Red Springs 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.

Jessica Crystal Hasty became the bride of Avery Ellis Harris on October 18, 2008, at 6 p.m. at Red Springs Presbyterian Church in Red Springs, North Carolina.

Local beauty wins crown Ikea Simone Wilson, an eight-year-old third grader in Mrs.

Elected by members of the Red Springs Fire Department in a November 6, 2007 meeting and approved recently by the Red Springs Town Board of Commissioners, F. Marvin McDonald is ready to wear the fire chief's white metal helmet at the fire department.

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

Staff report LUMBERTON - A man who has been a vocal critic of the Lumbee Tribal Government and this week organized a protest of its housing program was charged Thursday with arson.

Editor Four Highland Games Road residents have been arrested and charged with drug crimes after deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff Department's Narcotic Enforcement office conducted a search warrant and found four pounds of marijuana at a mobile home, located at 1203 Highland Games Road.

Alford Maynor, 81, of 100 Lockwood Drive, died May 16, 2012, at Pembroke Care & Rehabilitation Center in Pembroke.

Editor The Town of Red Springs is breaking up. Breaking up into quadrants, that is.

Red Springs proposed budget offered residents a bit of good and bad news. The good news in the spending plans unveiled Thursday night is that the current tax rate of 62 cents for every $100 of property value would remain the same for the next fiscal year.

The town will begin advertising today for a new town manager. The town Board of Commissioners held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the process with officials from the Lumber River Council of Governments and the N.C. League of Municipalities.

With Mayor John McNeill casting a tie-breaking vote, the Red Springs Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract for James Bennette as the town's new manager.

Hurricane Charley was much less than that for Robeson County residents. The hurricane, which devastated Florida as a Category 4 storm that left at least 15 people dead, weakened considerably before making landfall near Charleston, S.C., and never delivered the one-two punch of high winds and heavy rains forecast for Robeson County, which was ... (more)

Robert Overton, one of the leading contributors on defense for Red Springs last season, signed a full athletic grant-in-aid with Monroe Junior College in New Rochelle, N.Y. on Wednesday.

My week off last week included an opportunity to travel to Robeson and Hoke counties to get in a little volunteer work.