Harnett County News

Prosecutors had wanted to play the most relevant clips from the video tape, but McNeill overrode the advice of his attorneys and demanded jurors hear the entire tape.

Prosecution witnesses tried to explain Monday why they didn't find a Fayetteville man's DNA on the 5-year-old girl he's accused of raping and killing more than three years ago.

Over the last few weeks, though, it was the hog barons standing beside environmental groups to oppose the repeal of requirements that North Carolina's electric utilities generate a portion of their power supply from alternative energy sources.

The Moore County Board of Commissioners took a significant step Tuesday toward securing a lasting water source for the county.

A Harnett County couple who rescued a neglected and badly burned dog has found that the young, mixed breed pup has given them a new meaning in life.

Forensic technicians said Thursday that they found little physical evidence linking a Fayetteville man to the 5-year-old girl he's accused of raping and killing more than three years ago.

A 5-year-old Fayetteville girl was sexually assaulted before she was killed more than three years ago, a medical examiner testified Wednesday.

The Moore County Board of Commissioners took a "significant step" Tuesday toward securing a lasting water source for the county.

Jurors in the trial of a man accused in the death of a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl viewed a video Tuesday which showed investigators recovering the girl's body.

A former maintenance man at the Comfort Inn and Suites in Sanford told jurors Monday he watched Mario McNeill load Shaniya Davis into a car and leave the morning of November 10, 2009.

Mario McNeill's defense team Friday tried to keep the jury hearing his case from learning exactly how investigators came to learn where 5-year-old Shaniya Davis' body was found.

The Southeastern Economic Development Commission celebrated 45 years of service to the region at their Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 16 at Lu Mil Vineyard.

The prosecution called an 11-year-old boy Wednesday to testify about the life and death of his sister, 5-year-old Shaniya Davis.

A Superior Court judge says jurors can be told that attorneys for a man who's charged with killing a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl told police where to find to her body.

Who would have thought two decades ago that North Carolina hog farmers would prove pivotal in preserving an environmental law? It hasn't been that long ago that the state's hog barons were portrayed as polluters and despoilers of the state's waters, as headline-grabbing waste spills accompanied a burgeoning contract hog farming industry that helped ... (more)

A decision is expected Friday in the trial for 32-year-old Mario McNeill - the man accused of killing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis.

Who would have thought two decades ago that North Carolina hog farmers would prove pivotal in preserving an environmental law? It hasn't been that long ago that the state's hog barons were portrayed as polluters and despoilers of the state's waters, as headline-grabbing waste spills accompanied a burgeoning contract hog farming industry that helped ... (more)

The Southeastern Economic Development Commission celebrated 45 years of service to the region at their Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 16 at Lu Mil Vineyard.

Around 8 p.m. officials with the Harnett County Sheriff's Office received a call about someone being shot and that they were on their way to the hospital.

A campaign to have insurance companies treat cancer drugs taken orally the same as they do intravenous cancer treatments has come to North Carolina.