Darm announces 2025-26 track and field and cross country signing class
BUIES CREEK – Campbell cross country and track & field head coach Evan Darm has announced the addition of 24 student-athletes to the 2025-26 signing class on Monday afternoon. "I am proud to announce our 2025 recruiting class. We are adding 24 new athletes to the program this Fall,...
Fatal Pedestrian Accident on I-95 Near Benson Under Investigation, Separate Weather-Related Crashes Claim Lives...
A tragic incident on the I-95 near Benson has claimed the life of a pedestrian in the yesterday's early hours. WRAL reports that a commercial vehicle struck a pedestrian before 2:30 a.m. at Exit 79 for N.C. Highway 50/West Main Street, leading to a temporary closure of the southbound lanes. The State Highway Patrol...
Southern Pines to buy First Bank building for new Town Hall
On Monday afternoon, the Town of Southern Pines and First Bank jointly announced that the Town will purchase the First Bank Corporate Office property at 300 SW Broad Street in downtown Southern Pines. First Bank has officially accepted the Town’s offer of $6.4 million for the approximately 21,000-square-foot building...
Lillington man accused in Moore County break-in, vehicle theft
A Lillington man has been arrested in connection with a reported break-in and vehicle theft in the Cameron area, according to the Moore County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Ronnie Fields said deputies responded on Aug. 3 to a report of a breaking and entering at a residential outbuilding where various items, including a...
A day for Bronco Pride Hall: Fayetteville State University cuts ribbon for new $50M...
Just in time for move in day, students at Fayetteville State University (FSU) will have a new housing option on the continuously growing campus. This morning, Aug. 11, FSU faculty, staff, students, elected representatives and all contributing partners gathered to cut the ribbon on Bronco Pride Hall, a four-story...
First-ever Wawa Travel Center to open in North Carolina this month with free truck...
Convenience store chain Wawa will open the company’s first-ever Travel Center in Hope Mills, North Carolina, later this month. Wawa announced that the company’s Hope Mills Travel Center, located at 630 Chicken Foot Road, will officially open for business on August 28, 2025. Wawa called the opening of the first-ever...
Harnett County woman’s $100K lottery win leaves daughter in disbelief
A Dunn woman who scratched off a big lottery prize while on the phone got to share her real-time reaction with her disbelieving daughter on the other end of the line.
Johnathan Morgan to lead Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, after commissioners vote
Johnathan Morgan's current role is the operations commander at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Housing program ran by Charlotte man lacked proper permit
A Charlotte housing activist is under scrutiny after a woman and a baby died in a hotel program he ran, and a Fayetteville hotel he used was shut down for permit issues.
The first ever Wawa Travel Center is set to open, company to invest $600...
In addition to the new facility Wawa says it plans to invest an estimated $675 million dollars into the state of North Carolina by way of building Wawa's in the coming years.