DAILY BRIEFING FOR Sep. 01, 2022

TODAY'S NEWS

Vote Yes Fayetteville advocacy group files suit to put referendum on ballot

By Michael Futch | Staff writer
The Vote Yes Fayetteville advocacy group is suing the city and the Cumberland County Board of Elections seeking to have its plan to reshape City Council elections put before voters in a Nov. 8 referendum. The civil lawsuit, which asks for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, was filed Tuesday in Cumberland County Superior Court. MORE

Sheriff’s Office investigating fatal shooting near Hope Mills

A staff report
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man died following a shooting in a neighborhood near Hope Mills early Wednesday.

Deputies responded to a shooting near the 400 … MORE


Fayetteville, Cumberland offices to close for Labor Day holiday

A staff report
City and county government offices will be closed Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. MORE

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EVENTS

Operation HALYARD

The Airborne & Special Operations Museum presents the "Operation HALYARD" exhibit July 4 through Nov. 13. The free exhibit will be open during the museum's normal hours. The museum is at 100 Bragg Blvd. MORE

Summer Concert Series with Tuesday's Gone

Gates Four Golf & Country Club is hosting Tuesday's Gone on Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. as part of its summer concert series. Tickets are free, but VIP tickets are being sold starting at  $38. MORE

Dirtbag Ales Farmers Market

Dirtbag Ales Brewery and Taproom, 5435 Corporation Drive, Hope Mills, will host its Farmers Market every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the last Wednesday of the month from 6 to 9 p.m until Nov. 19. MORE
OBITUARIES

Death Notices

Barbara Fore, 87. Adcock Funeral Home.

Forrest Hardin Jr., 90, of Hope Mills. Rogers & Breece Funeral Service.

Myles Swain, 89, of Fayetteville. Rogers & Breece Funeral Service.

William McMillian, 84, of Lumberton. Colvin Funeral Home.

Funerals Today

Dean Brown, 94, 12 p.m. service at St. Patrick Catholic Church.

Forrest Hardin Jr., 90, 1 p.m. service at Rogers & Breece Funeral Service.

Wayne Smith, 90, 2 p.m. service at Peace Presbyterian Church.

Ralph E. Gordon

Via LaFayette Funeral Home
With great sadness The Gordon Family would like to acknowledge that SSG Ralph Ellsworth Gordon (Ret.), of Fayetteville, NC, formally of Westpoint, VA, died Thursday, August 25, 2022. SSG Gordon … MORE

Ralph W. Robinson

Via Adcock Funeral Home
Ret. US Army MSG. Ralph Wayne Robinson, age 82 , passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 while surrounded by his family.

Mr. Robinson was born May 1, 1940 in Owego, NY . He retired from service at … MORE
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