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RALEIGH — A new threat has bobbed up in the Cape Fear River Basin and this time it wasn’t PFAS or one of the “forever chemicals” that hooked headlines of late.

Elyse Johnson is beautifying her home county in ways that are hard to miss, but easy to admire. With each stroke of her brush, she transforms …

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An infant is dead and its mother is charged with felony child abuse in a case that has frustrated local law enforcement.

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A federal jury recently convicted a United States Army major, assigned to Fort Liberty, on several weapons charges, including illegally exporting firearms without a license and smuggling goods from the United States. Kojo Owusu Dartey, 42, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years when sentenced o…

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A Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) serviceman was sentenced to three years and four months in federal prison for his role in laundering illicit proceeds from an elaborate series of romance scams. Sanda G. Frimpong, 33, was also ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution…

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The Kiwanis of Coats had Victoria Butler from Heritage Counseling and Wellness PLLC, in Dunn and Angier, as the speaker for the April 29 meeting. She explained that any age person might need counseling for anxiety, depression, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), attention-defic…

The Sixty Plus Club plans to meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 2, at Meadow Village Restaurant, 7400 N.C. Highway 50 E., Benson, in the Meadow community. Hickory Grove Quartet is scheduled to perform.

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 59 of Dunn provided supplies to the VA Women’s Clinic in Fayetteville. Shown here with Jennifer Fisher, right, from the clinic are auxiliary members Cindy Godwin, left, and Sandra McCall.

Lillington Rotary Club President Bill Hobbs presents the Ed McCormick Public Service Award to the late John Rouse’s family Saturday during the club’s 37th Cornelius Harnett Charity Gala. Rouse, who died unexpectedly last year, was a former Rotarian and longtime Harnett County Health director…

During the Kiwanis of Coats meeting April 15, members heard about the nonprofit organization Children’s Blankets of Love. Club President Pat Godwin is shown here with Walter Weeks, left, and Vic Marchioni, who, along with his family, founded the organization that sends blankets to seriously …