President Biden recognizes local JROTC instructor The JROTC instructor at South View High School was recently recognized by President Joe Biden for her volunteer efforts in the …
April 2022
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Column: When it comes to music, Joy Cogswell is the love of every child
Joy Cogswell is an icon when it comes to music in this community. Her presence is a gift to any piano. And teaching young people the notes and keys of a piano is one of the joys of her life. She has been doing that for the past 20 years as director of Snyder Music Academy at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church.
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Monte Marlowe Kennedy
Mr. Monte Marlowe Kennedy, 69, of Fayetteville, died April 25, 2022. Services are incomplete at this time. Arrangements by Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home, 545 Ramsey St,, Fayetteville, NC …
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Tent cities have made homeless more visible in Fayetteville area
The sun was starting to set through the woodline. A cool breeze whipped through as the swollen sky threatened rain. Occasionally, a passer-by honked his horn and at least one of the three men who sat together on folding seats and a weathered black leather gaming chair off Gillespie Street at the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway would wave.
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Study: Possible link between ‘forever chemicals’ and diabetes in middle-aged women
Study: Possible link between “forever chemicals” and diabetes in middle-aged women by Will Atwater, North Carolina Health News April 26, 2022 By Will Atwater Eastern North Carolina …
Posted inRogers & Breece, Obituaries
Kenneth Lee Carstarphen Jr.
Kenneth Lee Carstarphen Jr., 58, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at his home. Kenneth was born in Camden, NJ on September 12, 1963. Kenneth is preceded in death by his father, …
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Fort Bragg IDs soldier killed in military vehicle accident
Fort Bragg officials have identified the soldier who was killed Thursday in a military vehicle accident on post. Spc. Luis Herrera, 23, of Marion, was conducting routine military training when the …
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Fort Bragg: Soldiers suffered from motion sickness, not heat exhaustion
Several Fort Bragg soldiers who were treated earlier this week at Womack Army Medical Center suffered from motion sickness and not heat exhaustion, a spokeswoman for the 18th Airborne Corps said.
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Fayetteville council outlines bond package to address housing, safety, infrastructure
The Fayetteville City Council will ask voters to approve issuing bonds to raise money to address affordable housing, public safety and infrastructure. In a special meeting Thursday evening at City Hall, the council agreed to move forward with planning for a bond referendum that would be on the ballot in November.
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Fort Bragg soldier killed, 3 injured in military vehicle accident on post
One soldier was killed and three others were injured in a military vehicle accident about noon Thursday on Fort Bragg, according to an Army news release. The wounded soldiers were treated at the …