Fayetteville Observer

fayobserver.com — Election workers to hand count random sample of ballots in N.C. Senate 21 race Election workers in Cumberland County will count by hand Wednesday a random sample of ballots in the N.C. Senate 21 race. Former state Sen.

live-blogs.fayobserver.com — About the blog "The People's Business" keeps an eye on government and politics from Fayetteville to Raleigh to Washington and beyond. "Government is the people's business, and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid." -- Republican Ronald Reagan, at his 1967 inauguration as governor of California.

live-blogs.fayobserver.com — Of the 60 players scheduled to attend the 2012 NBA Draft combine in Chicago, six will be from the Triangle. Former North Carolina standouts Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller are set to be at the camp, which runs from June 7-8.

blogs.fayobserver.com — The volunteers hunting for clues to the disappearance of Private 1st Class Kelli Bordeaux plan to search again this weekend. Below are the details from organizer Tina Turner of Fayetteville. If you have questions, you can call her at 910-987-5987.

fayobserver.com — Joe Biden's son, Beau, courts military voters in visit to Fayetteville Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden didn't beat around the bush. At a Monday evening campaign kickoff for North Carolina Veterans and Military Families in Fayetteville, the son of Vice President Joe Biden again and again emphasized the promises kept and commitments made by President Obama on behalf of the military and their families.

fayobserver.com — One of Trinity Christian basketball coach Heath Vandevender's young daughters, Aubrey, is sitting on the front row of bleachers in the Pine Forest High School gym on a recent weekday night. She looks at the court, then turns back to face her father, who is a few rows higher.

fayobserver.com — Kreutzer's mother, victim's wife share unlikely bond RELATED: Victims's widow returns every year to be sure Kreutzer stays in prison for 1995 shooting spree Diane Badger calls her friendship with Kathleen Kreutzer a gift from God. Badger is a widow, her husband killed in 1995 by Kreutzer's son.

fayobserver.com — Every spring for the past three years, Diane Badger has flown 1,800 miles from Utah to speak to the group that will decide whether to release her husband's killer. Don't let him out, she pleads in Arlington, Va., because she believes William Kreutzer can't be fixed.