All good following rough landing
LUMBERTON — A Texas man experienced a rough landing as he tried to bring his airplane in at the Lumberton Regional Airport. “After it went down we called 911. Dwayne Allen, assistant manager, has the...
View ArticleLumberton’s Lloyd finds ‘relief’ in signing to play basketball at...
LUMBERTON — In his four years at Lumberton High School, Stephon Lloyd has established a strong reputation for himself both on the court and in the classroom. As the starting point guard for the Pirates...
View ArticlePet adoption event is Saturday
LUMBERTON — Franny’s Friends has scheduled a pet Adopt-A-Thon for Saturday. The event will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Petsense, located at 4327 Fayetteville Road in Lumberton. All fully vetted cats will...
View ArticleDemocrats hold 9th District convention
CHARLOTTE — The 9th Congressional District of the North Carolina Democratic Party has scheduled its 2018 District Convention for Saturday. The convention will take place at the George A. Batte Jr. Fine...
View ArticleMan kills self by jumping off bridge
LUMBERTON — A man committed suicide on Tuesday night by jumping off the bridge at Exit 19 and onto Interstate 95, according to police. The Robesonian typically does not report information on suicides,...
View ArticleCrime report
A woman reported to the Lumberton Police Department that she was robbed at knifepoint, at West Fifth and Cavalier streets. The robber took her purse, which contained medication, a plastic bag...
View Article3-day powwow kicks off Friday
PEMBROKE — The 2018 Lumbee Powwow Dance of the Springs Moon three-day event will begin Friday and run through Sunday. The powwow, located at the Lumbee Cultural Center in Maxton, will feature...
View ArticleMcDonald’s steps up for fire victims
FAIRMONT — The McDonald’s restaurant here has an all-day special on its Friday menu: Forty percent of the revenue from sales that day will benefit displaced workers from a fire that destroyed three...
View ArticleTwo charged in unrelated break-ins
LUMBERTON — Two men have been charged in connection to unrelated break-ins of a home and vehicles. Christian Dwayne Bell, 18, of 216 Fernwood Circle in Lumberton, was arrested April 26 and charged with...
View ArticleBB&T joins home-repair effort
ROWLAND — Down two dusty roads in south Robeson County, a small ad hoc public-private consortium of volunteers worked Wednesday to repair two homes. At a house off South Robeson School Road, volunteers...
View ArticleSmall riot follows traffic stop
LUMBERTON — A traffic stop led to a small riot that left one police officer injured and six people facing criminal charges. Neither the name of the Lumberton Police Department officer who was injured...
View ArticleOfferings that come from willing hearts
Exodus 35:20-29; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Moses descended Mount Sinai following the second period of forty days with tablets on which the Lord had written the Ten Commandments. The Israelites saw the...
View ArticleLocal control key on education
State lawmakers who want to see more bang for North Carolina’s education bucks ought to consider shifting more spending decisions to the local level. A study committee heard that message last week from...
View ArticleLumberton’s London Thompson signs to play basketball at NC Central
LUMBERTON — Retired Lumberton girls basketball head coach Danny Graham was in attendance on Thursday afternoon as “one of the most competitive players” he ever worked with signed her letter of intent...
View ArticleCrime report
Ronald Coe reported to the Lumberton Police Department that someone broke into a residence on Pate Street and stole a laptop, a camera with a black case and rechargeable batteries. The combined...
View ArticlePembroke teen charged in murder
FAYETTEVILLE — A Pembroke teen has been charged with the shooting death of a Raeford teen. Fayetteville police detectives arrested 16-year-old Taji M. Elliot on Monday and charged him with first-degree...
View ArticleLocal woman dies in workplace accident
LUMBERTON — An investigation continues into the death of a Robeson County woman at a job site in Columbia, S.C. The South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating...
View ArticleShooting competition at events center
LUMBERTON — A touch of the Wild West is coming to the Southeastern North Carolina Agricultural Events Center this weekend in the form of a horse-mounted shooting event. Competitors will manuever their...
View ArticleSouthside provider inks pact
RALEIGH — Achievement for All Children now has a contract to operate Southside-Ashpole Elementary School in Rowland for five years beginning with the start of the 2018-19 academic year. The N.C. State...
View ArticleEarly voting chance ends on Saturday
LUMBERTON — Robeson County residents who don’t want to take a chance of long lines to vote on Tuesday have Friday and Saturday to cast their ballots during One-Stop Voting. After that, Tuesday is their...
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