More Hardee’s fade from Fayetteville, but memories linger | Opinion
I did not know that the longtime Westwood Hardees had called it quits, and at least on social media, there is a lot of nostalgia attached to the place. These days, it’s hard to tell whether Hardee’s is coming or going. But it mostly seems to be going: Some long-time Fayetteville establishments in that franchise have disappeared in recent years. A sign on...
Driver charged in death of Fayetteville 2-year-old
A driver in Cumberland County has been charged days after a 2-year-old was killed and a 4-year-old seriously hurt while they were playing in a toy car.
Family seeks answers after Khamari Harrison killed in Hope Mills: ‘The gun violence. It...
"Whoever is responsible for this, and if it was a mistake, just come out and say it was a mistake."
Friends, family mourn North Carolina mother killed in crash
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Many in central North Carolina are grieving their friend, family member and mother who died in a Fayetteville crash late Friday night. Tyronesha Shanae Sherlock-Benton, 36, died, and another Fayetteville woman was injured in the single-car wreck on Raeford Road in western Fayetteville, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. The passenger […]
Sunday Spotlight: When old Fayetteville stories go viral again
I always find it interesting when a story we published years ago receives renewed attention. It’s usually tied to true-crime podcasts or TV shows revisiting a local notorious crime. Last week, we noticed a lot of traffic coming from a January 2020 column written by former longtime Fayetteville Observer columnist Bill Kirby Jr. The headline? “Call ’em the Huckleberry Finn boxcar boys of...
Book Crawl brings communities, store owners together to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day is a nationwide celebration honoring locally owned bookstores and the communities that support them.
Midnight Gunfire On Fox Ridge Road Leaves Hope Mills Teen Dead
A quiet stretch of Fox Ridge Road in Hope Mills turned into a crime scene just after midnight Saturday, when a 16-year-old girl was shot and later died at the hospital, according to police. Officers say they found the teenager suffering from gunshot wounds shortly after arriving at the scene. The Hope Mills Police Department has opened a homicide investigation and is...
Man wanted for March murder turns himself in, Fayetteville homicide investigation continues: Police
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Police have a man in custody from a shooting in March that killed someone in Fayetteville. According to a spokesperson for the police, Jordan Chancellor Whipple, 33 of Fayetteville, turned himself in Friday to the Fayetteville Police Department. Officers previously told CBS 17 that Whipple was wanted for first-degree murder from […]
St. Pauls’ fight against flooding continues
ST. PAULS — Daniel Holloman can rattle off by memory the areas in St. Pauls that flood during heavy rainstorms. East McRainey Road near Mercer Branch, a tributary of the Lumber River. East Broad Street. The parking lots at St. Pauls Elementary School on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The pond on Evans Road near the Faith Assembly of God church.
16-year-old girl dies from injuries after shooting at Hope Mills apartment complex, police say
HOPE MILLS, N.C. (WNCN) — A teenage girl has died from her injuries after a shooting early Saturday morning in Hope Mills. According to the town’s police department, officers responded around 12:20 a.m. to a shooting on Fox Ridge Drive at an apartment complex. Police told CBS 17 that a 16-year-old girl was shot in […]
