A new true crime series debuting on the Investigation Discovery channel tonight puts the spotlight on a salacious story of murder and sex in Fayetteville.

"Scorned: Love Kills" (10 p.m., Investigation Discovery) opens with the story of the 2002 murder of U.S. Army Special Forces Maj. David Shannon. David and his wife Joan Shannon (left) were involved in the "swinging" lifestyle in Fayetteville (members of the "Fayetteville Gang Bangers," no less) but things got out of hand when Joan fell in love with one of her conquests and wanted out of her marriage. And since stupid people think murder is easier and cheaper than divorce, she started planning his death.

The grossest thing about this case is that Joan Shannon involves one of her teenage daughters in her plot.

FAYETTEVILLE - Panther Creek quarterback Kameron Bryant rallied the Catamounts again on Friday with the stakes at the highest to claim a 35-32 victory over Fayetteville Seventy-First in the third round of the state 4-AA football playoffs.

Bryant drove Panther Creek 80 yards in 28 seconds, throwing the 18-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Daniel Beilinson with 55 seconds left.

Panther Creek (13-1) will play at Wake Forest-Rolesville (13-1) in the 4-AA Eastern championship on Friday. The winner will advance to the championship game.

A state court has blocked Duke Energy's controversial bid to sell power to a South Carolina city outside the Charlotte power company's service area.

The ruling by the N.C. Court of Appeals upholds a 2009 decision by the N.C. Utilities Commission. The commission rejected Duke's business strategy to cherry-pick municipal customers that had been buying power from other utilities.

The utilities commission was concerned that Duke's push for open competition for large customers would wreak havoc with the state's regulated utility system, in which captive customers pay for power plants and infrastructure.

Senior golfers in the Triangle have several choices for tournament competition.

Among the options is the Down East Senior Amateur Tour, which finally
had some good weather Monday to get its season going with a tournament
at Southern Wayne Country Club in Goldsboro, tour organizer Bill Stone
reported. (Top finishers are below.)

American Eagle Airlines plans to add nonstop service between Fayetteville and Dallas/For Worth International Airport, increasing competition for travelers in the Sandhills region.

The affiliate of American Airlines, which already offers nonstop service between its hub in Dallas/Fort Worth and Raleigh-Durham International Airport, will begin the new service in June.

American Eagle will offer two daily nonstops on 44-seat Embraer jets each way between Dallas/Fort Worth and Fayetteville Municipal Airport.

“Not only will we provide visitors from across the country with convenient access to the area's historic sites, universities and award-winning golf courses - but these new flights will also link military personnel from the U.S. Army post at Fort Bragg and nearby Pope Air Force Base with destinations throughout American's global network,” said Gary Foss, an American vice president, in a prepared statement.

RDU officials say there is plenty of demand for travel to the Dallas area from travelers in the Research Triangle region.

"We do not expect it to impact service or competition here," RDU spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin wrote in an e-mail. "We don't expect passengers to drive to [Fayetteville] from here since American offers daily service from RDU on its mainline aircraft."

A major consulting firm is expanding in Fayetteville to be closer to its defense customers, and adding more than 250 jobs.

Booz Allen Hamilton, a Tysons Corner, Va.-based contractor, chose Fayetteville for the expansion to be closer to the U.S. Army Forces Command and Reserve Command. The company now employs about 30 people in the region and expects to expand to about 300 over time, said spokesman William Butler.

The news is the latest example of North Carolina's economy getting a boost from its deep military ties. Booz Allen began looking at possible sites 18 months ago and worked closely with the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce.

The company is planning a June event to officially open its new location, a former Wachovia building at the intersection of the All American Freeway, Morganton and Sycamore Dairy roads. Most of Booz Allen's business is contract work for the federal government.

A Texas company that makes biodegradable plates and bowls from vegetable starch is considering buying an empty building in Fayetteville for a factory that could employ up to 450 people.

The Fayetteville Observer reports that Variety Global Business of Houston has signed a letter of intent to purchase the 125,000-square-foot "shell" building. The Fayetteville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce built the facility in 2002 to lure new business.

According to a chamber quarterly report given to the Fayetteville City Council last week, VGB would employ 450 people if it opened an operation there. But the deal could still fall through if the company and local officials can't agree on a price, the newspaper reports.

Read the full Fayetteville Observer story here.

State officials announced this morning that DuPont plans to add 10 employees at its Fayetteville facility to increase production of materials used in solar panels.

The Fayetteville Works Plant, which opened in 1971, already has about 500 employees and hundreds of contractors. DuPont announced last fall that it was reviewing sites in the U.S. and abroad to pick the best place to increase production of Tedlar, a film used to back solar
panels.

At a news conference this morning in Raleigh, Commerce secretary Keith Crisco and other officials announced that DuPont plans a $55 million expansion to the Fayetteville plant.

The company was offered $50,000 in incentives from the state's One North Carolina Fund.

Family and friends say goodbye at a deployment ceremony for the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, at the Crown ... more

See photos of first lady Michelle Obama's visit to Ft. Bragg and Fayetteville. Staff photos by Jason Arthurs.