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Morning Fayetteville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What the new Fayetteville veterans home near Fort Bragg means for care
  • Police identify victim in deadly Cedar Creek Road Circle K shooting
  • What's next for Fayetteville entertainment after the Crown Theatre shutdown?

Also on today's calendar: Healthy Kids Running Series Fall 2026 - South Fayetteville, NC and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 74, low: 66.
  • Monday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 74 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Congress clears Fort Bragg land transfer for new NC veterans home (carolinajournal.com) — Federal lawmakers have cleared a Fort Bragg land transfer that allows North Carolina to move forward with a new $40 million Fayetteville Veterans Home, replacing the facility that closed in 2024. With state funding already authorized, the project will restore badly needed long-term care capacity for local veterans once the president signs the bill and construction begins.
   

2. Young man identified in deadly Fayetteville shooting at Circle K on Cedar Creek Road: Police (cbs17.com) — Fayetteville police have identified 21-year-old Shawn Williams Jr. of Fayetteville as the man killed in a Sept. 25 shooting at the Circle K on Cedar Creek Road near I-95. Officers found him with a gunshot wound and pronounced him dead at the scene, and detectives are still investigating while asking anyone with information to contact Detective J. Bergamine.
   

3. Daniel Tosh takes aim at Fayetteville after Crown Theatre show canceled (cbs17.com) — Fayetteville's Crown Theatre and Crown Arena are now closed over serious structural concerns, forcing comedian Daniel Tosh to cancel his Oct. 16 show here and move it to Asheville. County leaders say repairs could cost up to $100 million, while Crown Complex management works with affected events and shifts more entertainment to the still-open Crown Coliseum.
   

4. Latest Pentagon Overseas Operations casualty report: 5 service members have died, 443 injured since July 7 (fox5ny.com) — A Pentagon update on Overseas Operations casualties notes that five U.S. service members have died and 443 have been injured since July 7, including Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville. Swinton, assigned to a Fort Bragg-based air defense unit, was killed July 19 while working to safely detonate a downed drone at Erbil Air Base in Iraq, highlighting the risks still faced by local soldiers abroad.
   

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