Fayetteville NC

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Imagine walking home at night, with the only lights around you coming from people’s porches. That’s reality in seven Fayetteville neighborhoods, where the city said residential streets still don’t have streetlights. Now, city leaders are trying to figure out how to get those neighborhoods li

A tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 95 in Hampden early Thursday morning after the driver apparently fell asleep, causing minor injuries to the driver, Mark Pearson of Raeford, North Carolina. A tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 95 in Hampden early Thursday morning after the driver apparently fell asleep,

Somewhere in North Carolina sits a place that looks like nothing special from the road, the kind of spot where your GPS makes you second-guess every turn. Then you step inside and find fabric stacked from floor to ceiling, more colors and patterns than you ever imagined in one place.

Dr. Pankaj K. Vyas, an internal medicine physician and founder, chief executive officer and medical director of Eastern Carolina Medical Center, has committed $1 million to the Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine to support the school’s continued growth and establish an endowed scholarship f

Sandhills Community College is helping make the path from high school to college simpler for students across Moore and Hoke Counties through NC College Connect, a statewide effort that provides eligible North Carolina high school seniors with a direct path to college admission. This fall, 105,036 North Carolina public

The Hoke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported abduction and assault that left a woman injured near Raeford. Deputies responded Saturday morning, September 12, to the intersection of Oakdale Gin Road and Scott Currie Road. When officers arrived, they found a woman lying in the grass along the roadway.

The owner of El Patron – Tacos & Tequila, Maquiel Reyes, is excited to open the doors to his second restaurant, Los Jefes, in Southern Pines this weekend. Maquiel and his team are feverishly working to be ready for their projected 5 p.m. opening on Friday. He became interested in the space back in April 2025 when he he

More than 23 years ago, Amyn Abduk-Khaliq arrived at Myrover-Reese Recovery Homes as a homeless veteran searching for a fresh start. He found more than shelter. With structure, guidance and people willing to stand beside him, Abduk-Khaliq built a life in recovery. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, served Fayet

In the largest environmental damages recovery in NC history, state officials and local leaders announced a historic $590 million settlement with The Chemours Company and its affiliates on Thursday, Sept. 10. Standing at the construction site of the Gray's Creek Water Project, Cumberland County Board of Commissioners Ch

North Carolina and a handful of local governments agreed to settle with Chemours over its pollution in the eastern part of the state, the parties announced on Thursday. The company will pay the state and 11 entities near its Fayetteville Works plant on the border of Cumberland and Bladen counties $455 million over the