Jermaine “JP” Powell is a mixed media artist who has been hard at work bringing this city to visual life at the Ramsey Street and I-295 interchange in North Fayetteville. He’s …
The Fayetteville-Cumberland Human Relations Commission has scheduled an additional meeting for May 21 to gather feedback on how to repurpose the Market House. The meeting will take place at the …
Mark Rice got me to thinking about an old friend who was killed years ago while in his stopped vehicle at an intersection in Guilford County. A vehicle from behind plowed into my friend’s …
A board that will decide how to spend $250,000 to support community groups working to prevent violence and crime will get two more members. The Fayetteville City Council moved forward with the …
Police on Thursday arrested a man in connection with a weekend hit-and-run fatality on Bragg Boulevard. Investigators charged Brent Stuart James, 28, of the 6700 block of Matt Hair Road, with …
Residents may pick up free mosquito insecticide from the Cumberland County Department of Public Health while supplies last. The product, Mosquito Dunks, is a biological pest control agent that kills mosquito larvae. It is non-toxic to fish, birds, wildlife and pets, the county said in a release.
Protesters gathered at the Fayetteville Market House on Saturday night to demonstrate against a decision this week by a special prosecutor not to charge a deputy in the shooting death of Jason …
The Fayetteville Public Works Commission plans to pursue a potential $5.4 million in state loans and American Rescue Plan Act funding for water distribution rehabilitation, sanitary sewer main …
Fayetteville police are investigating a shooting at a mobile home park in west Fayetteville that left one woman dead. Police responded to a reported shooting on the 1500 block of Alvin Street, which is off Bingham Drive, just after midnight Wednesday.
The former head boys’ basketball coach at Seventy-First High School who was relieved of his duties after one season urged the Cumberland County Board of Education on Tuesday night to take …
This was heart-wrenching. This was painful to witness. And deeply emotional. “I have loved Edward since I was 16,” Dixie Lowry Davis, 70, was saying Monday as Judge Tom Locke was …
The city of Fayetteville is reducing its enforcement hours for paid parking during the week in the downtown district. Effective May 2, the city said in a news release, paid parking will be from 9 …
Even in disappointment, Tammy Brocato remains steadfast in her faith. She’s not giving up on God. “God has the right kidney out there for me,” Brocato, 54, was saying this …
The Cumberland County Board of Education's Curriculum Committee learned Thursday that all of the school system's low-performing Tier 1 schools are making progress at varying rates. The Curriculum …
The Fayetteville Technical Community College Board of Trustees has formed a search committee to help in the school’s search for its next president. Larry Keen, who has been president of the community college since Aug. 1, 2007, announced earlier this year that he is retiring Jan. 1.
Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department are asking the public for help in locating two vehicles of interest in a March 19 shooting outside an Owen Drive hotel that left three people dead …
You might say it’s back to square one when it comes to the Market House, the historic and controversial centerpiece of downtown. Dion Lyons, a conciliation specialist with the U.S. …
Fayetteville has a new city seal. The City Council on Monday agreed to revise the city seal. The item was part of the council’s consent agenda. With three proposed options, the council …
City of Fayetteville staff members on Thursday night presented phase one of a new downtown urban design plan during a community meeting that was held virtually online. Residents and business …
Fayetteville Councilwoman Tisha Waddell resigned abruptly in November, alleging that Mayor Mitch Colvin withheld information from the council in an attempt to bring in a private equity firm to operate the PWC.
A “topping out” ceremony was held Monday to celebrate the new FTCC-Cumberland County Regional Fire & Rescue Training Center.
Antonio B. Jones is scheduled to be sworn in today as the District 3 representative on the Fayetteville City Council after the council voted Monday night for him to fill the seat vacated Nov. 9 by …
SPRING LAKE – Third-graders at W.T. Brown and T.C. Berrien elementary schools were given new bicycles Friday as part of a three-year program to teach character building.
The public can weigh in on the people who want to fill the District 3 seat on the Fayetteville City Council during a public hearing tonight. Eleven people have applied to fill the vacancy created …
