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Police officers are looking for a man and his girlfriend after a shooting Friday on Thelbert Drive. Officers were called to a house in the 1200 block of the street just before 1 p.m., according to a statement released Tuesday by the Fayetteville Police Department. A preliminary investigation found that the man shot another man in the hip after a domestic argument involving his girlfriend escalated, it said. The man was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, the statement said. The man accused of firing the gun and his girlfriend, Jasmine Grant, 29, left in a green H...

A hazardous materials team was called to Fayetteville State University on Monday night when the odor of gas was discovered in the Rudolph Jones Student Center. Units from the Fayetteville Fire Department were dispatched to the school at 8:45 p.m., according to a statement released by the department.

The Fayetteville Observer Federal investigators are trying to determine where a Fort Bragg soldier and a veteran were before they were killed. The FBI and U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command want to know if anyone saw Master Sgt. William J. LaVigne II, 37, or Timothy J. Dumas, 44, on Dec. 1-2, according to a statement released by the FBI on Tuesday. The bodies of the two men were found near a Fort Bragg training area on Dec. 2. LaVigne’s gray 2016 Chevrolet Colorado pickup was found at the crime scene near Manchester Road, the statement said. A dark-colored 2015 Dodge Ram pickup belong...

“Those children deserve a better learning environment than that school is going to give them,” he said. Board member Susan Williams agreed. She said that when she thinks about the school building she asks the question, “Is this the best we can do for our children?” Board member Donna Vann said she was not in favor of spending $4 million on renovations to T.C. Berrien. She said other schools probably have space for the students. “I’m not a fan of redistricting, but sometimes you have to do things that are best for the children,” she said. “Right now, T.C. Berrien is not what’...

The Fayetteville Observer Years ago, I covered the Linden Town Council and would drive the more than 20 miles from Fayetteville for the 8 p.m. council meetings. It was pleasant enough duty. But I was invariably sleepy on the way back. Looking back it’s a miracle I did not wreck. Sometimes, I was the only nonofficial person at the meeting and was always treated well. I found nothing different from Linden than you might see in any little town in southeastern North Carolina. So I don’t now why a pagan group known for whites-only services and designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty...