As a producer for television, films and music, Robert Deaton makes magic happen when collaborating with megastars. Elizabeth MacRae has starred in Hollywood films and TV series from “Gunsmoke” to “Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.' And Fatback Band founder Bill Curtis was performing rap years before it became a phenomenon. The three Fayetteville natives will be inducted into the Fayetteville Performing Arts Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Monday was a busy day for Fayetteville City Councilwoman Kathy Keefe Jensen, the five-term District 1 representative of north Fayetteville. It was a day of meetings with the N.C. congressional delegation.
Students of the Academy of Green Technology at Douglas Byrd High School recently led fifth-graders from District 7 Elementary School through hands-on demonstrations and experiments in sustainable and renewable energy, according to a news release from the Cumberland County Schools.
The deadline to register for the 37th annual Mid-Carolina Senior Games is Friday, according to a news release from the city of Fayetteville.
Police Chief Kemberle Braden will lead an open house for the Fayetteville Police Department on Thursday evening at the headquarters police station, according to a news release.
Cumberland County Extension Master Gardeners will hold its annual Plant Fair on April 15, at the extension center, 301 E. Mountain Drive.
SPRING LAKE — Revenue is on track and expenditures are being closely monitored, according to a financial report presented to the Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday. David Erwin, the town’s finance officer and accounting and financial management adviser for the N.C. Department of the State Treasurer, said that property tax revenue is the “cash high of the year.”
A Fayetteville man on Monday pleaded guilty to second-degree rape and other charges related to a cold-case sexual assault dating to Sept. 25, 1992, according to the Fayetteville Police …
One man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting on Gertrude Street on Sunday evening, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. The shooting was reported about 6:40 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Gertrude Street, according to a news release.
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health will hold a “Vax Your Pet, Vax Yourself” clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Health Department, 1235 Ramsey St. Rabies vaccinations will cost $5 per pet. COVID-19 and flu vaccines will be free, according to a county news release.
