday in the 1900 block of Shiloh Drive, a news release from the Police Department said.
SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday night approved the Spring Lake Land Use Plan, which will be used to guide growth in the town over the next several years. Addie …
A trombonist, a violinist, a vocalist and a drummer will perform as part of Methodist University’s Friends of Music Guest Artist Series, according to a news release, Each year, the series sponsors live classical and contemporary music demonstrations and recitals for as many as 500 youths and adults, the university’s release said.
Fayetteville police officers bought school supplies to contribute to a back-to-school giveaway Saturday at the Fort Bragg Harley Davidson dealership on Sycamore Dairy Road, according to a news release.
SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday night will consider approving the new Spring Lake Area Land Use plan. The comprehensive land use plan for Spring Lake was last …
In response to an updated federal drinking water advisory, the chemical company Chemours filed a lawsuit last month against the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging the science behind the …
Perhaps you will remember Tanesha Hendley, the former schoolteacher who found herself in the throes of May 30, 2020, when provocateurs and angry protesters damaged the downtown Market House, an issue that polarized the Fayetteville community.
The Fayetteville City Council on Monday night is expected to consider a resolution that would allow voters to decide whether to change the way council members are elected. The Vote Yes initiative …
In this week’s notebook: Fayetteville State University names two associate vice chancellors and Cumberland County Schools is seeking literacy tutors.
Students can get backpacks, school supplies and a hot meal during a drive-thru back-to-school event Monday. Balm in Gilead, in partnership with Cumberland County Schools and the Carolina Panthers, …
Fayetteville could join other cities that allow people to purchase alcoholic beverages from licensed businesses and then walk around within a designated area, in this case downtown. The Cool …
Community Concerts of Fayetteville has lined up legendary soul, country and disco music for its upcoming season of shows. The concerts will feature Earth, Wind & Fire; Alabama; Tracy Lawrence and Clay Walker; and “Direct From Sweden: The Music of Abba,” according to a news release from concert organizers.
Cumberland County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for all shelter pets next week as part of the national “Clear the Shelters’’campaign. The fees will be waived starting …
You can’t exactly call it a financial windfall. But every dollar counts. Especially when you are overseeing the annual Fayetteville Dogwood Festival. And, not to mention the accompanying fall festival and those spring through summer Fayetteville After Five gatherings at Festival Park.
Detectives with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office are asking the public for help in finding a car that they say may have been used in a shooting early Tuesday. Deputies were dispatched …
More than 6,000 employees of Cumberland County Schools gathered at the Crown Arena Tuesday morning for a convocation to kick off the 2022-23 school year, according to a news release.
The federal commission responsible for recommending name changes for Department of Defense installations that commemorate the Confederacy estimates it will cost nearly $6.4 million to rename Fort Bragg.
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam. The callers claim to be members of the Sheriff’s Office or with “court services,’’ the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
