Brooks leaves amazing legacy of achievement
Martin Brooks was born in 1929 in Detroit, not in the Jim Crow South where he spent most of his life, but a part of America that also was not a welcoming place for an American Indian. Brooks, the...
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Firefighter takes $10,000 prize
PEMBROKE — Johnathan Register has become accustomed to high-pressure situations during his three years as a Lumberton firefighter. Register said he was “calm and relaxed” as he made the drive from...
View ArticleMeeting on MLK event is Tuesday
LUMBERTON — An organizational meeting will be held on Tuesday 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...
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ROWLAND — A contract that will continue the process of improving the town’s sewer system was approved Tuesday by the Board of Commissioners. The $26,450 contract to perform an evaluation of the sewer...
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School board surrenders Southside-Ashpole
LUMBERTON — The Board of Education of the Public Schools of Robeson County voted unanimously Tuesday to turn over management of Southside-Ashpole Elementary School in Rowland to the North Carolina...
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NC State’s Hines declares for NFL draft
RALEIGH — NC State running back Nyheim Hines has decided to forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2018 NFL draft. The school announced Hines’ decision on Friday afternoon. “We appreciate...
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Pakistan undeserving of our aid
Actions speak much louder than words. This is common-sense. Yet it seems to have been lost on some of the Americans responsible for foreign diplomacy over the past few decades. At the onset of the War...
View ArticleCrime report
Alan Easton reported Wednesday to the Lumberton Police Department that he was cut and robbed by a man who used a knife as a weapon. Samuel McCoy reported Thursday to the Lumberton Police Department...
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City police officer victim of accidental shooting
LUMERTON — A Lumberton police officer was shot accidentally Friday night by another officer, according to multiple sources. The shooting happened behind Peterson Toyota on Fayetteville Road at about...
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City officials hoping to play it again Sam
LUMBERTON — City officials don’t want a vacant 135,000-square-foot building standing in the way of progress at Exit 22 off Interstate 95, and have already gone to work to make sure that doesn’t happen....
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Good first year for Sanderson Farms
ST. PAULS — With a year of production under its belt, the giant Sanderson Farms chicken processing plant is declaring the start-up of its St. Pauls operation a success. The $115 million,...
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Child-labor ring had Lumberton link
LUMBERTON — A Fayetteville businessman charged with forcing children to work at his fish markets for little or no pay had a business in Lumberton. “There were some children working at that location,”...
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Officer shot in accident
LUMBERTON — A Lumberton police officer who was shot when a weapon discharged accidentally on Friday afternoon is expected to recover from his wounds, according to police Capt. Terry Parker. Details...
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Tornado Warning: Fairmont dominates West Columbus
CERRO GORDO — The Fairmont boys basketball team didn’t get the message. After losing a triple overtime thriller to West Columbus in December, the Golden Tornadoes and Vikings were set to give the fans...
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Pirates cruise past Purnell Swett
PEMBROKE — In the last few days of the 14 day layoff for the Lumberton boys basketball team, coach Matt Hill saw a difference in the energy level from his team. He’s not sure what the cause might have...
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Single Stop Shop connect students with services
Many people credit William Butler Yeats with having said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire.” But, a few scholars believe the ancient Greek philosopher Plutarch...
View ArticleLHS grad makes Coastal dean’s list
CONWAY, S.C. — A Lumberton High School graduate was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Coastal Carolina University. Peyton Adams was among 2,419 students at Coastal Carolina who earned the honor....
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Red Springs woman making it big in fashion industry
RED SPRINGS — Bigger is better for a local size 16 model. After a one-year hiatus from modeling plus-sized model Vikki Jackson, 34, made her comeback by performing this past fall at Pulp Fashion Week...
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County to offer GenX testing at no cost
ST. PAULS — The Robeson County Health Department will begin testing private wells this week in the northeastern corner of the county for GenX and several other “emerging contaminants” released by the...
View ArticleRecovery funds for small businesses available
PEMBROKE — An information session designed to help small businesses recover after a natural disaster been scheduled for Thursday. The session, sponsored by Initiative Capital, will take place from 10...
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