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Local Roundup: East Columbus tops South Robeson for conference win
LAKE WACCAMAW — South Robeson football dropped its third straight game, falling 18-12 at East Columbus, in a Three Rivers Conference 1A matchup Wednesday night. Jamauri Baker and Jamearos McLeod scores...
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Hearings force sexual assault talk
Now that Brett Kavanaugh is a United States Supreme Court Justice, we need to take an honest look at the issue that engulfed his confirmation. Each of us has our own opinion about whether Kavanaugh...
View ArticleVoting, action needed during these hard times
To the Editor, Have you seriously wondered how our county and nation will go forward beyond past events and current dilemmas? For decades we observed images of other states and other regions of our...
View ArticleNot as bad as Florence, Michael now passes as good luck
Robeson County is due a break. Perhaps we will get one today. As this is being written, Hurricane Michael is about to unleash its Cat 4 fury on the Florida Panhandle, causing the kind of havoc that...
View ArticleDemocrats hold Gaddy’s meeting Oct. 20
LUMBERTON — The North Carolina Democratic Party has scheduled an organizational precinct meeting for the Gaddys precinct for Oct. 20. The meeting will start at noon and take place in the Gaddys...
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Patterson, Ashburn back at work
RED SPRINGS — Ronnie Patterson is back working as the police chief in Red Springs, and David Ashburn is back as its town manager. The Red Springs Board of Commissioners this week voted unanimously to...
View ArticleGod’s plan unfolds for His people
Genesis 10:1; 11:10, 27, 31, 32; Genesis 12:1-4 Genealogies in God’s Word are probably more often scanned than read. They are filled with names we often cannot pronounce and give records of people with...
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Body found in Columbus County is Orrum man
WHITEVILLE — A body that was found in a roadside ditch in Columbus County on Sept. 16 has been identified as a 21-year-old Orrum man who went missing a few days before, according to multiple published...
View ArticleCrime report
The following incidents of breaking and entering were reported to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office: Deborah Young, Dixie Trail, Lumber Bridge; Hudell Chavis, Oakgrove Church Road, Pembroke; Tabitha...
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Michael a breeze for Robeson
LUMBERTON — Robeson County dodged a meteorological bullet Thursday. “We did. We most certainly did,” said Stephanie Chavis, county Emergency Management director. The remnants of Hurricane Michael took...
View ArticleLREMC meeting reset for Nov. 3
LUMBERTON — The Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation’s annual meeting, which was postponed because of the threat of bad weather associated with Hurricane Michael, has been rescheduled for Nov....
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Braves back on the road
PEMBROKE — When the University of North Carolina at Pembroke football team takes the field at McPherson Stadium on Saturday afternoon to battle Central State, it will mark the first road game in 41...
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Week 7 high school football picks
LUMBERTON — This week brings two of the biggest Three Rivers Conference games of the season for Robeson County teams as Whiteville travels to Red Springs and St. Pauls goes to East Bladen. A loss could...
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Follow rules when on scooters
I’m a huge fan of free markets, limited government, and the promotion of individual liberty. Except when one’s perceived individual liberty infringes on mine because he or she fails to follow rules set...
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Maxton manager, Chavis have altercation at town hall
LUMBERTON — Warrants have been sworn out in the wake of an altercation Friday between Maxton’s town manager and the leader of the local We the People movement. The altercation took place in Maxton Town...
View Article‘Bridesmaid’ gets a new date
LUMBERTON — New performance dates have been scheduled for “Always a Bridesmaid.” The play is scheduled to run Thursday through Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. each day and Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. each day...
View ArticleLumbee Genealogy Symposium rescheduled
PEMBROKE — A Lumbee Genealogy Symposium at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has been rescheduled for Oct. 25 and Oct. 26. The cost is $25, and that includes meals and copies of research....
View ArticleWhat’s happening
•Oct. 13 Park music: Music in the Park will take place at Vardell Memorial Garden on East Third Street, beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling Margarete Morley at 910-988-1315. Chavis...
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Devils suffer another close call
RED SPRINGS — Red Springs coach Lawrence Ches said that football is a game where a few plays can come back to hurt a team no matter how well they play, and such was the case for his team on Friday...
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Bulldogs fail to finish at East Bladen
ELIZABETHTOWN — St. Pauls interim coach Mike Setzer has stressed the importance of finishing games since his team collapsed in the second half of a loss to Three Rivers Conference-leading South...
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