Harnett County News

The 11-year-old boy, whose name is being withheld by authorities, was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center in West Palm Beach.

A regional landfill that was rejected by the Harnett County Board of Adjustment last fall is dumping a potentially messy legal battle on the county and its residents.

Shane Lympany of Troop 320 in Fuquay-Varina has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank a Boy Scout can attain.

Raleigh's unemployment rate fell from 7.7 percent to 7.6 percent, while Durham's rate remained unchanged at 7.4 percent.

A man wanted on a string of charges in two separate counties was charged with assault on a female and resisting, obstructing and delaying an officer early Tuesday morning after Sampson County Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic assault.

A man was shot and killed in Spring Lake, about an hour southwest of Raleigh, on Wednesday evening, authorities said.

Around 7 p.m. deputies responded to a shooting call at an apartment complex on Sweet Lane in Spring Lake.

The Hidden Valley Golf Course in southern Wake County has been sold for pennies on the dollar to a Charlotte real estate investor group led by former state Sen.

On Thursday, May 10, a piece of American history showed up at the Veteran Services Office, along with a few local heroes who have served during that period.

I am writing in response to Katherine Schoenlein's preposterous accusations that a proposed landfill will damage Harnett County's citizens .

On Monday, May 10, a piece of American history showed up at the Veteran Services Office, along with a few local heroes who have served during that period.

A Sampson County man, charged earlier with two Timothy Road break-ins and larcenies, has been jailed under a $100,000 secured bond after being linked to an additional break-in on April 23 in the Kitty Fork area.

Employees with the Harnett County Health Department are about to end their time working from tents, which were set up after a pipe ruptured and flooded the first floor of their permanent building.

Pictured during the check presentation ceremony were, from left, Donna Durham with First Federal Bank; Lee Malone, member of the Hospice advisory board and tournament chair; Shaunna Strong, head of retail banking for First Federal; Susan Williamson and Ella Kelly, members of the Hospice advisory board.

An elementary school in Angier is closed today due to an overnight wreck on N.C. Highway 50 that shut off the school's main water supply.

More than a dozen dogs have been seized from a Cumberland County woman after authorities found the woman, her son, and all of the dogs living together in an SUV.

Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory had opposition in Tuesday's Republican gubernatorial primary, but the big focus of attention was in the Democratic race.

Incumbents appeared to be cruising to easy re-election Tuesday in primary races for N.C. Senate across the Triangle, while other races split between newcomers and at least one was tightly locked.

A newly expanded Food Lion distribution center in Dunn that was severely damaged last spring when tornadoes roared across the state officially reopened Tuesday, putting more than 700 employees back to work.

A Sampson County man, charged earlier with two Timothy Road break-ins and larcenies, has been jailed under a $100,000 secured bond after being linked to an additional break-in on April 23 in the Kitty Fork area.