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Cape Fear Valley Health offers free heath screenings, sports physicals at Umoja Festival
Cape Fear Valley Health is offering free health screenings during the 32nd Umoja Festival.Happening inside Smith Recreation at Seabrook Park near Fayetteville State University, the first-come, first-serve clinic is for the uninsured or underinsured. Following screenings, participants can meet with a doctor on-site to review their results and discuss any concerns.Cape Fear is also offering free sports physicals for adolescents -- just in time for the new school year.The health clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The festival, which runs until 5 p.m., will also include arts, entertainment, food trucks and cultural events.
D.G. Martin: Take steps to help favorite candidates succeed
Have you decided how you are going to vote in the upcoming election? Even if you have decided between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there is more to do before you can do your duty on Election Day. There are more offices that will need your vote: secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner, insurance commissioner, state senator, state representative,...
East no match for White Oak during 68-18 loss in football opener
BEAUFORT — For the second consecutive year, the East Carteret football team kicked off its season versus White Oak, and once again the Mariners found themselves on the losing end of a one-sided contest against the 3A opponent. They fell to the Vikings 68-18 on Friday night, almost a...
EPIC announces EPIC Toss Cornhole Tournament
New Bern, NC – August 23rd, 2024 – The EPIC Center is thrilled to announce the upcoming EPIC Toss Cornhole Tournament, scheduled for Saturday, October 5th at Whitford Plantation in New Bern. The event promises a day filled with fun, friendly competition, and community spirit, all while supporting a vital cause—helping women and families in Lenoir and Craven County.
Before he was famous, a teenage J. Cole was a skating rink mascot in Fayetteville
Editor's note: This story, originally published in The Fayetteville Observer on Aug. 16, 2001, was written as part of the Observer's summer series "On the Job." In this installment, Round-A-Bout Skating Center employee Jermaine Cole, now Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist J. Cole, talks about his experience as the Roller Roo mascot. Cole was 16 at the time this story was published. When you're Fayetteville's premier party animal, you expect to put up with a few small problems. ...
Warriors bow 35-14 at Northern Nash
ROCKY MOUNT — A Hunt High varsity football team young in most spots showed promise but not enough to unseat host Northern Nash in Friday night’s season-opening clash at “Death Valley.” The Warriors of the 3-A Quad County Conference stayed with the 2-A/3-A Big East Conference Knights, who have played in the last two NCHSAA 3-A East Region championship games, […] The post Warriors bow 35-14 at Northern Nash first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Mourning, white-winged dove season opens on Sept. 2
The 2024-25 hunting season for mourning and white-winged doves opens Monday, Sept. 2. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reminds seasoned and novice hunters about the importance of being properly licensed, observing state and federal regulations and following safe hunting practices. Dove hunting season will be separated into three segments: Sept. 2-Oct. 5, Nov. 9 -Nov. 30 and Dec. 16-Jan. 31, 2025. The daily bag limit is 15 mourning or...
2 shot on Elm Street in Goldsboro, police say
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) – A shooting in Wayne County sent two men to the hospital late Saturday night, Goldsboro police said. According to the Goldsboro Police Department, officers responded at around 10:30 p.m. to a Shotspotter alert of several rounds fired in the area of 518 E. Elm St. The officers were notified that two people had been shot, and one of them was still on scene, police said. The other victim was transported to a nearby hospital in a personal vehicle.
Harris leads Trump by wide margin among Hispanic voters in North Carolina: Survey
Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump by a wide margin among Hispanic voters in North Carolina, according to a new survey. The TelevisaUnivision Consumer Strategy & Insights/Media Predict poll, obtained by The Hill, shows Harris with 56 percent support from likely Hispanic voters in the Tar Heel State, compared to Trump’s 34 percent…
UPDATE: Youth group inside Newport church escaped fire due to quick-thinking from passerby
UPDATE (WNCT) – Officials in Newport provided new information about a large fire at Community Baptist Church Friday evening. On Saturday morning, the Newport Fire Department said crews responded to the church around 6 p.m. Friday after receiving a call about a vehicle fire in the parking lot. The fire then spread to the church […]
Dustin’s First Alert Forecast: Summertime heat builds in this week
As we approach the end of the weekend, we will see another comfortable and tolerable day, with more sun than clouds. High temperatures will be in the 80s and lows in the mid-60s, with a slight increase in humidity. A few clouds will be along the coast, but most will stay away from the rain. Going into Monday and the upcoming week, the increased humidity will become noticeable in the afternoon, with high temperatures climbing to the low to mid-90s, feeling closer to 100°F. A mix of clouds and sunshine will start the week, then the typical pop-and-go shower and storm activity becomes the norm in the afternoon. Not each day will be a washout, but enough to give the yards more of a pop of green from Mother Nature. Overnight lows will also climb to the low to mid-70s, feeling very muggy and not as comfortable as this past week, with the nighttime temperatures in the lower 60s.
More than $5,500 worth in goods stolen from multiple stores in Goldsboro, 4 arrested
Four people were arrested Saturday after police said they stole more than $5,700 in goods from four stores in Goldsboro.According to the Goldsboro Police Department, officers responded to calls about a felony larceny at Dick's Sporting Goods at 505 Eastgate Drive. When officers arrived, they were given a description of multiple suspects and a vehiclePolice said officers tried to stop the suspect's vehicle which was later found driving westbound on US 70. After a 22-mile pursuit to Wilson, police said the vehicle stopped and four people ran out of the car and led officers on a foot chance.An investigation found...
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