Robeson County News

President George W. Bush pins a Silver Star award on Sgt. 1st Class Ron Strickland, a Robeson County native, in recognition of his exceptional gallantry during an engagement in Afghanistan.

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A video shows what appears to be the beating of a man being arrested in Robeson County.

Monday, June 29, 2009 at 12:43 p.m. Police are investigating another murder in Robeson County in the same area where a Dillon County man was shot and killed eight days ago.

A group of 18 Scotland and Robeson County Red Cross staff and volunteers met to participate in a mock scenario designed to study the agency's response to a local disaster.

Investigators in Robeson County are looking into a late-night murder in the same subdivision as a boy who was killed last weekend.

What once was a towering steel manufacturing facility in southeast Lumberton is today a smoldering skeleton.

LUMBERTON, N.C. a ' A Robeson County fertilizer plant was destroyed Sunday after a massive fire broke out in the facility.

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

State investigators were at Mountaire Farms on Monday trying to determine what caused an ammonia gas leak that killed a worker on Saturday and injured four more.

PEMBROKE A Pembroke mother who shot a man accused of molesting her daughter has been charged with assault, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office.

In a life-or-death situation, five minutes can make all the difference. Since response time is critical during emergencies, Lumberton Emergency Rescue Unit last month went from an on-call service to regular service hours, which means volunteers will staff ambulances Mondays through Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

A 43-year-old Lumberton man who was shot following accusations that he molested a 7-year-old relative has been charged with the sexual offense.

Monday, June 22, 2009 at 5:24 p.m. The North Carolina plant where an ammonia leak caused an explosion that killed one person reopened Monday morning.

Robeson County Sheriff Kenneth Sealey released the latest findings Monday morning regarding a deadly gas leak at the Mountainaire Farms poultry plant.

Sun Jun 21, 1:52 am ET LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. An ammonia leak Saturday at a poultry processing plant in North Carolina killed one worker and injured four others, authorities said.

At least one person is dead after an ammonia leak at a poultry plant in Robeson County.

Authorities say an ammonia leak at a poultry processing plant in North Carolina has killed one person and injured three others.

A 45-year-old Pembroke man who stands accused of beating his ex-wife and leaving her for dead inside a vehicle parked at a convenience store in April was arrested late Friday morning.

Come one, come all to the Grand Opening of the Robeson County Farmers Market in Downtown Lumberton on the corner of 8th and Elm Streets! June 20th at 7am the Farmers Market will be open to the public with free cooking demonstrations and lots of prizes to give away.