Oct 6, 2009 | The Robesonian
County ponders transit concern
When it comes to navigating some of the area's narrow roadways, bigger is not always better.
Three charged with stealing copper from communications tower
Douglas Reid Cox, 32, of Lumber Bridge; Melissa Ann Smith, 31, of Fayetteville; and Quinton Ryan Yanick, 21, of Maxton are charged with felony breaking and entering, felony larceny, felony conspiracy and two counts of felony damang to a computer network.
Church friend to donate kidney to 6-year-old boy
Nate Forbis plays sports and video games, likes to be outdoors and to ride roller coasters.
EEOC files discrimination suit against Mountaire
Mountaire Farms of North Carolina Corp. unlawfully retaliated against a former employee because she complained about race discrimination and filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit it filed Wednesday.
Child among 3 killed in accidents
Three people have been killed in separate car accidents since Saturday, including a 2-year-old child who was struck by a truck being driven by his father.
Child among 3 killed in accidents
Three people have been killed in separate car accidents since Saturday, including a 2-year-old child who was struck by a truck being driven by his father.
Three people have been killed in separate hit-and-run accidents, two of which occurred this weekend.
Lately, North Carolina has experienced the flip side of the food safety issue. Sure, we all want what we eat to be safe.
That is All - Naked truth: Beach trip, anyone?
That is All a ' Naked truth: Beach trip, anyone? "He's just as proud as he can be, of his anatomy, he goin' give us a peek ..." a ' Ray Stevens Did y'all hear about the naked guy? Yesterday we reported the tail, er, tale of a Shannon man accused of breaking into the Lumber Bridge Town Hall on Saturday while stark naked.
Man found nude in municipal building
LUMBER BRIDGE a ' A Shannon man is accused of breaking into the Lumber Bridge Town Hall on Saturday while nude.
Belle, a pregnant brown-and-white horse missing for five days and feared stolen from her Johnston County pasture, was found dehydrated and thinner Sunday night in a vacant construction lot more than two miles away.
Robeson Co. plant reopens two days after deadly explosion
Company statement on death of employee, Clifton Swain: a oeWe are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own.
Richmond County Emergency Management Office is a oeas prepared as we can bea for emergencies like those which have arisen recently with industrial accidents such as with the Slim Jim plant in Garner and Mountaire Farms in Lumber Bridge, said Frank McKay, director.
Investigators say a weekend chemical leak that killed one was an accident.
Robeson County Sheriff Kenneth Sealey released the latest findings Monday morning regarding a deadly gas leak at the Mountainaire Farms poultry plant.
Chemicals a hazard in poultry industry
Saturday's fatal ammonia leak at a chicken plant near Fayetteville highlights a persistent problem in the poultry industry: Chemical hazards abound.
Ammonia leak at NC plant kills 1, injures 3
Top Story Headlines PD officer shoots and kills man near Cincinnati area Hundreds attend groundbreaking for Spaceport America Hundreds of people gathered in Upham, 25 miles southeast of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Friday for the groundbreaking ceremony of Spaceport America.
Officials: NC plant had previous safety violations
Workplace safety inspectors found 15 violations, nine of them serious, earlier this year at a North Carolina poultry plant where one worker died this weekend in an ammonia leak, according to inspection reports and officials.
Ammonia leak at NC poultry plant kills 1, injures 4...
Ammonia leak at NC poultry plant kills 1, injures 4 LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. Investigators have ruled an ammonia leak at a poultry processing plant in North Carolina was an accident.
At least one person is dead after an ammonia leak at a poultry plant in Robeson County
At least one person is dead after an ammonia leak at a poultry plant in Robeson County.
Plant to reopen 2 days after ammonia leak kills 1
A poultry processing plant will restart its operations just two days after an ammonia leak killed one worker and injured four others, the company said Sunday.