Fayetteville NC

Morgan Grant was a 20-year-old specialist under the 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Artillery when he received orders to deploy to New Orleans in response to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The deployment was in late August and September...

A resident of New Orleans for more than 30 years, Joan Finlay-Sayles left the city 20 years ago, the day before Hurricane Katrina hit. She gassed up her car and left it in the garage with a full tank, thinking she’d return home. Less than a week after the storm ravaged New Orleans, Finlay-Sayles was in an Alabama...

The Cumberland County Fair will be held Aug. 29 - Sept. 7 at the Crown Complex. The annual event celebrates Cumberland County’s agricultural heritage and combines family fun, informative agricultural exhibits, a diverse collection of local arts and crafts and entertainment with exciting rides and fair food. The Fair...

The Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corporation (FCEDC) is excited to host a first-of-its-kind drone competition. Through partnership with NC Innovation, America Makes and The Range Complex, the two-day event is set for Oct. 8-9, at The Range Complex in Cumberland County. This competition highlights the...

BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect in a murder that happened last month. The sheriff’s office says Samir Register, 20, was found shot on the side of the road just last month at a local trail riding event in Tar Heel.

Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier assumed command of the 82nd Airborne Division during a ceremony at the Army installation.

A Fayetteville man was condemned to spend 24 years in a federal prison for a major drug trafficking conspiracy. Celestio Lefranz Harrington, a 34-year-old from Lillington, faced the stringent sentence after being found responsible for distributing significant amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl,...

There’s a new company entrant into the truck stop/travel center business with deep pockets, which means there’s a new supplier of truck parking: Wawa. The mostly mid-Atlantic convenience store chain, whose fans can be almost obsessive about the business, opened its first travel center Wednesday in Hope Mills, North...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Elementary school students in Fayetteville received a special gift from a local Amazon facility, the company said Thursday. According to the company, employees at Fayetteville’s Amazon warehouse assembled and donated 250 backpack kits to Warrenwood Elementary School. The company said the...

Fayetteville, North Carolina — home to Fort Bragg and a strong veteran community — has seen a growing interest in THCA, a non-intoxicating cannabinoid that’s making waves in the wellness space. THCA, or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, is a key compound found in raw cannabis and the chemical precursor to THC. On its own,...