Former Cumberland County Sheriff Earl “Moose’’ Butler died Sunday morning, the Sheriff’s Office said in a release. Butler, a well-known high school and college football star, served as sheriff for 22 years – from 1994 until his retirement in 2016.
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: Old Blue Devil remembers Krzyzewski in poignant farewell
Any game now can be Mike Krzyzewski’s last. Krzyzewski has his Duke men’s basketball team in the NCAA tournament again and is bidding for a sixth national championship in his 42 years coaching the Blue Devils before retiring.
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Column: Mayor, aldermen may take on prayer and a pledge in Spring Lake
SPRING LAKE – Alderman Raul Palacios had just bowed his head for the invocation and asked the Lord to be with the board and those serving in military uniform. “God, we thank you” and …
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Column: Women’s Giving Circle makes a difference in this community
Call these women the best of our community. They give because they care. They care because they have hearts for others, especially children. “We are doing so good,” Amy Sparks …
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Column: As Coach K nears coaching end, there was the beginning
Those Cameron Crazies were already inside by the time play-by-play radio announcer Bob Harris and Danny Highsmith, who did color for Duke University basketball, were climbing their way toward the …
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Column: Residents near proposed halfway house consider options
These are just plain, everyday people. Just simple folks who want to go about the quiet and peaceful lives in neighborhoods off Bragg Boulevard to include Greenwood Homes, Scotty …
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Cape Fear Valley to add 100 beds with $110M expansion
A $110 million expansion to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center will add 100 beds and reduce wait times in the Emergency Room, Cape Fear Valley Health announced Wednesday. The expansion …
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Column: Elevator for downtown parking garage on its way
Leave it to Pitt Dickey to keep us on our toes. After all, he’s a lawyer. He could have been a journalist of the late Lewis Grizzard ilk, because Pitt Dickey can write some humorous columns that can keep you laughing and smiling.
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Antonio Jones tapped to fill District 3 seat
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 …
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‘Not just projects, but about people’
You might be thinking that our Cumberland County legislative delegation is walking around in a boastful self-promotion after Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state budget into law in November with more than $402 million heading our way.
