Fayetteville News

Preliminary evidence doesn't indicate arson, but investigators haven't ruled out anything else as the cause of a fire that seriously damaged Douglas Byrd Middle School overnight, said Debbie Tannie, a spokeswoman for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office The fire started in the gym, at 1616 Ireland Drive, around 10 p.m. and quickly spread to the ...

A man sheriff's deputies are calling the "Cigarette Bandit" will appear in a North Carolina court to face felony larceny charges for taking 26 cartons of cigarettes that he stuffed down his pants.

Officials from the North Carolina Department of Administration plan to cook and serve meals for veterans at the State Veterans Nursing Home.

Authorities were dispatched to a fire at Douglas Byrd Middle School in Fayetteville Thursday just before 10 p.m. Douglas Byrd is located at 1624 Ireland Dr.

Fayetteville police have released the identities of two men fatally shot at Ya-Ya Food Mart, 3122 Murchison Road, early Saturday.

A camp for children and teens in Bladen County has closed for next week after campers and staffers became sick with flu-like conditions.

A woman who relearned dance after having surgery for a curved spine has been named Miss North Carolina.

Two men have died after a shooting at a North Carolina convenience store. Multiple media outlets reported that police investigating a possible shooting found the bodies of two men at a Fayetteville food mart early Saturday morning.

Two people were shot and killed early Saturday in Fayetteville. Officers responding to a call at the Ya-Ya Food Mart at 3122 Murchison Road discovered the bodies just after 1 a.m. The first victim was found lying on the floor inside the store, while the second victim was found inside a vehicle in front of the business.

FAYETTEVILLE Before she died in 2007, Flora Cornelia Bullock Wilkins gave $10,000 to the Cumberland Community Foundation for the creation of an endowment fund.

The Fayetteville Observer reports that doctors at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill are treating Matthew McKinney for an infection caused by a bacteria called Chromobacterium violaceum, which was found in Hope Mills Lake.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is investigating a double shooting that killed one man and injured another.

A Fayetteville mom was arrested by Cumberland County authorities for allegedly burning her 3-year-old son with an iron.

The Fayetteville Police Department is investigating a double murder that happened late Tuesday night at an apartment on Watauga Road.

Construction for military bases in North Carolina is one of the few games in town this season for many contractors in North Carolina and a seminar on how to get in line for a contract brought more than 200 representatives from regional businesses to New Bern on Monday.

Heavy rain across central North Carolina has caused some road flooding and forecasters are warning that flash flooding could occur.

An ammonia leak Saturday at a poultry processing plant in North Carolina killed one worker and injured three others, authorities said.

State Bureau of Investigation arson agents are probing the origin of a late Saturday morning fire at a ministorage unit on Bragg Boulevard.

A man accused of shooting a soldier to death in Spring Lake was returned to Cumberland County.

Demar J. Bryan 22 is being held at CCDC.

Bryan is accused of killing Charles Clemments,27, inside the Jamacian Lounge on N. Main St. on March 29.He is charged with first drgree murder and attempted first degree murder.

Another soldier was wounded during the incident.

Fayetteville PD are looking for a man who robbed the Wilco Hess gas station at gunpoint last week. The robber pulled a gun and demanded money from an employee at the station on Raeford Rd. The man then ran. Call CrimeStoppers with any information at 483-TIPS (8477)