What you need to know for the 2026 Fayetteville Dogwood Festival
The Dogwood Festival is a free community celebration featuring classic carnival rides, live entertainment
Locked In And Set Ablaze: North Carolina Man Denied Bond After Horrific Gas Attack
Franklin Faircloth A 36-year-old North Carolina woman is currently in critical condition at a trauma...
Roots run deep for new Spring Lake restaurant owner
SPRING LAKE — For Alissa Foy, it all started with roots. First planted in Cambodia, they later took hold in the United States in a small western town, and now stretch to the southeast. Foy, 36, moved last year from her home state of Wyoming to North Carolina when her husband, who is in the tech industry, was offered a job in the Triangle. The...
Band of Oz musician Howard Winstead Jr. killed in I-95 crash
Band of Oz singer and trumpeter Howard Winstead Jr., 67, dies after his vehicle strikes a slowing tanker truck on I-95 in Harnett County, N.C., officials say.
Driver transported after near head-on collision outside Vass
A near head-on collision Sunday night left two vehicles with significant damage and sent one man to the hospital. The crash happened at the intersection of Vass-Carthage Road and McIntosh Road, about a mile and a half outside Vass town limits, around 9 p.m. According to North Carolina State Highway...
Report finds that Fayetteville VA delayed vet’s cancer diagnosis
A report released by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General this month found that it took nearly two years for a Fayetteville VA patient to receive a lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. The April 8 report states that the Office of Inspector General received a complaint in May 2024 alleging that the VA Fayetteville Coastal Healthcare System did not provide the...
589 acres preserved for Special Forces training at Camp Mackall
Setting the scene: the temperature is 35 degrees, and a steady rain is coming down as Special Forces candidates begin their night land navigation course at Camp Mackall, just over the Hoke County line. Each candidate will be moving throughout the night from point to point with a heavy rucksack, made even heavier by the falling rain. Land navigation, long movements, and inclement weather...
Fire in Vass displaces resident and her pets
A mobile home in Vass caught fire and was heavily damaged Sunday afternoon. The fire broke out shortly before 2 p.m. at a home on White Rock Place, just outside of Vass town limits. A member of the Cypress Pointe Fire Department was first on scene and reported to dispatch...
Motorcyclist airlifted after hit and run in Cameron
A motorcyclist was airlifted from Cameron Saturday morning after she was hit and severely injured. The two-vehicle crash happened around 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of N.C. Highway 24-27 and Nickens Road. According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol on scene investigating the hit and run crash, an early 2000’s...
Fayetteville man admits killing victim outside Camden Road home
A Fayetteville man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder recently in a 2024 shooting that left a man dead outside of his home off Camden Road, according to court records. Devante Kendrick Greenway, 26, pleaded guilty April 9 to the Oct. 26, 2024, killing of Jonathan Charles Eastman , 37, and was sentenced to 15 to 19 years in prison. Eastman was shot shortly after...
