Recently added articles from The Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC):
BRIEF: South View still No. 9 in AP poll.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Unbeaten South View maintained its position in this week's Associated Press state 4-A football poll. The Tigers (8-0) defeated Two Rivers Conference rival Terry Sanford on Friday and remained the No. 9 team in the 4-A poll. Scotland County moved up two spots ...
Summer effort cuts city's crime.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Nancy McCleary Oct. 10--Fayetteville police turned up the heat this summer and saw an 8.6 percent drop from 2006 in the number of serious crimes. From June through September, 4,736 serious crimes were reported, down from 5,179 reported over the same four ...
Defense: Rage led to killings.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Laura Arenschield Oct. 10--CARTHAGE -- During closing arguments in a quadruple murder trial here Tuesday, one thing became clear: No one is saying that Mario Lynn Phillips is innocent of killing four people in 2003. The question lawyers want jurors to answer is whether ...
BRIEF: AIT accuses Observer, reporter of libel.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Advanced Internet Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit alleging that it was libeled by Fayetteville Publishing Co. and some of its employees. AIT, a Fayetteville-based Web hosting company, alleges that staff writer Paul Woolverton and other unnamed employees of ...
Early college topic at odds.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Andrew C. Martel Oct. 10--Cross Creek Early College pulled 27 high school juniors out of a Fayetteville State University health class last month because it included discussions about safe sex. The subject violates the Cumberland County school system's policy ...
BRIEF: Pedestrian struck by car is in critical condition.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--A pedestrian was in critical condition Tuesday night after being struck by a car on Robeson Street, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. Winfred Wayne Edwards, 56, of the 700 block of Commerce Street, was walking across Robeson Street, near Weiss Avenue, a ...
BRIEF: Robin Sage exercise begins Sunday.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--On Sunday, Fort Bragg will begin a two-week training exercise across 15 counties for students in the Special Forces Qualification Course. The Robin Sage exercise will be held in or near Hoke, Moore and Scotland counties through Nov. 10. The exercise extends into ...
2 Southern Pines councilmen to vie for mayor's job.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alice Thrasher Oct. 10--CARTHAGE -- Two Southern Pines Town Council members were the top vote-getters in a five-man primary race for mayor Tuesday. Mike Haney got 473 votes and Chris Smithson was second with 248 votes, according to the unofficial tally ...
Ex-Dunn mayor gets job back.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Gregory Phillips Oct. 10--Twenty years after he was elected to the first of two terms as mayor of Dunn, voters returned Oscar Harris to the job by a wide margin Tuesday. According to unofficial returns, Harris -- who served two terms in the state Senate after ...
2 paratroopers killed in wreck are identified.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Two 82nd Airborne paratroopers killed Sunday in a vehicle accident on Interstate 95 near Wilson have been identified. Pvt. Robert O. Holcomb, 22, of Conroe, Texas, and Pvt. Cornell Newsome Jr., 19, of Graham, Wash., died in the crash. Both were infantrymen ...
Rowland residents want chief out.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Venita Jenkins Oct. 10--ROWLAND -- The Board of Commissioners meeting turned contentious Tuesday night when residents were denied an opportunity to discuss concerns about the police chief. Board members said they could not hear the residents' concerns because ...
Developer proposes 68 unit high-rise.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Andrew Barksdale Oct. 10--At six to eight stories, a proposed condominium high-rise on the edge of McFadyen Lake would be the tallest residential building in Fayetteville. The developer, Marshall Isler, wants to build 68 condos on 2.7 acres at the corner of ...
RCC withdraws nursing program request.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Venita Jenkins Oct. 10--LUMBERTON -- Officials at Robeson Community College have withdrawn their request for a licensed practical nursing program. College President Charles Chrestman told the school's board of trustees Monday night that the college pulled its ...
Fay Block plans move.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Gregory Phillips Oct. 10--Concrete maker Fay Block is moving one of its plants, although not the one off Ramsey Street that has long irritated neighbors with its dust and piles of rock. The company is building a plant on an 11-acre lot north of Spring Lake on ...
EDITORIAL: Dunn's belated good news points to a statewide wastewater problem.(Editorial)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Other than cactus salesmen, Dunn residents may be the only people from this area who have seen a benefit in extreme drought. A lack of rainwater going into the city's antiquated sewer system has meant less wastewater coming out of it at the wrong places. That, in turn, ...
South View's Autry has helped make team one of state's best.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Wiederer Oct. 10--HOPE MILLS -- Jesse Autry can't help himself. The topic is South View cross country, winners of nine straight conference titles, the 2003 state champions, the running dynasty by which all Cumberland County running success is now measured. ...
Voters call for change.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Don Worthington Oct. 10--Jackie Torres walked out of the Bill Hefner Elementary School after voting Tuesday and paused before candidate Ted Mohn. "I'm here because of you," Torres said. "We need some change." Mohn, in his first run for office, said ...
82nd soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Iraq.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Henry Cuningham Oct. 10--Two soldiers from Fort Bragg died last week in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army said Tuesday. Cpl. Adam D. Quinn, 22, of Orange City, Fla., died of wounds suffered when a vehicle bomb detonated near the vehicle he was in near Kabul, ...
Hope Mills' ex-mayor files as write-in against Dees.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Tina Ray Oct. 10--HOPE MILLS -- Former Hope Mills Mayor Edwin Deaver said Tuesday that he will be a write-in candidate against Mayor Eddie Dees in the Nov. 6 election. Deaver filed his paperwork Tuesday with the Cumberland County Board of Elections. ...
The laws of virtual communication.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Amneris Solano Oct. 10--Those of us with Facebook and MySpace pages know the "unwritten laws" of virtual communication. Right? Well, most of us do, anyway. With the growing number of people joining these Web sites, it seems as if some folks aren't too clued into the ...