Fairmont News

Annie Barton, of Bambi Road, reported on Friday that someone entered her property and took a $98 shotgun; a box of assorted tools valued at $300; about $80 in power tools; a $500 pendant; and a $400 pendant, according to a sheriff's report.

A Fayetteville man who was reported missing by Fairmont police was found Saturday after reporting an armed robbery at the Redwood hotel on Kahn Drive.

Several students with Robeson County ties were named to the honor roll at East Carolina University.

Jeff Lowe, of The Repair Shop Inc. on East Second Street, reported on Tuesday that someone broke into the business by pushing in an air conditioner unit and took a $100 .38-caliber revolver; a $2,500 television; a $300 computer tower; three GPS units valued at $500; a $250 12-gauge shotgun; a $300 toolbox; and a $250 car stereo, according to a ... (more)

Fewer than 250 high school students dropped out of the Public Schools of Robeson County during the 2010-11 school year, the lowest number the system has seen leave its seven high schools in more than a decade.

Fairmont driver robbed at gunpoint FAIRMONT - A gun-toting man and his accomplice robbed a Fairmont motorist Tuesday night, according to police Detective Patrick Reed.

A fire last week destroyed a chicken house at a Fairmont farm and killed more than 20,000 chickens.

A Lumberton man is hospitalized after being stabbed in the back during an argument in a Fayetteville Road parking lot Friday, according to Lumberton police.

A defeated challenger in the Nov. 8 municipal elections in Fairmont filed an appeal on Friday in Wake County Superior Court that challenges the state Board of Elections' decision to dismiss his case.

A former Robeson County sheriff's deputy was found guilty Tuesday in District Court of driving while impaired, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Following a program during which Rep. Garland Pierce spoke, Maxton residents marched from the school through downtown to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Amid the phone ringing, the sizzle of hamburgers, and the melody of Kenny Chesney on the radio, Frank Milligan calmly maneuvers through the kitchen of his restaurant.