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Governor adds $5,000 reward to search for missing teen
LUMBERTON — The search for a 13-year-old girl abducted Monday continues and local police and the FBI continue to plead for the public’s help. “It breaks my heart to stand here five days later and not...
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Come and get some
Dwain Teague, right, smiles Friday as Merle Summers hands him a plateful of pancakes and sausage at the 56th annual Robeson-Lumberton Kiwanis pancake festival at the Bill Sapp Recreation Center in...
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Moody still leads, but margin shrinks
LUMBERTON — The race for a seat on the local District Court bench inched closer Friday to a probable vote recount with Jack Moody’s lead over Vanessa Burton dwindling by 45 votes. The Robeson County...
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Hoke earns first win since 2016 in 21-20 win over Lumberton
RAEFORD — First-year Lumberton football head coach Kelly Williamson said Friday’s 21-20 road Sandhills Athletic Conference loss at Hoke was a proper ending to the Pirates’ season. “It was kind of a...
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St. Pauls domination: Bulldogs close regular season with impressive win, prep...
ST PAULS — For the St. Pauls football team, Friday was the culmination of a trying year that started with a regime change in July. According to interim coach Mike Setzer, the group has fought through...
View ArticleRams, Pirates send 6 to all-SAC soccer squad
LUMBERTON — Six boys soccer players were honored on the all-conference team for the Sandhills Athletic Conference the league announced on Friday. Among the six, goalkeepers from Purnell Swett and...
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World champion wrestler to teach clinic in Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE — The FreCo Wrestling Club is hosting a wrestling clinic led by world champion wrestler J’Den Cox on Jan. 6 in Fayetteville. The clinic will have three different sessions on that day, from...
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Braves top Newberry in opener
SALISBURY — Sophomore David Strother scored a game-best 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting to pace a sextet of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke players with double-figure scoring nights as the...
View ArticleHardee’s in Pembroke reopens
PEMBROKE — The Hardee’s franchise here has risen from the ashes. The restaurant at 317 W. Third St. re-opened for business at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday. It had been closed for 11 months after being...
View ArticleRegistration for Empty Stocking is Nov. 19
LUMBERTON — Registration will be held on Nov. 19 at the Robeson County Department of Social Services for people wishing to benefit this year from the Empty Stocking Fund. Applications will be taken...
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Bulldogs, Golden Tornadoes make football state playoffs
LUMBERTON —The NCHSAA released the state playoff football bracket on Saturday afternoon with two Robeson County teams, St. Pauls and Fairmont, making the cut. St. Pauls (8-3) will be the 11th-seed in...
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More of the same in the Braves’ loss to Carson-Newman
PEMBROKE — For The University of North Carolina at Pembroke football team, Saturday proved to be a microcosm of a frustrating season with a 34-13 home loss to Carson-Newman. The offense was given prime...
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Methodist honors Red Springs alumus
RED SPRINGS — Robeson County native Ashley Deese has been named the 2018 Methodist University Distinguished Young Alumni. A 2011 graduate of Methodist University, Deese was honored during a homecoming...
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Suite named in honor of former UNCP player
PEMBROKE — The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Trustee Wiley Barrett and his wife, Dianne, thought they were showing up for a quick photoshoot inside the Jones Athletic Center. The Southern...
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Three have eyes on Godwin’s chair
PEMBROKE — Incumbent Lumbee Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin is running on a record he calls one of positive change and achievement in his bid for re-election, while his three challengers say more must be...
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LEAF scholarships golden for 27 UNCP students
PEMBROKE — Juggling physics classes at Richmond Community College while working as a shift manager at Bojangles was taking a toll on Sandra Huneycutt. That burden was lifted two years ago when she...
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Edge, Martin: Cummings wrong on claim they would benefit from warehouse sale
PEMBROKE — Two elected officials in Robeson County firmly deny an implication by county board Chairman Raymond Cummings that they had a financial interest in the Public Schools of Robeson County...
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Event honors Robeson WWI dead
LUMBERTON — On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 100 years after the armistice ending World War I was signed, a service of remembrance was held Sunday morning under a live oak tree in...
View ArticleAudiotape of Cummings’ conversation now online
RED SPRINGS — The woman who secretly recorded Raymond Cummings, a candidate for Lumbee tribal chairman who was trying to solicit her vote, has agreed to allow The Robesonian newspaper to publish the...
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UNCP takes a BraveStep with SCC
PEMBROKE — The University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Southeastern Community College recently entered into a BraveStep agreement. Dr. Robin Gary Cummings, UNCP chancellor, and SCC President...
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