PEMBROKE — So close, but the holy grail of college basketball remains the elusive dream for Kelvin Sampson. A heartbreaking end for Sampson’s Houston Cougars, who fell 65-63 to the Florida Gators in the finals of the NCAA Division I National Championship on Monday night in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Bill Kirby Jr.
Bill Kirby Jr. is a veteran journalist who spent 49 years as a newspaper editor, reporter and columnist covering Fayetteville, Cumberland County and the Cape Fear Region for The Fayetteville Observer. He most recently has written for CityView Magazine.
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Column: Former soldier has created quite a buzz with his honeybees in north Cumberland County
“We worked at it,” says Jim Hartman, who is the 2024 Small Farmer of the Year for his Secret Garden Bees business in Linden.
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Column: County commissioners anticipate independent review of Crown Event Center
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week
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Column: Judge denies bond for wife accused of killing retired Special Forces husband
Now charged with first-degree murder, Cloud’s lawyer says his client is innocent, “and we will defend her.”
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Column: Answers should be on the way about fate of downtown Crown Event Center
“It was a step to do the right thing,” freshman Cumberland County Commissioner Pavan Patel tells Cumberland County Civic Center Commission about reasons for a 30-day moratorium on the project.
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Column: Chief Kemberle Braden leaves city police department better than he found it
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week.
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Column: Longtime cafeteria chain bids farewell to Fayetteville and the Eiffel Tower
“Everybody is teary-eyed,” James Gibson, a co-manager at the K&W Cafeteria in Bordeaux Shopping Center says. “Employees and customers. I’ll miss most of all making my customers happy and going that extra mile for them.”
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Column: Event Center downtown in limbo as county commissioners wait to hear from Fayetteville law firm
A lawyer will conduct a review of the project and its increased costs.
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Column: Disappearance of retired Special Forces soldier remains a mystery
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week
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Column: Award-winning Crimestoppers program can make a difference in this community
Commit a crime in this community, and you can be assured somebody likely knows something about your criminal conduct, which is why the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Crimestoppers program has brought our share of criminals to justice.
