When some people think of the library, they most likely think about a quiet place filled with books. While we still appreciate a calm environment with many wonderful books that can be checked out, where everyone feels welcome, there is more to the library than books and silence. The library can be a place of fun and entertainment.
Five of the 15 candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot for Fayetteville City Council — as well as both mayoral candidates — gathered Thursday for a forum hosted by advocacy groups Cape Fear Indivisible, Organizing Against Racism: Cumberland County, Common Cause N.C. and Fayetteville Freedom For All at Smith Recreation Center.
Gladys Hill was honored at Monday’s night’s Fayetteville City Council meeting with a proclamation from Mayor Mitch Colvin to recognize her community work of selling pink light bulbs each October to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
On Friday, members of the Fayetteville Police Department’s Violent Crime Apprehension Team received information on the location of a wanted subject for first degree murder being at a residence …
Terry Sanford’s quarterback and a Gray’s Creek volleyball record-breaker are the Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County Schools.
Seventy-First football coach Duran McLaurin has basic criteria he follows when deciding to use a player as a starter on offense and defense. First, he’s got to be a player you can depend on. Second, he’s got to be one who gives his best effort and won’t be taking breaks on the field.
They were pulled together from two dramatically different schools, a relatively small neighborhood group that was closing its doors and a mega-school with a rich athletic history that was having a hunk of its student-athletes moved into an unknown situation. That was the circumstance that led to the birth of Douglas Byrd High School back in 1972 when the boys from Massey Hill and Seventy-First united to make history.
The Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) is getting ready to debut its newest bus route next month — an express line that promises to take riders from Cross Creek Mall to Navy Federal Credit Union in 30 minutes.
The North Carolina Immigration Law and Justice Center, a nonprofit organization based in Fayetteville, will hold its second annual holiday soiree Friday in honor of National Immigrants Day. …
Fayetteville’s hometown utility received a financial update at a Public Works Commission meeting Wednesday, where accountants reported that PWC had passed its audit review and achieved an …
Fayetteville Area System of Transit will add its first express route, X1, to serve west Fayetteville starting Nov. 13. X1 is a 30-minute route operating from 6 to 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Cumberland County Public Library will present Crime Scene Library 2023 on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane, …
Army air defense units from Fort Liberty are among those deploying to the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war, according to Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the top Pentagon spokesman.
Kathy Greggs stood outside City Hall clutching the framed plaque like precious cargo that later Monday evening she would present to Mayor Mitch Colvin. You couldn’t have pried it from her grasp. “We’re presenting this plaque in honor of Ted Mohn,” Greggs said on behalf of the Fayetteville Police Accountability Community Task Force, speaking to Colvin after Monday’s council meeting concluded.
Fayetteville Technical Community College will host a lecture about the history, folklore and archaeology of the Lost Colony at 1 p.m. Thursday in the multipurpose room of the Tony Rand Student Center.
Fayetteville is the only city in North Carolina with a population greater than 200,000 people without an LGBTQ+ center. One local organization wants to change that.
As Fayetteville residents grapple with the discovery of four bodies in the past month and a litany of recent homicide investigations — with the latest killing occurring in a shooting on Saturday — Community Watch group leaders report ongoing struggles to get their neighbors to participate in meetings.
One-stop early voting for the Nov. 7 municipal elections is underway at two locations in Cumberland County. Voters will be required to show photo identification at the polls, according to a Board of Elections news release. Residents who do not have a photo ID can get a free one at the Board of Elections Office.
In a week when games were rescheduled because of bad weather, Jack Britt won 30-28 over Gray’s Creek and Terry Sanford soundly defeated E.E. Smith 48-20. Here are other football scores for Cumberland County schools.
The Fayetteville City Council on Monday recognized the work of Tony Brown and his program staff for their work fostering positive opportunities for youths in Fayetteville.
A ribbon cutting to celebrate the reopening of Dorothy Gilmore Therapeutic Recreation Center is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the center, 1600 Purdue Drive.
Zombies will take to the streets of downtown Fayetteville to celebrate the Zombie Walk from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 27. The free, family-friendly celebration welcomes the spooky to gather in downtown Fayetteville in their best zombie costumes, according to a news release by Cool Spring Downtown District.
On Thursday evening, in the middle of a three-mile stretch along Bragg Boulevard where four bodies were discovered in the past month, a glimmer of hope remained. In the Terry Sanford neighborhood in northern Fayetteville, the Fayetteville Police Department's Faith in Action program was at work. Sponsored by the department’s chaplain program, Faith in Action aims to combat the opioid epidemic by providing a safe and positive environment for people to get harm-reduction supplies and connect with addiction recovery and mental health organizations.
The infamous Addams Family is in Fayetteville, and they’re inviting everyone — living, dead and undecided — to come see them. After a couple of weekday sold-out preview dates, Cape Fear Regional Theatre opened its latest production of “The Addams Family: A Musical Comedy,” on Saturday night to a packed house.
The Fayetteville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 433 Hay St.
