Church of the week
The Life Center — Pastor: Rev. Michael Gist — Address: 404 E. McLean St., St. Pauls — Telephone: 910-865-4408 — Service Schedule: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday, Praise and Worship, 10:45 a.m.;...
View ArticleEx-senator bumps Fund by $1,000
There are just three new gifts to the Empty Stocking Fund to report today, but one is the largest we have received so far this year Jane Smith, the former state senator for Robeson and Columbus...
View ArticleSweet potatoes on menu in Rowland today
DURHAM — About 40,000 pounds of sweet potatoes will be dumped today in Rowland as part of an effort to help feed the hungry. “That is a lot of sweet potatoes,” said Michael Binger, regional director...
View ArticleLee retiring as park super
PRINCESS ANN — When Lumberton native Neill Lee arrived at the new Lumber River State Park in 1994 as a park ranger, it was a notorious party spot, littered with beer cans and trash. One of his earliest...
View ArticlePembroke honored as state’s top small town
PEMBROKE — The town of Pembroke was recently named the 2017 Small Town of the Year at the annual Rural Assembly hosted by the NC Rural Center, a 30-year-old organization that seeks to improve the...
View ArticleTribal business holds open house Friday
PEMBROKE — An open house for the new location of Lumbee Tribe Enterprises LLC has been scheduled for Friday. The open house will be from 2 to 5 p.m. at 812 Candy Park Road, Foxglove Place, Suite 5102...
View ArticleCity’s emergencies director earns key certification
LUMBERTON — Bill French, director of Emergency Services for the city of Lumberton, recently earned the Emergency Number Professional certification from the National Emergency Number Association. The...
View ArticleCohen, Vella to address 515 UNCP grads
PEMBROKE — The secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and an English professor from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke will be the keynote speakers during UNCP’s winter...
View ArticleCommissioners pick chair on Monday
LUMBERTON — The election of a chairman and a vice chairman tops the agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Robeson County Board of Commissioners. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the county...
View ArticleMetzgers make $150,000 gift for School of Business
PEMBROKE — The future multi-million dollar home of the School of Business at UNC Pembroke is part of the university’s vision to serve as an economic engine for Southeast North Carolina. UNCP trustee...
View ArticleEmpty Stocking Fund needs record to serve all 1,950 children
The math, in a word, is daunting. There are 1,950 children representing 875 families in Robeson County who have been deemed eligible to receive a $50 voucher from the Empty Stocking Fund so that they,...
View ArticleLittle Marietta puts on big show
MARIETTA – Lt. Clinton Billings Sr., a member of the Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department, has been attending the annual Christmas parade in Marietta for close to 30 years. With each installment, he...
View ArticleBoard’s call on Southside-Ashpole looms
LUMBERTON — With a public hearing at Southside Ashpole Elementary School looming on Dec. 12, school board members are edging closer to a decision on whether to close the low-performing school or to...
View ArticleBlue Devils ‘overwhelm’ South Dakota
DURHAM — South Dakota coach Craig Smith was warned about what would happen if his team came out slow against top-ranked Duke on Saturday. Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski, a former Duke assistant...
View ArticleTop teachers named at St. Pauls
ST. PAULS — Kristina Kinlaw and Twanna Thompson have been selected the top employees at St. Pauls Elementary School for November. Kinlaw, a fourth-grade math teacher, is the school’s certified employee...
View ArticleVolunteers needed for MLK event
LUMBERTON — An organizational meeting will be held on Thursday at 6 p.m. W.H Knuckles Elementary School for an event to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The school is located at 1527 Martin Luther...
View ArticleUNCP professor does study on solar-panel prices
PEMBROKE — With the help of the Teaching and Learning Center of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Chuanhui “Charles” Xiong, an assistant professor of Management, Marketing &...
View ArticlePlaying for some hardware: Seven teams from the Carolinas earn bowl bids
From the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 16 to the College Football Playoff on Jan. 1, here’s a look at the 2017-18 college football bowl lineup that includes seven teams from the Carolinas. Three of North...
View Article17-year-old charged in Meares’ death
ST. PAULS — A 17-year-old has been charged in the shooting death of Zachary Meares. Jason O’Neil Bass is accused of voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 28 shooting death of Meares, according to St....
View ArticleCrime reports
Savannah Garner, of Mahaffey Road in Williamston, S.C., reported Sunday that someone broke her windshield and damaged her Iphone 7 Plus, valued at $700, on Pine Street in Lumberton. Damages to the...
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