Hope Mills News

Starting August 1, Cumberland County residents will no longer be allowed to tie or chain pets to stationary objects outdoors.

Saturday night at 9, fireworks will go streaking through the sky from atop a brand new dam on Hope Mills Lake.

Matthew McKinney is a 14-year-old boy fighting a rare bacteria that eats your flesh righ off your body.

Everybody knows the economy has gone down the tubes from the man who lays down tubes for backyard sprinklers to the courier who brings lunch.

A Fayetteville police officer who worked to save two people from a burning van Thursday night said he doesn't consider himself a hero, but he hopes the people involved in the crash survive.

HOPE MILLS, NC, June 6, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Karen Morrill of K&K Online Ventures, LLC, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of her career.

Both local contestants in the 2009 National Spelling Bee spelled tricky words correctly in the third round of the competition Wednesday afternoon.

High above Lumberton, Roger Marshall piloted his YAK-55 Saturday through twists and turns, spins and dives.

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A State Public Health Lab in Raleigh confirmed the fourth case of rabies in Cumberland County for this year Tuesday morning.

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Somewhere in Cumberland County, one woman is celebrating in a big way. The woman purchased a $1,000 bottle of vodka from an ABC store in Hope Mills, according to a story on the Fayetteville Observer's Web site.

A Fort Bragg soldier who was struck while riding his motorcycle on Interstate 40 yesterday has died, the N.C. State Highway Patrol reported today.

William V. Pate, a resident of Hope Mills and author of "The Survival of the Lost Colony: The Untold Story," will speak at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Robeson County Historical and Genealogical Society's monthly meeting in Lumberton.

Fayetteville, North Carolina is located right outside of the military base Ft. Bragg and is home to many active duty soldiers.

There are crime alerts in Cary and Cumberland County after a rash of break-ins. In Cary, police say they've seen at least five incidents near High House Road and Davis Drive in the last week.

A sleeper quarterback in the state to watch this summer is DeShean Townsend from South View High in Hope Mills, N.C. The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder was his conference's offensive player of the year as a junior and hopes to impress colleges at camps this summer.

" Some lakeside Hope Mills homeowners said they are concerned about cracks in the wall of the lake's new dam and the glue used to fill them after it was damaged in Hurricane Hanna last fall.

The tornado that blew through Cumberland and Robeson counties last month was a familiar but terrifying experience for Sandy McMillan.