Maxton News

Victim was wanted for 2003 murder Matt Elofson-Staff writer RED SPRINGS - A Maxton teen won't be charged in the shooting death of a Red Springs man who had been wanted for murder, sheriff's Detective Lt.

Town Manager Katrina Tatum warned Maxton residents Tuesday that they can expect to pay extra to dispose of trash that does not fit into the one garbage can that is included in their monthly sanitation fee.

It's not gumbo or red beans and rice, but town officials hope a helping of chicken bog will prove to be just as satisfying to one family victimized by Hurricane Katrina.

The town Board of Commissioners will hold a series of public meetings over the next three weeks to hear complaints from town residents about their utility bills.

Authorities have added federal kidnapping charges to the list of state charges against Patrick Terrell Ferguson, a former sheriff's deputy.

Staff writer Sheriff's drug agents suspected that Thomas Ray Bell might be hiding drugs when they raided his Maxton home Thursday morning.

Three Robeson County men have been charged in the murder of a 37-year-old man who was shot and killed late Wednesday night.

Although Robeson County residents may have swam to their cars this morning, the county again missed more severe weather that traveled farther south.

Congressman Larry KissellA , second from left, meets with Wadesboro Councilman Bobby Usrey, Councilman James David Lee and Mayor Bill Thacker during Monday's Kissell-McIntyre Federal Resources Summit at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport in Maxton.

An 18-year-old Maxton man was among two people killed in a head-on collision near Hartsville on Sunday.

Authorities have made three arrests in two unrelated murders. Jacky Wilson Pierce Jr.

Students attending the Public Schools of Robeson County will no longer get a free ride when it comes to driver's education.

Donny Brayboy, of Recreation Center Road in Maxton, reported on Saturday that someone beat him with a gun and took $50, a set of house keys valued at $20, clothing valued $150 and a $100 phone, according to a sheriff's report.

We once opined that, if not for Interstate 95, Lumberton would have suffered a similar fate as has Laurinburg, a once-vibrant community that has shriveled up following the loss of tobacco, textile and manufacturing jobs.

A half-mile stretch of U.S. 74 Business, from U.S. 74 to Elrod Road, will close Monday and not reopen until the fall.

A Lumberton woman testified Friday that Dane Locklear showed up at her home covered in blood on the night he is accused of committing a murder.

Rose Locklear, of Cunningham Circle, reported on Saturday that someone fired shots into her 2006 Chevy Impala while she was driving on Seals Street, according to a police report.

Cathy Jacobs of Maxton was named finance officer for the Robeson County Public Schools on Friday evening.

Damon Williams will resign as police chief of the Maxton Police Department to accept the chief's position in Tarboro.

Willie French Lowery, troubadour of the Lumbee Nation and a child of God who wrote the song "Streets of Gold," now strolls those streets to meet his Good Master and Creator.