Updated December 18, 2020 6:59 p.m. EST
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
The Armed Forces YMCA on post provides food, clothing and other services for families in need. We saw a lot of families in need, said Michelle Baumgarten, Fort Bragg YMCA director.
Rachel Szabo lost her job as an interior designer earlier this year. Her husband is in the 82nd Airborne Division. The couple is expecting their first child next week. Szabo says the YMCA food bank has helped the family get through some very tough financial times. I usually come once a month to pick up groceries, and it s a variety of different things, she said.
Updated December 16, 2020 6:18 p.m. EST
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Fayetteville, N.C. Advocate volunteers in Cumberland County help rape survivors at the hospital and to navigate the legal system after an attack.
But caution about the pandemic led the board of directors for Rape Crisis of Cumberland County to decide not to enter hospitals, making it for advocates to give that help. The board cited the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state in making their decision. Domestic violence is up,” Executive Director Deanna Gerdes said. “Sexual assault is up. And they seem to be more violent than what they were before Covid. About two weeks ago, they made the decision to pull us back out because the numbers were rising.
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Updated December 15, 2020 6:24 p.m. EST
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Dunn, N.C. One young man mourns his 4-year-old son while another sits in jail, accused of the abuse that claimed the child s life.
Tracey Jackson said that he had custody of his 4-year-old, Jaylen Boykin, two years ago and had been living in Delaware.
Jackson says that his son s personality was adorable. Everybody that met him fell in love with him. He was a character. He really was. He was like an adult in a child s body.
At the urging of the Harnett County Department of Social Services, he agreed to let his son spend some time with his mother, Kimberly Boykin.
Updated December 10, 2020 6:32 p.m. EST
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Fayetteville, N.C. As Cape Fear Valley Medical Center waits for its first shipment of a coronavirus vaccine, the hospital has put up tents in the emergency room parking lot, anticipating a surge in patients.
The tents went up late Wednesday and early Thursday, and Fayetteville firefighters spent the day ensuring they were properly secured. In order for us to maintain social distancing [and] keep our patients safe, we re opening up the tents here so we can have overflow, usually waiting space right now for folks to be able to wait, said Dan Weatherly, the hospital s chief operating officer.