Bill Kirby Jr.

Vice President Kamala Harris says she wants to be the 47th U.S. president for all, and no matter their party affiliation.

“I just don’t believe we should continue down the same road, accepting and being okay with our future generation of students barely passing,” longtime Cumberland County Board of Education member Carrie Sutton says.

We'll know for the most part, sans candidates calling for recounts, unofficial results of state and local competitions by Election Day's end.

“Our veterans have suffered greatly during many wars,” retired city historian Bruce Daws, a U.S. Army veteran, said at the Blue Star Memorial Veterans Day ceremony in Fayetteville.

A North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who died in the line of duty more than 84 years ago will be remembered Friday when the law enforcement agency joins with the N.C. Department of Transportation for the dedication of the Patrolman Henry T. Timberlake Bridge scheduled at 2 p.m. at the Tony Rand Student Center at Fayetteville Technical Community College. “The patrol has served the people of our great state for over 95 years, and with that service we have lost 70 members in the line of duty, with the first being in 1929,” says Col. Freddy Johnson Jr., the Cumberland County native who is commander of the N.C. Highway Patrol. “Their service and ultimate sacrifice is something we do not take for granted as an agency, and we believe that sentiment is shared by the people of North Carolina. Our goal of remembering every one of our fallen has been a very important goal for me. Working alongside NCDOT to ensure we remember our fallen has been impactful for our agency, but more importantly, it has proven to mean everything to the families of these fallen members. With these signs, the communities our fallen members served will forever have a visible reminder of the lengths a law enforcement officer will go to protect them.” Trooper Timberlake was age 30 when his cruiser was involved in a Dec. 1, 1939

Beloved barber from Hope Mills, NC, Eddie Maynor passed away Nov. 2. Community members gathered at his funeral to lovingly send him off.

Our neighboring military base will be watching, and a Gold Star mother, too, writes columnist Bill Kirby Jr.

The Cumberland Community Foundation offers a reminder that its GivingTuesday campaign is back for a fifth consecutive year on Dec. 3 in support of

McNeill has been described as a farmer of wise counsel and integrity, and always putting others before himself.

“My challenge is to bring him to life,” says Elliot Engel, who will present a mini-lecture on the story behind Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” novella, which has become a holiday classic.