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Charlotte, Greensboro pick mayors as NC local elections held

July 26, 2022 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More than a dozen North Carolina municipalities or counties are choosing new elected officials, with some picking party nominees for the fall.

Voting precincts were slated to be open in these areas from 6:30 a.m.

Early voting begins for July 26 city, county elections in NC

July 7, 2022 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Early in-person voting began on Thursday for the July 26 local elections for positions to serve in over a dozen North Carolina municipalities or counties.

Florida caretaker charged after pushing client out of car

July 5, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Florida woman is accused by a North Carolina sheriff's office of stabbing the man she provides care for with a felt-tipped marker and pushed him out of a moving car.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Monday that Arlene Mary Bonitz, 57, of Palm Harbor, Florida, was driving south on Sunday on Interstate 95 near the 64-mile marker in Godwin, North Carolina.

Police in North Carolina fatally shoot armed woman

July 2, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina fatally shot a woman after an unsuccessful de-escalation attempt and struggle over a weapon, authorities said Saturday.

The incident began when Fayetteville police officers were called Friday night to a home for a reported attempted break-in, the Fayetteville Observer reported.

Police: Teen crashes grandfather’s car while on joyride

June 21, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina teenager taking a joyride in his grandfather's car lost control and crashed into two homes and two cars, police said, adding that no one was hurt

Fayetteville police said they received a call around 10 a.m.

Man arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at churches

May 31, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police have arrested a man who was captured on video tape throwing a Molotov cocktail at a North Carolina church, and investigators say he threw another device at a different church.

N. Carolina man charged with murder in deaths of mother, son

May 21, 2022 GMT

HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) — A 68-year-old man has been charged with murder in the deaths in a mother and son from North Carolina who were found dead in the grass behind their apartment building.

Police in Hope Mills, just south of Fayetteville, announced Saturday that Rodney William McCrary has been charged with two counts each first-degree murder and kidnapping.

Police: 2 people found dead at North Carolina home

May 16, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were found dead early Monday in a neighborhood in a North Carolina city, and police have begun a search for a suspect.

A news release from the Fayetteville Police Department says officers responding to a call early Monday morning found a homeowner who had arrived to find a body lying on the floor inside the home.

GOP incumbent bouts mark NC legislative primaries

By GARY D. ROBERTSONMay 13, 2022 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four pairs of Republican incumbents face off Tuesday in the North Carolina General Assembly primaries, their confrontations the result of redistricting in rural areas that have lagged other parts of the state in population growth.

North Carolina daycare owner convicted of drug, gun charges

May 12, 2022 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who ran a daycare from his home has been convicted of six felony drug and firearm offenses after authorities said he also directed an armed drug trafficking operation from the same location.

North Carolina man gets 10 months for sex assault on flight

May 11, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl during a flight on a commercial airliner last year, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.

Prosecutor: No charges in shooting of pedestrian by deputy

April 21, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An off-duty sheriff's deputy won't face charges for the fatal shooting of a Black pedestrian on a busy road earlier this year, a North Carolina prosecutor announced Thursday, saying the deputy had reason to fear bodily harm and to defend himself.

Division II star emerges among NFL’s small-school prospects

By MICHAEL MAROTApril 19, 2022 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Fayetteville State cornerback Joshua Williams recites the Kyle Dugger story as if he wrote the book.

He talks about how the late-blooming safety chose to play Division II football in small town North Carolina after receiving just three scholarship offers.

Soldiers who saw paratrooper alive last face courts-martial

April 12, 2022 GMT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Seven North Carolina-based soldiers who were camping with a Fort Bragg paratrooper whose partial remains were found along the coast in 2020 are facing courts-martial on conspiracy and other charges.

Autopsy: Black man shot by off-duty deputy had 4 wounds

March 24, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Black pedestrian fatally shot by an off-duty sheriff's deputy earlier this year was hit four times during the altercation in a busy North Carolina street, according to an autopsy released Thursday.

NC police: 3 dead, 2 wounded in hotel parking lot shootings

March 20, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others wounded following reported shootings in the parking lot of a North Carolina hotel, police said.

Fayetteville officers responding shortly before 9 p.m.

Labor officials cite NC plant where 2 workers died

March 16, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina labor officials have cited an animal byproduct rendering plant for alleged safety violations after a September accident that killed two employees.

NC court: Officer not grossly negligent in pedestrian death

March 16, 2022 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A lawsuit filed against a North Carolina police officer who fatally struck a pedestrian while responding to a call should not be allowed to proceed, the state Court of Appeals ruled, saying there is no evidence the officer acted in a grossly negligent manner.

Cooper sides against NC Senate incumbent deViere in primary

March 9, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has endorsed the challenger of a sitting state senator in the May 17 primary -- an unusual public intervention by Cooper in intraparty politics.

Billy Richardson won’t seek reelection to N. Carolina House

March 1, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Billy Richardson, whose two-part legislative career was separated by nearly 20 years, said he won't seek reelection to the North Carolina House this fall.

Missing North Carolina mother, child found after 5 years

January 27, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A mother and child missing for more than five years have been found safe in North Carolina, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

Fayetteville police said Miracle Smith was 1 year old when she and her mother, Amber Renaye Weber, disappeared in December 2016, a news release said.

NC-based soldiers face court martial related to death

January 22, 2022 GMT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Three North Carolina-based soldiers who were camping with another soldier whose partial remains were found along the coast in 2020 are facing court martial on drug use and other charges, officials said.

Witnesses: Man jumped onto truck hood before fatal shooting

By TOM FOREMAN Jr.January 14, 2022 GMT

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two witnesses told police that a man shot by an off-duty North Carolina deputy jumped onto the hood of the deputy's truck, videos released Friday show.

Fayetteville Police officials made portions of three police body camera videos public a day after a judge gave them permission to do so.

Judge allows video release in Black man’s shooting death

January 14, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A judge on Thursday granted a request from the police chief of a North Carolina city to release body camera video recorded in the aftermath of the shooting death of a Black man by an off-duty sheriff's deputy.

North Carolina deputy makes frantic 911 call after shooting

By TOM FOREMAN Jr.January 11, 2022 GMT

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — An off-duty sheriff’s deputy had a frantic conversation with a 911 operator after fatally shooting a Black man last weekend in North Carolina, saying the pedestrian did “jump on my vehicle and broke my windshield,” according to an audio recording released Tuesday.

North Carolina agency asked to look into shooting by deputy

FAYETTEVILLEJanuary 10, 2022 GMT

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said Monday that its agents have been asked to look into a fatal shooting involving an off-duty sheriff's deputy that sparked a local protest.

A news release said Fayetteville police Chief Gina Hawkins and the Cumberland County district attorney asked the NCSBI to conduct the investigation into the Saturday shooting.

Black man shot by off-duty deputy, sparking protest

January 10, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Protesters gathered outside a police station Sunday to decry the fatal shooting of a Black man a day earlier by an off-duty sheriff's deputy in North Carolina.

The demonstrators disputed an initial account of the shooting given by police Saturday.

N.C. man charged in death of 2-year-old toddler

January 8, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have charged a 26-year-old man in the death of a 2-year-old toddler in Fayetteville.

WRAL-TV reports that Fayetteville police arrested and charged Keshawn Ayers on Friday night.

North Carolina man charged in fatal road rage shooting

January 4, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been charged in the shooting death of a motorcyclist in what investigators say was a road rage incident, police said.

The Fayetteville Police Department said in a news release that Roger Dale Nobles 51, was arrested at his home Monday and charged with first-degree murder.

Police: Motorcyclist shot, killed in road rage incident

January 3, 2022 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A motorcyclist was shot and killed in what's being described as a road rage incident, a North Carolina police department said Monday.

A news release from the Fayetteville Police Department says officers sent to a location in the center of the city at around 12:31 p.m.

Drought conditions plaguing much of North Carolina

December 21, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The combination of an extended period of abnormally dry weather and above-normal temperatures has plunged much of North Carolina into drought, and projections for 2022 suggest conditions will not improve.

Ex-phone company worker in NC convicted in cellphone scheme

December 11, 2021 GMT

NEW BERN, N.. (AP) — A former telephone company worker has been convicted of using stolen personal information to sell expensive phones on the black market, according to government prosecutors.

Alejandro Garlynn Williams, 40, was found guilty on Friday on 21 counts of conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft at the close of a trial in New Bern, the U.S.

Suspect arrested in shooting death of North Carolina woman

November 2, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of a North Carolina woman, a police department said Tuesday.

Fayetteville police said in a news release that Dashawn Dominique McCullum, 22, of Fayetteville was charged with first-degree murder.

Police; Two found shot to death in separate locations

November 1, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man and a woman were found shot to death in separate incidents within 24 hours in a North Carolina city, police said.

Fayetteville police said in a news release that one of the shootings occurred on Sunday afternoon as families were preparing for Halloween in a neighborhood.

Methodist University receives record $14 million gift

October 29, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina university has received the largest gift in its history and said most of it will go toward student scholarships.

According to a news release from Methodist University, the gift of $14 million was given through the estate of Robert J.

2 dead after man says he shot people who broke into NC home

October 24, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two people are dead after a North Carolina man told officers that he shot home intruders on Saturday, police said.

Fayetteville officers were sent to respond to reports of a residential break-in shortly after 5 p.m., the police department said in a news release.

Police officer hit by car during hit-and-run investigation

October 13, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police officer was dragged by a hit-and-run driver who was returning to the scene of a previous accident, authorities said.

The Fayetteville Police Department said in a news release late Tuesday that officers were sent to a hit-and-run accident in which a vehicle hit a home.

N. Carolina woman sent to prison for social security fraud

October 6, 2021 GMT

NEW BERN, N,C. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a North Carolina woman to more than five years in prison for using Social Security Administration position to direct benefits into nine separate bank accounts that she had access to.

Fort Bragg soldier killed, 4 hurt in military vehicle crash

October 5, 2021 GMT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A soldier stationed at a North Carolina Army post was killed and four others were injured in an accident involving a military vehicle, officials said.

News outlets reported that according to a news release from Fort Bragg, the accident occurred Monday around 12:50 p.m.

North Carolina police officer shot at during traffic stop

September 28, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man has been arrested and accused of shooting at a police officer during a traffic stop in a North Carolina city, authorities said Tuesday.

The Fayetteville Police Department said detectives with the department’s gangs unit stopped a car for an equipment violation on Monday.

Officials: Worker hurt at plant where 2 died recently

September 27, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A worker at a North Carolina plant was taken to a hospital over the weekend after a crane collapsed onto a truck, officials said.

A Fayetteville fire department official said the crane fell on the cab of a truck while the driver was inside on Saturday, news outlets report.

Sheriff: 2 killed in North Carolina home invasion

September 22, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were fatally shot in a home invasion early Wednesday, a North Carolina sheriff’s office said.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responding to a report of a home invasion and shooting at a Fayetteville home around 5 a.m.

N. Carolina man charged after 17-month-old left in hot car

September 15, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Charges have been filed against a North Carolina man after his 17-month-old child was left inside a car outside his home, police said Wednesday.

The Fayetteville Police Department says officers were dispatched to a home on Sept, 5 in response to a report of an unresponsive child.

Company probes whether procedures were followed after deaths

September 14, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An eastern North Carolina industrial operation said it is investigating whether safety procedures were followed after an accident that killed two workers over the weekend.

George Floyd fund has awarded over $50,000 in scholarships

September 13, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A fund set up to honor George Floyd and raise awareness about racial injustice said Monday that it has awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships since it was created.

Authorities: 2 workers at eastern North Carolina plant die

September 12, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two employees at an eastern North Carolina industrial operation died at the site on Sunday, authorities said. Sheriff's detectives were investigating what happened.

Cumberland County deputies arrived Sunday afternoon at the Valley Proteins Inc.

State finds Chemours out of compliance with GenX air permit

August 28, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina environmental regulators announced this week that a plant that for years discharged so-called “forever chemicals” into the air and water is not currently in compliance with its air permit.

Fayetteville State clears tuition debt for nearly 1,500

July 11, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Fayetteville State University has used pandemic relief funds to clear $1.6 million in tuition debt for nearly 1,500 students.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Sunday that the historically Black school utilized money from the federal legislation that's known as the American Rescue Plan.

AP: US military guns lost, stolen from North Carolina bases

By The Associated PressJune 15, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Military weapons including assault rifles and a light machine gun have been lost or stolen from bases in North Carolina.

An Associated Press investigation into firearms missing from the U.S.

Judge accused of nearly hitting protesters has case tossed

June 14, 2021 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court judge accused of nearly striking Black Lives Matter protesters in downtown Fayetteville with an SUV has had his case dismissed because prosecutors said they could not find evidence of a crime.