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Lawyer: NCAA official has conflict in UNC case
RALEIGH — An attorney in North Carolina’s ongoing academic scandal wants Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey removed as head of the NCAA infractions panel hearing the case because of a...
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Volunteers provide special time
PEMBROKE — For 250 special athletes in Robeson County, Tuesday was their moment of Olympic glory. While the athletes ran, jumped and threw softballs, more than 250 volunteers cheered them on and...
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RALEIGH — Two half-brothers from Red Springs wrongfully imprisoned for three decades in the killing of an 11-year-old girl have reached a settlement with investigators who helped put them behind bars,...
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UNC’s Justin Jackson enters the NBA Draft; hires an agent
CHAPEL HILL — Consensus first-team All-America forward and 2017 ACC Player of the Year Justin Jackson will enter the NBA Draft and sign with a professional representative, foregoing his senior year of...
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Taking the next step
PEMBROKE —Purnell Swett wrestling coach Nicky Barnes has made an impact with his program at the regional and state level and now is set to take on a bigger challenge national stage. After serving two...
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SECU moving branch off West Fifth Street
LUMBERTON — The State Employees Credit Union will moved its West Fifth Street branch to a site on N.C. 711 and Nigel Road, near Pinecrest Country Club.. The West Fifth Street branch at the Food Lion...
View ArticleCounty flunks on health, but you control yours
If losing your health is indeed the greatest motivator for appreciating it, then Robeson County collectively should be deep into the recapture mode. Our county has always fared poorly in the annual...
View ArticleFirefighters board meets Tuesday
LUMBERTON — A meeting of the Lumberton Firefighter’s Relief Fund board of trustees has been scheduled for Tuesday, according to the board’s chairman. The meeting will take place at 8:30 a.m. in the...
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Cyclists give lift to youth advocates
LUMBERTON — A little-known program that serves as a voice for foster children roared on Saturday as 75 motorcycles made noise in support of its efforts. From a parking lot off of Caton Road in...
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JOHN O. MCDONALD SR. WAGRAM — Mr. John O. McDonald Sr. of Wagram, N.C., died on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at his home in Wagram, N.C. He was 79 years old. The funeral will be held at Spring Branch...
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2017 Robeson County Slugfest Results/Schedule
2017 Robeson County Slugfest Tournament at Fairmont High School 1st round (Saturday) BASEBALL No. 3 Lumberton 12, No. 6 Red Springs 6 No. 2 St. Pauls 11, No. 7 Hoke 2 No. 1 Purnell Swett 15, No. 8...
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Slugfest Softball Roundup
FAIRMONT — Harmony Oxendine was on a mission Saturday against East Columbus in the first round of the Robeson County Slugfest softball tournament. The South Robeson softball team was blasted by the...
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Slugfest Baseball Roundup
FAIRMONT — With prom the night before, players from both Red Springs and Lumberton were tired going into the early game to start the 2017 Robeson County Slugfest at 10 a.m., but Lumberton coach Jeff...
View ArticleLumbee Homecoming on county agenda
LUMBERTON — The annual Lumbee Homecoming will be discussed by members of the Robeson County Board of Commissioners when they meet Monday. Ben Jacobs, project manager for Lumbee Enterprise Development,...
View ArticleAuthor says he, Brooks not behind the Godwin recall
To the Editor, Paul Brooks and I have absolutely no decision-making authority or involvement in the attempt to recall Harve Godwin as tribal chairman. Our personal views are our own and we both wish...
View ArticleJudicial restraint not always noble
RALEIGH — During a March 27 talk at North Carolina State University, Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett told the assembled faculty, students, and other members of the audience that many...
View ArticleWreck kills Fairmont woman, seriously injures another
FAIRMONT — A Fairmont woman was killed and the passenger in her vehicle was seriously injured in a single-car accident that occurred on Friday. The report by Trooper D.L. White of the Highway Patrol...
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Art exhibition featuring UNC Pembroke students’ work begins Thursday
PEMBROKE — An art exhibition featuring work by students at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke will be on display Thursday to May 5. The A.D. Gallery will present Ruach Chabash, an exhibition...
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Lewis sand Joyce Bruce celebrate 62 years of marriage
Lewis E. Bruce Jr. and Laura Joyce Simpson Bruce of Lumberton celebrated 62 years of marriage on Saturday. They married on April 15, 1955 in San Francisco. They have three children, Richard E. Bruce,...
View ArticleBark for Life fundraiser to benefit American Cancer Society is Saturday at...
LUMBERTON — Gibson Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society will play host to a Bark for Life American Cancer Society fundraiser event on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Luther Britt Park’s...
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