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The mother-in-law of Fayetteville State University’s chancellor-elect served on the school’s Board of Trustees until the day before he was elected. Darrell T. Allison, who is scheduled to become chancellor at FSU on March 15, is facing questions about how he was chosen for the position. Some FSU alumni are opposing his selection. Brenda Timberlake, who was an FSU trustee and was still listed as one on the school website Wednesday afternoon, was asked during a telephone interview if she is ...

The Rev. Brian Thompson and his family were riding in his black Cadillac Escalade about eight years ago when a siren interrupted their Sunday afternoon drive. Thompson, the pastor at Simon Temple AME Zion Church on Yadkin Road, had finished three church services that morning. The family had just stopped for ice cream and were headed down McPherson Church Road when the patrol car with two white police officers pulled him over. The officers approached on each side of the SUV with their hands on ...

Troy Williams is an African-American conservative, a former Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy who believes in following the facts, not emotion. He writes a regular Opinion column as part of The Fayetteville Observer Community Advisory Board. He has traditionally been wary of attributing to racial bias problems that could just as easily be explained by other factors. “Racism gets a lot of press,” he wrote in a recent column, “and an important question becomes: Are we preventing it or pe...

Two boys who had been missing since Friday have been found, officials said. The boys, Dwight Clarke III, 8, and his 9-month old brother, Sebastian Hagler, were believed to be with their mother, Joleah McMillan, according to statements issued Friday and Saturday by the Fayetteville Police Department. A statement issued by the department Sunday night said McMillan also had been located and was safe, but did not provide details about how she or the boys were found. “The juveniles are no longer c...

LUMBERTON — Two Robeson County men are accused of being cruel to animals, officials said. The men were arrested Monday after separate investigations, according to statements released by the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office. Nehemiah Pate, 25, of Pembroke is charged with 12 counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. Bail was set at $2,000. Antreal M. Henderson, 25, of Red Springs is charged with abandonment of an animal and cruelty to animals. Bail was set at $2,500. Investigators were called...

A 19-year-old man is in critical condition after the car he was driving flipped several times and hit a tree, officials said. Demaci Griffin, of the 200 block of Murray Fork Drive, was driving a 2008 Nissan Altima when it left the road and crashed, according to a statement released by the Fayetteville Police Department. He was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Police were sent to Cliffdale Road near Woodstream Trail just after 8:20 p.m. because of the crash, the statement said. Lanes ...

A resident of an apartment was taken to the hospital Friday night after a fire that started in a kitchen, officials said. Firefighters from the Fayetteville and Stoney Point fire departments were called to the Britt Lake Apartments on the 2900 block of Cosmo Drive just after 11:30 p.m., according to a statement released by the Fayetteville department. They found smoke coming from the second floor of an apartment building, it said. Two adults and three children who were staying in the apartment...

Fayetteville police officers are looking for Dwight Clarke III, 8, and his 9-month-old brother, Sebastian Hagler. They may be with their mother.

A 31-year-old man was killed Friday when his car hit a utility pole after it collided with a sport utility vehicle, officials said. Mario O. Baldwin of the 500 block of Prestige Boulevard was killed in the crash, according to a statement released by the Fayetteville Police Department. He was driving a 2012 Mercedes C300 at the time of the crash, it said. Police officers were called to the intersection of Raeford Road and Ireland Drive just after 8:50 p.m. because of a reported traffic collision...

“We’re not going to discuss any confidential details of the search process,” Womble said. Just after Womble made that statement, Augustine said without prompting that support for Allison “was unanimous.” “As a board when we sent all the names up to the system for consideration, we felt very confident,” he said before Womble again interrupted. “You don’t have to talk about that, Mr. Chairman,” he said. When contacted Friday about Augustine’s statement regarding the unanimou...