Lumberton News

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Lumberton as city workers prepare for the annual Christmas Parade by hanging up wreaths, lights, and tinsel.

With the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission's permission to reopen the liquor store at 203 N. Vance St., the Pembroke ABC Board is plowing ahead with plans to renovate the store, which has been closed since October 2008.

LUMBERTON a ' The North Carolina Department of Transportation will temporarily detour a section of Interstate 95 in Robeson County from Exit 33 to Exit 41.

The National Weather Service left Robeson County out of its hazard watch for Tropical Storm Ida earlier this week, but after 3 inches of rain fell in the county - and 4 inches in the easternmost part - on Wednesday, a hazardous outlook has been issued.

Gilford Terell Murphy grinned all day Tuesday after his name was pulled in the United Way new car giveaway drawing at Lumberton Honda.

Robeson County Commissioners Roger Oxendine, from left, Noah Woods, and Tommy Wellington, look over lists of recommended contractors at a special meeting Monday.

Bishop Lamont Chatman along with Power House Ministries will be at St. Mary Holiness Church on Sunday, November 8th at 5pm.

Wednesday's policy meeting started with councilmen congratulating their returning peers following Tuesday's election, during which all four City Council incumbents kept their seats, but talk of spending city money turned contentious.

An Orrum man has been sentenced to 20 to 24 years in prison for a stabbing death that occurred during a 2006 armed robbery.

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LUMBERTON a ' The Department of Social Services will be accepting applications for help from the Empty Stocking Fund on Nov.

On Tuesday, 69 candidates for public office in Robeson County's 15 municipalities will be seeking a share of 18,508 votes that are eligible to be cast in the election.

LUMBERTON a ' Beginning Monday, the Division of Social Services is accepting applications for its Low Income Energy Assistance Program.

A Pembroke man who was already in jail in Cumberland County was charged Tuesday with the murders of a woman and her teenage daughter in July.

An Elizabethtown man was sentenced to 51 to 71 months in prison on Monday for the shooting death of a bouncer at a Lumberton nightclub.

The Lumberton Police Department on Saturday displayed its firearms skills by taking first place in the Arthur Oxendine Memorial Firearms Championship, which was held the same day as the 12th annual Robeson County Law Enforcement Executive Officer's Association Awards Banquet.

A four-person committee of Democrats from Robeson and Hoke counties will meet Wednesday to choose the successor to state Sen.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced this morning that a V.A. outpatient clinic to service Lumberton and the surrounding area will be located at COMtech.

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