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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - There are certain things Danica Thomas does to help her heal. Tying on tennis shoes and strapping on a weighted backpack is one of them. Soldiers call it ruck march. Carrying a heavy load, mile after mile, refusing to quit. A task ingrained in the DNA of U.S. Army training.

A Fayetteville church was among at least five House of Prayer Christian Churches that were raided by the FBI last week in North Carolina, Texas, Georgia and Washington. Federal agents served a search warrant on the House of Prayer at 5204 Hodge St. in Fayetteville on Thursday, Shelley Lynch, spokeswoman for the FBI Charlotte Division, confirmed. Lynch said no arrests were made. She declined to provide further details.

The FBI last week raided three churches associated with the House of Prayer Christian Church in Texas and Georgia after claims of churches committing fraud against veterans using a "seminary school." The churches, according to the FBI, would encourage veterans to apply for VA disability compensation and then collect it...

Black mothers’ health outcomes are far worse than white mothers because of systemic racism and a gap in available resources, studies show. Black women, for example, are three times more likely to die while pregnant than white women. Local advocates who want to improve health care for pregnant Black women say Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling...

Welcome back to live events for the July 4th holiday, Fayetteville! We have your official guide to all things Independence Day related for the region. After two years of either no, or limited, events in the region, it’s good to be celebrating America in style once again. As the...

In a month and a half, Fayetteville’s high school football teams will be taking the field to compete under the Friday night lights. Cumberland County’s 10 public schools are scheduled to scrimmage in the annual jamboree Aug. 12 at Douglas Byrd and Westover. A week later, the season kicks off.

Fort Bragg, N.C. — Earlier this year, members of the 82nd Airborne left Fort Bragg to support the North Atlantic Treat Organization's mission in Poland and Germany. In February, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, about 5,000 members of the 82nd Airborne Division got ready to board planes at the Green Ramp to show support for NATO allies in Europe.

FORT BRAGG — Construction of new buildings at Fort Bragg where Special Forces, civil affairs and psychological operations train are named after the first Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan and a “father of Special Forces,” leaders said.   The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School revealed the completion of the multi-million...

Kurtis Darden still has his student ID card and a dorm key from his time at Campbell University. Twenty-two years after playing basketball as a freshman for the Camels, Darden is returning to Buies Creek as the program's director of basketball operations. “That being the start of my college basketball...

One person was killed during a shooting in Fayetteville on Sunday, police said

Farmers are scrambling this year and consumers are making difficult decisions at the grocery store.

This video is not supported on your platform. If you are using IE 10 or lower please consider using IE 11, Edge, Chrome, or Firefox. Earlier this year, members of the 82nd Airborne left Fort Bragg to support the North Atlantic Treat Organization's mission in Poland and Germany. Reporter: Gilbert...

Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced this month. Fenton is currently serving as commander of the Joint Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command Forward at Fort Bragg.

There's no guarantee exactly who's going to get rain over the next couple of days. But some fortunate folks across the region will cash in. The combination of heat and dry weather has turned lawns brown and stunted summer crops across much of the Carolinas. But relief — patchy, but relief — is on the way. Temperatures will slide below late-June averages as well.

AUTRYVILLE — A great honor was recently bestowed to long resident Kathleen Squibb, who dedicated much of her life and time to improving

FAISON, Duplin County — Nobody was injured in a fiery crash overnight in Duplin County. Faison Fire & Rescue and Duplin Co EMS responded to a call about a vehicle accident and while they were on the way to the scene officials said they learned the vehicle was on fire.

Fourth of July is just around the corner and residents in the Fayetteville area are buying up colorful explosives in preparation for the holiday but not all fireworks are legal in the state. Under North Carolina law, sparklers, smoke devices, snake, glow worms, party poppers, string poppers and snappers are...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WNCN) — An increasing number of military families are seeking their next meal from food pantries. The food pantry at Armed Services YMCA at Fort Bragg serves more than 400 active duty servicemembers each month. Jeremy Hester, Executive Director of Fort Bragg Armed Services YMCA said there has been an uptick following inflation and high fuel prices.

The Fayetteville Police Department is investigating a shooting Sunday afternoon that left one man dead. Officers were dispatched at 12:17 p.m. to the 1600 block of Veanna Drive in reference to a shooting that had just occurred, police said in a release. Douglas Mangum, 30, had been shot in the...

GODWIN, N.C. (WNCN)—There’s now another way for Cumberland County residents to access books and other materials from the public library. Automated book lockers are now at the Godwin Town Hall, and officials said this will allow easier access for some county residents. It will work through residents placing holds on library items—like books, DVDs, audiobooks and portable hotspots—and then they will be able to pick those items up at the lockers.