St. Pauls News

Three Robeson County municipalities received a total of $247,875 in grants for sewer and water system projects from the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.

The Robesonian will publish stories on new filings for the municipal elections on an as-needed basis.

Prestage Foods plans to lay off 212 workers next month at its turkey processing plant in Robeson County.

The Pembroke High School class of 1959 will hold its 50-year reunion at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sheffa s Seafood restaurant in Pembroke.

Harold "Chief Iron Bear" Collins has announced that he will undertake a feat that has never been done before.

A Robeson County sheriff's deputy has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend.

Lord Alfred Tennyson, famous 19th century poet laureate from the United Kingdom, once said "The old order changeth, yielding place to new." Those words apply well today to the Bladen Journal.

RALEIGH a ' Wachovia, a Wells Fargo company, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, recently announced the final standings in the Wachovia Cup competitions for the 2008-2009 sports season.

LUMBERTON a ' A Lumberton man who was on probation but never served prison time for the 2003 death of his niece was arrested on Monday and charged with assaulting two elderly business owners in St.

Law enforcement checkpoints at three separate locations in and around Newton Grove were responsible for a whopping 72 charges late last Friday night.

ST. PAULS a ' The NOAA Weather Radio station WWF-89 serving the Lumberton area from Lumber Bridge will cease transmitting Tuesday.

Robeson County Manager Ken Windley can only shake his head when he talks about the more than $83,500 the county must spend to install new cages at the Robeson County Animal Shelter.

The Robeson County Board of Commissioners on Monday continued review of a proposed $145 million budget for the next fiscal year, a budget that County Manager Ken Windley said will be officially introduced for adoption on June 1. As part of the discussion, the commissioners learned of two costly initiatives - the hiring of more jailers and the ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio An apparent online mix-up has led to a long-distance cat rescue, from St.

May 19, 2009 An apparent online mix-up has led to a long-distance cat rescue, from St.

PEMBROKE a ' Indian Education Title VII Parent Committee elections are set for Tuesday.

It's only their second year attending the N.C. Folk Arts Festival, but already Robert and Robin King have decided they will now make a trip to the annual festival every year.

The past comes to life Saturday when the N.C. Folk Arts Festival is held in St. Pauls. "The purpose of this festival is for people to connect with their past," said Stephanie Bake, a co-chairman of the 10th annual event.

A teenager who died this weekend was killed by toxic fumes he inhaled when sniffing butane from a cigarette lighter, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office said.

The Robeson County Sheriffa s Office is investigating two deaths that occurred over the weekend, one a teenage boy in St.