Fayetteville NC

Cumberland County Department of Social Services will take requests for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program through March 31, per the Cumberland County website. The program gives one payment to vendors, helping people cover heating costs. DSS made the announcement on Feb. 26. Money still sits in the federal...

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - A man stationed at the U.S. military installation Fort Bragg in North Carolina is facing a second-degree murder charge stemming from a deadly shooting in Roane County, Tennessee. Jacob Stinnett, a 24-year-old man, was charged on Feb. 23 in the shooting of his uncle, Tommy...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A Fayetteville 911 operator was recognized for “calm composure and decisive action” during an emergency call from a teenager later accused of fatally stabbing his mother earlier this month, police said Friday. Isaac Tracy, 17, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder after his...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A fire at a home in Fayetteville saw a response from two different fire departments Wednesday evening. In a Facebook post made just before 5:30 p.m., the Fayetteville Fire Department said both it and the Cumberland Road Fire Department responded to a call at a home on Southern Avenue and...

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) – A Robeson County man will spend the rest of his life in prison. Daniel Richard Cummings was found guilty on multiple charges, including first-degree murder, stemming from a 2016 robbery and shooting. On Aug. 28, 2016, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a...

A U.S. Army soldier from Pennsylvania who was killed in a crash in North Carolina is being remembered for his "compassionate soul."

A crash notification alerted emergency crews to a single-vehicle wreck that left a car overturned in Southern Pines on Wednesday night. The alert was received around 6 p.m., notifying authorities of a crash in the area of North May Street. Authorities at the scene told Sandhills Sentinel the driver was...

Brendan Webster said he was grateful for the neighbors who intervened after he and his dog were attacked.

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — A man was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, nearly a decade after authorities said he shot and killed a Red Springs man, according to the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office. Daniel Richard Cummings was 30 years old when Nakoma Deshane Jacobs, 26,...

Two men are facing charges after allegedly firing guns from a moving vehicle in Gray, according to police. A Cumberland County deputy saw muzzle flashes and heard gunfire from a passing vehicle while conducting traffic enforcement shortly after 1 a.m. on March 1, according to Lt. Joseph S. Dyar. “The...