Matt Leclercq
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North Carolina, United States
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Cross Pointe Centre shops evacuated
Firefighters are on the scene outside the Cross Pointe Centre on Morganton Road, where stores have been evacuated after police say a gas leak was reported. → Read More
HAPPENING TONIGHT: Murchison Road forum
A Fayetteville Observer forum on suggestions of renaming Murchison Road is today, March 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. → Read More
HAPPENING TONIGHT: Sexual assault forum in Fayetteville
Carolina Public Press is holding a community forum Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., on women’s health and safety issues, with a focus on sexual assault in North Carolina.The free and public forum, Unbalanced Justice: Sexual Assault in NC, is Studio 215 on Williams Street in downtown Fayetteville.It is tied to the six-month collaborative investigation between CPP and media partners, including The Fayetteville… → Read More
Fayetteville Observer cancels Non Sequitur cartoon over profanity
The Fayetteville Observer will no longer publish the cartoon Non Sequitur after its creator put profanity into his strip that published in Sunday newspapers across the country, including this one.Few readers probably noticed the message, which appeared as tiny scribble in Sunday's cartoon. It referenced President Donald Trump with a four-letter word.The cartoonist, Wiley Miller, said in a… → Read More
Matt Leclercq: Check out the Observer's podcasts
What do crime, prep sports, pop culture and baseball have in common?Each is a topic of one of The Fayetteville Observer's four weekly podcasts, which you → Read More
Please help make Christmas bright for a child or senior
The Thanksgiving newspaper is the biggest of the year, stuffed like a fat turkey with dozens of Black Friday shopping advertisements, coupons and fliers. → Read More
FayWHAT? What's so special about Hay Street's live oak?
According to legend, the old tree next to the Airborne & Special Operations Museum may have ties to the American Revolution. → Read More
UNC alums: What did Silent Sam mean to you?
The Fayetteville Observer wants to hear from UNC-Chapel Hill alumni from different generations about what the Silent Sam statue meant to them when they → Read More
Flag retirement ceremony in Spring Lake on the 4th
SPRING LAKE — The American Legion Post 230 is hosting a flag retirement ceremony on the Fourth of July.The ceremony is at 10 a.m. at 1654 Veterans Drive, off West Manchester Road less than a mile from North Bragg Boulevard.For more information, contact Mark Erskine at 910-824-6168. → Read More
The shooting that couldn't kill a Fayetteville Observer legend
We try not to think about it, but it's always there in the back of our minds.Every time an Observer reporter knocks on the door of someone accused of a → Read More
Happening now: A talk with PWC top official on 1,4 dioxane in the water
What questions do you have about 1,4 dioxane? Participate in The Fayetteville Observer's live interview on Facebook with a top PWC official at 2 p.m. Friday. → Read More
What do you want to know about Fayetteville's water?
Pose your questions about 1,4 dioxane contamination during the Observer's live Facebook interview with the PWC. → Read More
Observer's Greg Barnes is News Writer of the Year
The Fayetteville Observer's senior reporter, Greg Barnes, has earned the Best of GateHouse Award for News Writer of the Year among the company's largest → Read More
Matt Leclercq: Kim Hasty has a gift for telling our community's stories
I've had the privilege to work with many extraordinarily talented reporters and editors over the years.Each left a permanent imprint on the newspaper you → Read More
Share your stories about Fort Bragg
The Fayetteville Observer is partnering with public radio station WUNC to produce a series of first-hand stories about people's relationships to Fort Bragg.The unique project will commemorate the installation's 100th anniversary in 2018 by featuring people's accounts of life on and around post, from World War II to today.WUNC and its American Homefront Project, a national initiative that reports… → Read More
Matt Leclercq: Observer's new series on unsolved mysteries
The headline above a short article deep inside the Observer said "Sampson deputies looking for boy, 4."It was Friday, Oct. 6, 2000. The day before, Tristen "Buddy" Myers went missing sometime after 1 p.m., the article said. "He is 3 feet tall and weighs 38 pounds. He has blond hair and a scar on his neck." And he was last seen wearing Mickey Mouse tennis shoes.Seventeen years have passed since… → Read More
Undercover busts on indoor pot-growing, cocaine and gun charges
A suspect accused of growing marijuana has been charged 109 times since he was 16, deputies say. → Read More
Fayetteville driver killed in 3 a.m. crash on Yadkin Road
A driver was killed in a crash that shut down Yadkin Road early on Saturday morning, Fayetteville police said.Herbert Lee McMillan, 55, of Sierra Court → Read More
Oscars Contest: And the winner is...
Six people accurately predicted 9 out of 10 Oscar categories this year. Here is the winner and runners-up. Congratulations! → Read More
5 things to know about tonight's Powerball drawing
Feeling lucky? Here are a few things to know before tonight's drawing. → Read More