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State officials and hospitals in the Cape Fear region are preparing for a rise in flu cases as the 2016-17 season nears its peak.

LUMBERTON - The Lumberton Police Department is investigating two shootings that occurred within 24 hours, a news release said.

The closure of Backpage.com's adult section Monday will not likely have an impact on local human trafficking and investigations into such activity, local officials said.

A 32-year-old woman was accused Tuesday of stealing from the Pine Forest High School Athletic Booster Club, a Cumberland County Sheriff's Office news release said.

When Richard Jenkins became a deputy at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office in 2003, Ennis Wright was his field training officer.

A Cumberland County teacher who was removed from the classroom last year for using a racial slur against a student has been suspended for a second time.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is investigating a video posted on social media that shows a boy being assaulted outside the Douglas Byrd school campuses.

RALEIGH -- Lawmakers for the 2017-2018 session of the North Carolina General Assembly were sworn in this afternoon, including the Fayetteville area’s six incumbents who were re-elected in November.

A Fayetteville man was sentenced to between 17 and 22 years in prison for a February 2015 murder during an emotion-filled hearing Wednesday at the Cumberland County Courthouse.

LUMBERTON - Property owners who still have questions about damages inflicted during flooding from Hurricane Matthew can get information at a Disaster Recovery Resource Fair on Saturday.