Now the mayor and some City Council members want to be in the entertainment business. That’s just what Mayor Mitch Colvin, Shakeyla Ingram, Larry Wright and Courtney Banks-McLaughlin were saying Monday night at a council work session.  

A loose coalition of community leaders has formed in hopes of bringing millions of dollars to Cumberland County to increase the number of sexual assault nurse examiners in the region.

The Fayetteville City Council on Monday will hold a public hearing on the 2022-23 budget recommended by the city manager. The proposed budget would spend $248.25 million in all and not change the property tax rate of 49.95 cents per $100 of valuation.

Electronics repair shop opens in Fayetteville Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions, an electronics repair shop, has opened in Fayetteville at 4225 A Ramsey St. The store offers professional …

Advocates of the N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center plan to appear before the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners in August to ask for the $7.5 million the county previously agreed to provide for the project. 

The former Spring Lake finance director was arrested Friday and charged with embezzlement, bank fraud and identity theft. Gay Cameron Tucker, 63, of Fayetteville, is accused of embezzling more than $500,000 from Spring Lake during her time as finance director and accounting technician for the town, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said in a release.

HOPE MILLS — One man died and another was seriously injured early Friday while walking on Camden Road, the Hope Mills Police Department said. Just after 12:30 a.m., a champagne-colored, late 1990s to early 2000s model year Toyota 4-Runner was traveling east on Camden Road when the driver hit two pedestrians near Thomas Street, police said in a release.

The Cape Fear Valley Health Pavilion North Express Care will reopen Monday on a three-day schedule. The Express Care, which is at 6387 Ramsey St., closed in October 2021 to focus on COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, the health system said in a release. It will be open to see patients on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For people who need to be reminded that they control their own future, Westover High School senior Katie Royal’s story of tenacity will definitely help them remember.

Gasoline prices are over $4.50 per gallon, food costs at grocery stores and restaurants are up, and it’s safe to say our Cumberland County Board of Commissioners was prudent Monday in adopting …

Municipal employees would be paid a minimum of $15 an hour as a result of additions to the proposed 2022-23 budget approved by the Fayetteville City Council on Thursday night.

A truck driver and a toddler were killed Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 near Fayetteville, the N.C. Highway Patrol said. The crash, which happened just after 2 a.m. near …

One person died and three others were critically injured in a vehicle crash on Gillis Hill Road Wednesday afternoon, the Fayetteville Police Department said. Officers responded to the crash, which involved three vehicles, around 3:45 p.m.

Since the age of 3, intense curiosity has fueled Kaitlyn Zuravel’s desire to find out how things work. Ginger Zuravel, the mother of the Terry Sanford High School senior, fondly recalls her …

Water rates will increase next year for customers of the Fayetteville Public Works Commission after the board unanimously approved the utility’s budget for fiscal year 2022-23. The cost of electricity will not change.

Fayetteville is moving forward with plans to spend more than $20 million on bridge upgrades and other projects to address stormwater threats.

The Fayetteville City Council is scheduled to hold its third and possibly final budget work session on Thursday afternoon at City Hall. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m.

Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department seized guns, drugs and other items when they executed a “high-risk search warrant’’ June 1 on Spokane Road where a man shot at officers.

SPRING LAKE — Spring Lake’s proposed budget calls for an end to furloughs and increases in water and sewer rates. The $13.3 million proposed budget would keep the property tax rate …

JROTC's mission is “to motivate young people to be better citizens.” No one lives up to this mission better than Trinity Ashworth, the battalion commander for the JROTC program at South View High School.

Greater Fayetteville Chamber leaders were full of excitement and enthusiasm just more than 12 months ago in announcing Shari Fiveash would be the new president and chief executive officer of the organization. So was Fiveash.

The executive director of the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival faced questions about her organization’s commitment to diversity as she asked the City Council for financial support.

HOPE MILLS —The planning director told the Hope Mills Board of Commissioners on Monday that it may want to consider establishing an overlay zoning district to help guide development in the …

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit on Monday executed a search warrant on Clinton Road and seized rifles, money, over 50 pounds of marijuana and various THC products, including edibles.

A Georgia man was killed Wednesday when the motorcycle he was driving ran off the road and crashed into a tree, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.