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The idea of a curfew is not new. Colvin reminded the audience before the discussion began by playing a news segment from 2023 ...
Charlotte’s Youth Protection Ordinance imposes a curfew for minors under 16. Children 12 and under must be indoors by 10 p.m.
A shooting incident near Fayetteville's Dogwood Festival is one reason Mayor Mitch Colvin wants the city to impose a ...
Mayor Mitch Colvin championed the curfew as one tool to address youth violence, alongside community programs. Tensions flared in Fayetteville’s City Council chambers Monday night as members ...
The City of Fayetteville voted to implement a youth curfew as part of an effort to fight a spike in juvenile crime.
The City Council voted 8-2 to impose a youth protection ordinance that includes a curfew modeled after the one in Charlotte.
But one problem, also highlighted by Colvin, is that the high demand coupled with high prices means that those workers must ...
“Unattended youth in our community after 11 o’clock—there needs to be some accountability and structure around that,” Colvin said. The ordinance comes after years of debate about a curfew in ...
Two days later, Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin cited that shooting and another shooting that injured a 12-year-old at a parking lot carnival in March as evidence that the city needed to get ...
The curfew took effect immediately. Mayor Mitch Colvin said last week that a possible curfew would be among the actions the city would take to combat the rise in crime. Colvin added that there ...
Mayor Mitch Colvin first introduced the curfew proposal after two shootings, one on the outskirts of the Dogwood Festival and another at a parking lot carnival. The topic has been introduced ...
Mayor Mitch Colvin, who called the emergency meeting, said, “We’re looking every day at a different incident, not only here, but across this country. Things and times have changed. It’s ...