Speakeasy in the works for Southern Pines
The Southern Pines Town Council received multiple municipal updates at its recent Tuesday meeting, including progress on the new town hall and a speakeasy-style bar. Council Approves Lease for Seaboard Speakeasy Project. The council voted unanimously to approve the lease for the Seaboard Speakeasy, a...
Chapel Hill bar workers face charges over deadly Harnett County crash
ALE agents determined the Fort Bragg soldiers who died in the crash were served alcoholic beverages at Still Life, a bar and nightclub on East Franklin Street.
Hundreds Pack Benson Meeting As UDO Debate Grows
JOHNSTON COUNTY — The debate over Johnston County’s proposed Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) intensified Tuesday night as hundreds of residents, farmers, small-business owners and landowners filled The Barn at Broadslab in Benson for a community meeting focused on the controversial land-use rewrite. The Feb. 24...
Five new Amazon delivery stations open in NC, company says 700-plus jobs coming
Amazon celebrated the opening of five new delivery stations across North Carolina on Wednesday, a move the company says will create more than 700 full- and part-time jobs statewide. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tour were held in Tarboro, where state and local officials, including Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt and...
Fayetteville Native Creates Non-Profit Providing STEAM Opportunities to Youth
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE. Fayetteville native Grant Bennett said that there was a cap on career opportunities for children in his community. So he has made it his mission to create equal chances for youth to get hands-on experiences in science, technology,...
Birth and Women’s Care in Fayetteville to Join FirstHealth of the Carolinas
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.— Birth and Women’s Care of Fayetteville will join FirstHealth of the Carolinas on Feb. 23, 2026. The practice becomes FirstHealth OB/GYN-Cape Center, continuing to offer compassionate, comprehensive care for women at every stage of life from the same trusted providers in the same location. Andre...
The shot that silenced Filthe Ritch — and shook Fayetteville’s rap roots
A Cumberland County jury found an Army veteran guilty of murder this month in a dispute on social media that ended in the death of Carlos Brown, a Fayetteville rapper who J Cole has publicly said gave him his start. Joshua Tashun Joyce, 42, was sentenced Feb. 6 to 20 to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting Brown,...
1 killed in wrong-way crash in North Carolina, charges pending
The Fayetteville Police Department have identified the person killed in a crash on All American Freeway late Monday night and have determined that it was caused by a wrong-way driver.
Fayetteville WWII veteran, 103, reflects on service, Black history
David S. McMillan was born years before Black History Month became an official observance.
A year after a Green Beret’s remains were found, friends are working to keep...
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Today marks one year since the remains of Green Beret Clinton Bonnell were found in a body of water in Fayetteville. Bonnell’s wife, Shana Cloud, was arrested in connection to his death. His friends say they still remember him as a bigger than life personality,...
