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Six county soccer players named to all-Sandhills Athletic Conference team
LUMBERTON — Six girls soccer players from Robeson County were named to the Sandhills Athletic Conference all-conference team, the league announced Tuesday. Purnell Swett had four players placed on the...
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Wolfpack bring home the title
Courtesy Photo The Robeson Wolfpack AAU basketball team won the the 10th-grade division championship in the NTBA Wilmington Shootout over the weekend. The Wolfpack beat Team Heights and Duplin County...
View ArticleBritt prefers tax cuts to funding education
To the Editor, I read with interest Sen. Danny Britt’s thoughts on teacher pay and was troubled by several misleading statements. While I appreciate Sen. Britt’s willingness to acknowledge there is...
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Students get cheered on for testing success
LUMBERTON — Teachers have and continue to do their best to help Public Schools of Robeson County students to achieve End of Grade testing success this week, and educators are asking for help from the...
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UNCP’s three track and field national qualifiers prep for NCAA championships...
PEMBROKE — Three University of North Carolina at Pembroke track and field athletes are in Charlotte for the NCAA championships taking place Thursday through Saturday at Johnson C. Smith University’s...
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Making the leap to college
ST. PAULS — When Dakota Oxendine came to St. Pauls High School as a freshman, he saw himself as a baseball player, but St. Pauls track and field coach David Shaw saw otherwise. “I’ve been around track...
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The following incidents of breaking and entering were reported to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office: Noah Morgan, N.C. 72 West, Pembroke; and Roy Maynor, Lockwood Drive, Pembroke. Jenny Damon...
View ArticleDial will bring needed perspective to Board of Commissioners
Berlester Campbell, the vice chairman of the Robeson County Board of Commissioners, on Monday night made a nice gesture, recognizing Commissioner-elect Faline Locklear Dial, who had a seat in the...
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Local prison guard up for national award
LUMBERTON — A Lumberton Correctional Institution employee has been nominated for a prestigious national award because he saved an inmate’s life. Sgt. Robert Currier is a nominee for the 2018 Medal of...
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Bladen County drug roundup bags 4 from Robeson
ELIZABETHTOWN — Four Robeson County residents are among nine people arrested as the result of an undercover narcotics operation in Bladen County that included local lawmen. James McVicker, Bladen...
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Sheriff warns of telephone scam
LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a telephone scam during which callers claim to be law enforcement officers ordering people to pay up or be arrested. “It’s...
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School buses stand tough in accident
LUMBERTON — Robeson County schools Transportation Department officials say they are not surprised that more people were not injured in a traffic accident Tuesday near Red Springs involving two school...
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Alicia Foster reported to the Lumberton Police Department that someone stole two lawn mowers from the backyard of a residence on East 12th Street. The combined estimated value of the mowers was not...
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Maxton man charged with embezzlement
LUMBERTON — A Robeson County man has been arrested and charged with the theft of more than $15,000 from a Fayetteville-based construction company he worked for. Chad Everette-Olle Locklear, 41, of the...
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Man who was beaten dies of injuries
LUMBERTON — A Fairmont man who was found recently badly beaten on N.C. 130 East has died. Matthew Bullard, 27, died Wednesday. Law enforcement officers found Bullard about 4:40 p.m. on May 14. He had...
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County Housing Authority earns high marks
LUMBERTON — The Robeson County Housing Authority can now be called a high performer. The designation was received after the public housing agency scored well on the Public Housing Assessment System,...
View ArticleSection of Fairgrove Road to be closed
LUMBERTON — A section of Fairgrove Road southeast of McDonald will be closed starting Tuesday so a pipe beneath the road can be replaced. The section of road will be closed to both directions of...
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Molina makes history as Red Springs’ first girls soccer collegiate signee
RED SPRINGS — Red Springs girls soccer player Wendy Molina became the first athlete in program history to sign with a college team Thursday, as she filled out her letter of intent to to enroll at...
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Hospice patient gets graduation gift
PEMBROKE — Graduation Day couldn’t get here fast enough for the Danielle Burns, a mother whose dying wish was to watch her children graduate from high school. Thanks to the Public Schools of Robeson...
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Carmical nominated for Superior Court
LUMBERTON — The chief District Court judge for Robeson County is one of three people nominated by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve as a special Superior Court judge. Judge J. Stanley Carmical, a Lumberton...
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