This year has been pretty awful for so many of us, but it wasn t all bad.
A few good things did, in fact, happen in 2020 in Fayetteville and the Sandhills region. Here are 10 of them:
J. Cole shoots a Puma commercial in Fayetteville
On a cold afternoon in January, rapper J. Cole was in town to film a Puma commercial at the basketball court near Walker Spivey Elementary School. Cole signed a multi-year footwear and apparel deal with Puma, and the commercial debuted in mid-February.
Firefighters save Fayetteville family dog
Firefighters saved the life of a family dog while responding to a fire in the 1100 block of Vesper Lane on Jan.15. When firefighters arrived, they found the dog unconscious and removed it from the home. Firefighters resuscitated the dog by using a pet mask.