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South Central senior among first-ever WISHING scholarship winners
MISSION, KANSAS (WNCT) — South Central High School’s Jade Brown is one of four teens to receive the first-ever Women in Sports Helping Inspire the Next Generation (WISHING) scholarship. Kierra Arnold (Fayetteville, N.C.), Jade Brown (Winterville, N.C.), Lily Everette (Asheville, N.C.) and Olivia Filloramo (Fairfield, Conn.) will each receive a $1,000 scholarship from the non-profit. “Scholarship is one of our three […]
1 displaced after Thursday morning house fire in Fayetteville, damage estimated at $50,000, department says
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — One person has been displaced after a house fire broke out in Fayetteville Thursday morning. Fayetteville Fire Department units responded to a report of a structure fire in the 7000 block of Bronwyn Street shortly after 6 a.m. The home is located in the Scotsdale area in a neighborhood that sits between Cliffdale Road and South Reilly Road.
Beloved 911 dispatcher turns 100
Mary Brenner turns 100 next week and she continues to work as a dispatcher for the Huntington Community First Aid Squad. Not only does Mary have a long legacy of volunteering, six of her family members also serve as volunteers with the same squad.
DOT draft study favors Wilmington to Raleigh route through Goldsboro
A commissioned passenger rail study is recommending the proposed Wilmington to Raleigh passenger train service take a route that goes through Goldsboro, rather than Fayetteville. Numerous reasons are cited in the April 2024 draft of the Southeastern North Carolina Passenger Rail Feasibility Study version produced by the WGI Inc. engineering firm of West Palm Beach. The report cites lower construction and maintenance costs and states that travel time between Wilmington and Raleigh would be about two hours and 35 minutes versus an hour more going...
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