In his classic football diary “Instant Replay,” former Green Bay Packer great Jerry Kramer wrote that because he played right guard for the Packers like his legendary coach, Vince Lombardi, did for Fordham, Lombardi was harder on Kramer than any player on the team. DeAndre Nance finds himself under a similar spotlight at Seventy-First, where he is in his third year starting at quarterback for head coach Duran McLaurin, who played the same position during his high school years.
As an active-duty military spouse, Jessica Strong is used to uprooting her family after her husband’s new assignments. Case in point: they’ve just moved to Fort Liberty — for …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners met Monday night and approved grants for a transportation program for rural residents and allocations of nearly $800,000 to agencies addressing the opioid epidemic.
The Cumberland County Headquarters Library at 300 Maiden Lane will be closed Wednesday through Sunday so that library staff can rearrange several of its collections.
Three changes among Cape Fear Valley Health’s leadership team were recently announced. Chris Tart was named the new president of Hoke Hospital in August. Tart was previously president of Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital.
Here are the Cumberland County Schools football finals for Friday night.
After a busy agenda session on Thursday, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will meet for its regular meeting Monday evening. Several topics will be up for discussion.
Cumberland County Schools Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. will spend most of his Monday evenings this fall semester meeting with the public and system stakeholders. The series of …
Of the 418 high schools in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, only 106 made it through the 2022-23 school year without having a coach or athlete ejected from a contest. Two of those schools are in Cumberland County: Gray’s Creek and Seventy-First.
A chill shook the Cape Fear region last weekend following reports of a shooting in the parking lot at a football game at Lumberton between the Pirates and county rival Red Springs. The game was halted early in the third quarter, according to The Robesonian newspaper. It was completed at 4 p.m. Saturday in an empty stadium in Lumberton.
June Sharpe Sweeney will tell you she had the time of her life. She closes her eyes and her memory drifts back to 1965, when Sweeney was a senior and a cheerleader at what then was the new …
The Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County high schools excelled on the volleyball court and the football field.
For 45 years, the International Folk Festival has served as a celebration of Fayetteville’s cultural diversity. This year, the Arts Council of Fayetteville-Cumberland County plans to expand the into more of downtown.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners met Thursday to discuss the agenda for its meeting Monday and approve its consent agenda.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday will consider the question of allocating part of the county’s American Rescue Plan funding to help small businesses in the region.
Bravery, commitment and selflessness were celebrated with the presentation of the sixth annual Valor Awards on Tuesday. Hosted by the Greater Fayetteville Chamber, the awards ceremony recognized …
The Cumberland County Board of Education met Tuesday for its first monthly meeting since the 2022-23 school year began for students on Aug. 28.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will meet Thursday to discuss the agenda for its next regular session. Topics include federal funding for COVID pandemic relief, drug testing for transit operators and cleanup of the Gray's Creek watershed.
A Cumberland County sheriff's deputy was hit by a vehicle Monday morning while directing school traffic, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.
My sister and I took in the penultimate night of the Cumberland County Fair, located at the Crown Complex, on Saturday, leaving about four hours after we arrived with a newfound appreciation for the spirit of competition that fairs typically offer as well as other traditions that long-standing celebrations like these offer.
The latest test results released by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction show an increase in academic achievement for students in Cumberland County Schools, but officials are still working to get performance back to pre-pandemic levels.
Gray’s Creek football coach Jon Sherman figured with the stable of experienced running backs he had returning this season, his Bears were going to be pretty solid as far as ground offense was …
Cumberland County students' overall academic proficiency showed a slight increase in the 2022-23 school year, according to state test results released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday. Here’s a short recap of what happened. The Emergency Management office presented …
Gail A. Riddle has been elected chairwoman of the board of Cumberland Community Foundation. Riddle joined the board in 2016 and has served on many committees, including chairing the Robert H. Short Scholars Committee.
