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Author finds inspiration in history
Franklin Delano Roosevelt said during his second presidential inaugural address, “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide...
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With summer ending, library prepares for fall fun
Seems like just yesterday we were waiting for summer’s arrival after a long winter. Now summer is coming to an end and with that, so is our summer reading program. Storytimes and Lego Club will...
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ISD chief gets expanded role
RALEIGH — The superintendent of the Innovative School District has been given a bigger role in the shaping of North Carolina’s public education system. Eric Hal has been promoted to deputy state...
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Amount local schools could receive in lawsuit unclear
LUMBERTON — It isn’t known how much money would come to Robeson County if a lawsuit to get the state to pay the more about $700 million owed to public schools is successful. But it would likely be...
View ArticleRepair work to close McDonald Road
LUMBERTON — A section of McDonald Road southeast of Fairmont will be closed for five days next week so a pipe beneath the roadway can be replaced. The road section will be closed to both lanes of...
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Prison escapee caught in Robeson
LUMBERTON — An inmate who escaped from Rutherford Correctional Center has been captured in Robeson County. James Pittman, 45, was captured Wednesday evening after he went missing from his work release...
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Big welcome for baseball teams
LUMBERTON — Gary Carr’s Dixie Youth “O” Zone baseball team walked around the track at Lumberton High School on Friday night with “Wagon Wheel” playing on the speakers, and many of his players from the...
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Georgia’s movie boost fiction?
Time Magazine’s Aug. 6 special issue focuses on the American South. One of the articles is about Georgia’s film production incentives, entitled “How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South.” The...
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Dixie Youth Baseball World Series live scoreboard for Aug. 4
2018 Dixie Youth Baseball World Series Saturday’s results “O”Zone Virginia 6, Texas 0 Arkansas 10, Tennessee 9 (7 innings) Florida 5, Mississippi 2 Louisiana 4, Alabama 0 South Carolina 3, North...
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State board decides Sunday on number of voting sites of General Election
LUMBERTON — A state board on Sunday is expected to decide how many satellite voting sites will be open during the Nov. 6 General Election in Robeson County. The decision has been left to the North...
View Article$473.5 million verdict could be costly for hog farmers
If you are a Robeson County farmer whose livelihood depends, wholly or even partly, on raising hogs for slaughter, then you have to be devastated by a jury’s decision on Friday to award hundreds of...
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Athletic forms for school sports now online
The Athletic Department for the Public Schools of Robeson County now hosts their pre-participation athletic forms online with ArbiterAthlete. This digital platform will allow parents and students to...
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$1B plan builds 12 schools
LUMBERTON — The Board of Education of the Public Schools of Robeson County during its retreat Saturday approved a billion-dollar master plan to build to build 12 new schools in Robeson County. The...
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Georgia hands Lumberton Majors opening loss
LUMBERTON — For the first three innings of its first-round matchup against Georgia in the Dixie Youth Majors World Series on Saturday, the Lumberton Majors team seemed out of place. Butch Campbell’s...
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Lumberton kicks off “O” Zone play with win
LUMBERTON — The host city for the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series finally landed in the win column as the Lumberton “O” Zone team cruised to an 18-3 victory over Georgia on Saturday night....
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Georgia staves off Lumberton AAA to open World Series
LUMBERTON — A busy day that featured extra-inning contests on Saturday extended the first round play of the Dixie Youth AAA World Series at the Ray Pennington Athletic Complex into Sunday morning....
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County set to correct ACP error
LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Board of Commissioners will be trying to correct a mistake made almost one year ago that sparked a lawsuit when it meets on Monday. The board meets at 6 p.m. at the...
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Lumberton Majors team stays alive at Dixie Youth Baseball World Series
LUMBERTON — A Sunday morning pep talk was all it took for the Lumberton Majors team to find their rhythm at the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series at the Ray Pennington Athletic Complex. Hours before...
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Scores from Sunday’s action of the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series
2018 Dixie Youth Baseball World Series Sunday’s results “O”Zone Winner’s bracket Lumberton 6, South Carolina 3 Louisiana 2, Florida 1 Virginia 7, Arkansas 6 Loser’s bracket Alabama 11, Mississipi 3...
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Lumberton AAA eliminated on second day of World Series
LUMBERTON — After falling 5-4 to Texas on Sunday night to be eliminated from the Dixie Youth AAA World Series, Lumberton coach Jeff Nance was wearing a smile. “I’m proud of them kids, man,” Nance said....
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