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Pembroke youth soccer team wins title
Courtesy photo The Pembroke Soccer Association’s United 06 12-and-under team competed in the Disney Presidents’ Day Festival on Feb. 17 to 19 in Florida. The team won the tournament with 3-0-1 record...
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Three M’s favoring Republicans
RALEIGH — With an unpopular president in the White House, a spate of incumbent retirements in competitive seats, and a relentless drumbeat of media hits against them, Republicans are clearly heading...
View ArticleGraham’s death inspires fond memories of his mom and dad
To the Editor, As I think about the void that the death of the Rev. Billy Graham has left in our world, I can not help but remember my days as a student at Queens College, now Queens University, in...
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Lumberton Youth Baseball signups now open
LUMBERTON — Registration for the Lumberton Youth Baseball Association’s spring 2018 season is now open. Registration will be held until Feb. 28. The cost per player is $30 and families with two or more...
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From the Fringe
Fairmont’s week in review Tommy Lowry and Charles Blackmon won this weeks Senior Shootout. Mike Graham and Lee Hunt took second place, Tommy Belch and James Humphrey won the second flight, with Rick...
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McGirt finishes 33rd at Honda Classic
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Fairmont native William McGirt shot his only under-par round of the Honda Classic on Sunday to help rise up the leaderboard and finish a tie for 33rd for the event. McGirt...
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Woman faces weapons, drug charges
LUMBERTON — A Pembroke woman faces firearm and narcotics charges after being arrested by members the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office’s Violent Crimes Task Force. Katherine Privette, 24, was arrested...
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Tribe has ACP questions
LUMBERTON — The Lumbee Tribe wants its concerns regarding the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to be heard. That’s why the tribe, along with 18 other organizations, on Friday joined an appeal filed Jan. 19 in...
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Thousands pay respect to Graham
CHARLOTTE — Thousands of people from all walks of life — including a former president — filed slowly past the casket of the Rev. Billy Graham on Monday to pay their final respects to a man who reached...
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Tornadoes ready to run with the Horses
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont boys basketball team is going to be tested in the post when they travel to Clinton for a NCHSAA 2A East regional semifinal matchup against the Dark Horses today for a 7 p.m....
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2018 Sandhills Athletic Conference basketball awards
2018 Sandhills Athletic Conference basketball awards GIRLS Player of the Year: London Thompson, Lumberton Coach of the Year: Ronshau Cole, Pinecrest All-conference team Pinecrest: Keayna McLaughlin,...
View ArticleValue in partisan judicial elections
There’s one point of near-universal agreement when it comes to selecting state judges: No state has figured out a perfect system. But as lawmakers debate the way North Carolina places judges on the...
View ArticleFormer Deep Branch teacher recalled for character, integrity
To the Editor, Mr. Delton Ray Locklear passed over to Glory in a Glorified Body on Jan. 31, 2018. I first saw Mr. Delton when he came to Deep Branch Elementary School as a teacher in the mid-1950’s. I...
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Braves start defense of PBC tourney title
PEMBROKE — The humbling experience for The University of North Carolina at Pembroke men’s basketball team came when a chance to help clinch the outright Peach Belt Conference regular-season title...
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Southeastern Health welcomes new VP
LUMBERTON — A new vice president has joined Southeastern Health. Dr. Patrick Ebri has been named vice president of Talent and Culture, and chief engagement officer, said Joann Anderson, Southeastern...
View ArticleKenney exits UNCP with legacy of success
It was August 1985, and Sammy Batten, then a second-year sports writer at this newspaper, had just returned to the newsroom after Dan Kenney had been introduced as the new coach of the men’s basketball...
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Teen charged in armed robbery
LUMBERTON — A teenager has been arrested and charged in the Feb. 9 armed robbery of a store in Pembroke. Austin Ransom, 17, of 460 Cabinet Shop Road in Maxton, is one of six people believed to have...
View ArticleMaxton man faces drug charges
LUMBERTON — A Maxton man is facing drug charges after being arrested by Robeson County Sheriff’s deputies. Joshua Parnell, 22, of 4583 Mount Zion Church Road in Maxton, was arrested Saturday and...
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Lawmen looking for man who robbed grocery store
LUMBERTON — Lawmen are looking for the person they believe committed an armed robbery on Sunday and failed in another attempt. Billy Cox’s Grocery, located at 9108 N.C. 41 North, was robbed about 9:40...
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City OKs work to prep for World Series
LUMBERTON — The Lumberton City Council on Tuesday approved a bid for the construction of a sixth baseball field at the Dr. Raymond B. Pennington Athletic Complex, site of the upcoming Dixie Youth...
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