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Fayetteville police have arrested a 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old man that investigators believe were among four who robbed a woman Wednesday night.

A Robeson County man won $200,000 playing the North Carolina Education Lottery $ scratch-off game.

A Wake County District Court judge on Tuesday doubled the bail of a Trinity Christian School coach accused of embezzlement.

LUMBERTON - At dawn, well before the ABC "Good Morning America" broadcast on national television, Carey Johnson Jr. stood on a sidewalk outside Lumberton Junior High School.

A school crossing guard was injured this morning when she was hit by a vehicle on Lakewood Drive near two schools, the Highway Patrol said.

Dohn Broadwell Sr., an avid conservationist and longtime community developer, died Wednesday after recent years of declining health.

Vivian Ina Lu was named to the dean's list for the fall 2016 semester at Duke University. She is a 2014 graduate of Terry Sanford High School. She is the daughter of Yuan Lu and Xiao Yan Qian.

RALEIGH - Legislation to declare Fayetteville's not-yet-existing Fried Chicken Festival as North Carolina's official Fried Chicken Festival hatched earlier than the festival planner expected.

DUNN - Tickets are on sale for the annual Oyster Roast & Shrimparoo.

PINEHURST - MIRA USA, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing independence and quality of life for blind children, has set the second weekend of April for introduction of and placement of guide dogs.