Fayetteville NC

Nothing is more important than the education and development of our young people. The saying “children are our future” is much more than an overused and redundant cliché. For three decades, Up & Coming Weekly and Kidsville News! have been directly involved and committed to quality education in Cumberland County through

Long before there are sold-out shows and streaming numbers, there are small stages. There is the songwriter sitting in a bedroom, wondering if anyone will ever hear the music. There is the band practicing after work because they love creating something together. There is the artist saying yes to one more open mic night

If you have been searching for the perfect way to shake off the July humidity, escape the confines of your air conditioned living room, and dance the night away under the stars, look no further. The highly anticipated Gates Four Summer Concert Series is returning this month to deliver exactly...

LELAND, NC (WWAY) — A new rollover warning sign has been installed along a westbound entrance ramp connecting U.S. 17 to U.S. 74 in Leland following a school activity bus crash earlier this month. The crash involved a Cumberland County Schools activity bus carrying more than two dozen student-athletes...

Police handed out 482 tickets on Thursday, July 16, according to My Fox 8. The crackdown targeted speeders and reckless drivers across Cumberland County as part of Safe Driver Week. Seven groups joined forces for the operation. They covered every corner of the county, including Fort Bragg. The sheriff's office...

Four schools in Cumberland County began classes Thursday, July 16. Anne Chesnutt Middle School, E.E. Miller Elementary School, Reid Ross Classical Middle School, and Reid Ross Classical High School all started weeks before other district buildings, accordig to the CityView. The Board of Education voted in March to reve

Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton was killed in action during the disposal of a downed Iranian one-way attack drone in Iraq.

To say that 21st Century humanity finds itself in a time of dire and unprecedented environmental crisis is an increasingly obvious and undeniable fact. Thanks to climate change, warming and rising oceans, desertification, the poisoning of air, land and water, species extinction, and dozens of other destructive trends,

"I've always said I wanted to see it settled before I died."

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