Pine Forest women’s golf coach David May said he was talking to a cohort recently when the subject of Trojan senior golfer Jordan Blanton came up. “Jordan is playing with a different mantra,” May said. “She’s calm and collected. Her whole game is changing.” After a string of scores in the 80s, Blanton peaked earlier this week in the All American Conference tournament at Chicora Golf Club in Dunn, turning in a personal best of 77.
A South View football standout and a Cape Fear golfer are the Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County Schools.
There will be a strong Cumberland County presence at the first East-West All-Star football game played in December this year. Two Fayetteville coaches are on the East staff for the game. Pine Forest’s Bill Sochovka will be head coach for the East while Terry Sanford assistant coach Jeff Morehead will be an assistant. Players from Cumberland County chosen for the game include kicker Juan Hernandez of Pine Forest, wide receiver Rico McDonald and linebacker Landon Sargent of Cape Fear, and defensive back Kamal Thames of Terry Sanford.
She’s one of about 450 drivers who take the wheel of a school bus every school morning and afternoon around Cumberland County, and on this particular afternoon, Sharron Barnhill has visitors.
A funny thing happened to Fayetteville Academy after completing its soccer regular season with a perfect 16-0 record. When seedings were announced for this year’s state 2-A playoffs, the Eagles found themselves sitting at No. 6. The lower seeding did earn them a double bye, meaning they won’t play their first game until Saturday, but both Eagle head coach Andrew McCarthy and some of his players were a little mystified that they didn’t get more of a reward for their unbeaten record.
A loaded gun was found in a student’s locker at Gray’s Creek High School on Tuesday, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Oct. 18 is the anniversary of the day in 2006 when I met Lt. Col. Justin Constantine. And it’s also his “Alive Day” — a day marked annually by some who survive a close brush with death, especially if it happened in combat. It's kind of a second birthday, but with a more serious undertone. WUNC | By Jay Price Published October 17, 2023 at 6:56 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email …
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It’s been nearly two months since Cumberland County Animal Services removed seven horses — two adults and five juveniles — from Witts End Quarter Horses, resulting in arrests and charges of animal abuse.
GRAY’S CREEK – Slip the notch in your belt down by one. No need for a snug-fitting skirt. Those country cooks from “down at the branch” are busy this week preparing for the 56th annual Gray’s Creek Woman’s Club Buffet and Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the newly remodeled Gray’s Creek Community Building.
Cumberland County's finances were at the heart of the board’s meeting Monday, during which commissioners approved funding for the courts and Medicaid expansion support, among other items.
This past May, at a London summit hosted by the UK’s Royal Aeronautical Society, the U.S. Air Force’s chief of AI test and operations brought up an unnerving scenario. He told the audience about a simulation involving an AI-enabled drone tasked with identifying and destroying targets. A human operator retained the final authority over whether to ultimately destroy any one target.
Cumberland County Emergency Services received a check for $4,912 from South River Electric Membership Corp. for the purchase of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms to be distributed to volunteer fire departments.
CAMERON — The little white church celebrates its bicentennial on Sunday at the crossroads of Moore and Harnett counties. “We would love to have you come join in the Kirkin of the Tartans procession and 200th homecoming celebration,” Mary Smith, a longtime member, was saying Wednesday about the 11 a.m. service at Cypress Springs Presbyterian Church that has so long been a part of my very essence.
Emmy-award-winning choreographer Tyce Diorio is back at Cape Fear Regional Theatre for its production of “The Addams Family,” a musical comedy opening Thursday and playing through Nov. 5.
North Carolina’s State Employees’ Credit Union is the second-largest credit union in the country, serving 2.7 million current and former state employees, teachers, and their families. …
Being a new military spouse I have found two things that are true for every military spouse. One : The service member’s career comes first. And two : This life is what you make of it. …
From a ghostly night of live theater to trunk-or-treats, CityView has compiled a list of festive activities in Cumberland County for you and the family to partake in this October.
Here are the scores from Friday’s football games for Cumberland County Schools: E.E. Smith 34, Western Harnett 15 Terry Sanford 42, Westover 20 See more:
Our popular culture seems to be obsessed with crime. People are apparently fascinated by crime content of all kinds: through TV, movies, podcasts and books. Crime horrifies us, but that doesn’t stop us from wanting to know the twisted, sensational details.
Cumberland County Schools Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. is meeting with parents, families and other stakeholders through a series of Monday evening “chats” designed to engage with students' families and provide updates on the implementation of the system's strategic plan.
Here are the Cumberland County high school Athletes of the Week:
As rivalries go, the one between Gray’s Creek and South View isn’t long in years compared to others in Cumberland County. But the back story on how it started has certainly amped up the …
Jeff Nance has an athletic family tree that would be the envy of almost anyone. His eldest brother, Terry Luck, was a multisport star at old Massey Hill High School who came off the bench in 1974 and led Nebraska with a game-winning drive over Florida in the Sugar Bowl. His brother Ronnie Luck was also a Massey Hill star who went on to a college career at UNC-Pembroke and served as both coach and athletic director in a number of Cumberland County schools. But this week, Nance scored an achievement that pushed him past both his older brothers in the accomplishment category as the Cumberland County Board of Education voted to name the baseball field at Gray’s Creek High School in his honor.
With Tuesday’s primary in the rearview mirror, the remaining candidates vying for seats on the Fayetteville City Council — and in other municipal races in Cumberland County — …
