Whether a Fayetteville advocacy group’s petition to change the way City Council members are elected is valid is still up in the air after the Cumberland County Board of Elections on Tuesday …
Cumberland County property owners will soon be getting their tax bills in the mail. The Cumberland County Tax Administration office plans to mail tax bills to property owners on Friday. The …
SPRING LAKE — The town of Spring Lake announced Lt. Dysoaneik Spellman as the next police chief after a two-month search. The decision was effective Monday. Spellman was appointed interim …
When you are in Paul Beard’s line of work, you come to meet a plethora of people from athletes to entertainment legends. Beard has served as assistant manager and manager for the Crown Complex in Fayetteville and today is general manager of the Florence Center in Florence, South Carolina. He’s been doing some thinking of late.
One driver was killed and another was injured in a head-on collision Tuesday night near the intersection of Braddy Road and Stoney Point Road, the Fayetteville Police Department said. Officers …
The “guiding principles’’ that are to be followed by those whose job it is to build a proposed Crown Event Center cleared another step Tuesday toward being fully incorporated into …
A Fayetteville man was arrested on drug charges after narcotics agents searched a Fayetteville home Tuesday morning and found cocaine and marijuana, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office …
City Manager Doug Hewett has announced the promotion of two people onto his leadership team: Kelly Olivera has been named interim assistant city manager and Jodi Phelps has been appointed chief of …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday accepted the county health director’s recommendation on how to spend the first installment of opioid lawsuit settlement money.
HOPE MILLS — The Hope Mills Board of Commissioners held a special work session Monday night to discuss the development of an overlay zoning district that will help guide development in the …
A Fayetteville man has been arrested on 39 felony charges, including kidnapping, assault and various sex offenses, the Police Department said in a release. Sean Westley Mills, 33, of the 7000 …
Classes began Monday for about 2,000 students as Methodist University opened the 2022-23 academic year. The students are from across the U.S. and more than 40 countries, according to a news release from the university.
Cumberland County Schools is offering a $2,000 sign-on bonus for eligible new teachers and instructional support staff, according to a news release from the school system.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners’ Crown Event Center Committee on Tuesday is scheduled to review proposed “guiding principles” that are to be incorporated into the …
HOPE MILLS — The Hope Mills Board of Commissioners on Monday night will discuss zoning overlay districts as a way to guide growth in the town. The board has a special meeting at 6 p.m. to …
They gathered this night to remember what many might recall as the best of their days growing up with one another at the old Seventy-First High School along Raeford Road, just up the way from Doodle …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday is scheduled to consider staff-recommended options for how to spend opioid settlement money. The commissioners will consider four proposals …
In this week’s notebook: Fayetteville chamber soliciting nominations for ‘Local Hero’ award, Stout and Booth Orthodontics is now MyOrthodontist, Crown Complex is hosting a job fair Aug. 23, and Cape Fear Valley receives a heart award.
A teenager wanted in a fatal shooting Thursday night has been arrested in Maryland, the Fayetteville Police Department said. Karon Peair Streets, 19, was taken into custody by the Baltimore County …
Methodist University will become one of the first universities in North Carolina to offer an accredited, Bachelor of Science Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Starting in the fall of 2023, …
A pedestrian is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle Saturday morning on Owen Drive, the Fayetteville Police Department said. Just after 6 a.m., officers were dispatched to a …
An effort to restructure how Fayetteville City Council members are elected hit a snag this week when the council delayed action on whether to put the issue before voters in November. The …
The Fayetteville Police Department has made an arrest in a fatal shooting that happened early Friday on Poplar Drive. Damian Christopher Jones, 20, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Artis Lee Windsor, police said in a release Saturday.
Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department are looking for a teenager they say fatally shot a man Thursday night with a stolen gun. Detectives have a warrant charging Karon Peair Streets, …
Back-to-school immunizations will be available for students in Cumberland County Schools at several upcoming clinics. The school system is partnering with the Cumberland County Department of Public Health to offer immunization clinics for students entering kindergarten, seventh grade and 12th grade, according to a news release from the school system.
