The Latest Breaking News from Fayetteville

John Clay: This week’s SEC Tournament might mean a little more for this Kentucky basketball team

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — As a rule, John Calipari downplays the annual SEC men’s basketball tournament. Deems it unnecessary. Claims it rarely changes seeding for the Big Dance. Says it’s primarily for the fans. The Kentucky coach always says his team will try to bring home the trophy, of course, but…

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2023

Antonio Reeves’ career game lifts Kentucky over Arkansas in wild regular-season finale

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Technical fouls, flagrant fouls, irate coaches and frenzied fans.

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2023

Couple spend £12k transforming rotting shed into dream home for family-of-four

Katy and Michael Krebs, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, have transformed a rundown shed into a dream home - and have shared almost every step of their remarkable renovation on social media

Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

Marvel postpones ‘Blade’ reboot hunt for new director

The Marvel Studios “Blade” reboot, which was set to start production soon at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia, has been pushed back to early 2023 after the original director departed.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Feds investigating Black Hammer Party in wide-ranging criminal probe

ATLANTA — The Black Hammer Party, an Atlanta-based extremist group that preaches violent revolution against the United States government, is the target of a joint investigation by the FBI and the Fayetteville Police Department on a charges ranging from weapons offenses and narcotics to kidnapping and human trafficking.

Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022

Cancer fears plague residents of US region polluted by ‘forever chemicals’

Exposure to harmful PFAS remains almost impossible to escape – particularly for the people of the Cape Fear River basin

The Guardian - US · Jul 12, 2022

Here’s what Walmart is doing to fight inflation

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says the retail giant is closely watching its core shopper while working on ways to lower its costs and navigate 40-year-high inflation.

Tribune News Service · Jun 6, 2022

A West Virginia town uses Iceland's model to keep kids away from drugs and alcohol

A West Virginia community is trying to prevent substance abuse among teens by making sure they have all kinds of things to do. The idea is to change the culture, and it's worked in Iceland.

WEKU · May 10, 2022

NC man admits to unleashing a chemical spray at police during US Capitol assault

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 30-year-old Fayetteville man admitted Friday to unleashing a chemical spray at police during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Five of ten siblings vanished in a Christmas Eve house fire. Were they taken?

When the West Virginia home of Italian immigrants caught fire on Christmas Eve 1945, the parents and four siblings got out. Five other young children were never found - and neither were their remains. What happened to the Sodder siblings? asks Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022