Rowland News

A birthday and appreciation celebration for first lady Janice Love is today at 7:30 p.m. at Anointed Believers Church.

The Pembroke Town Council on Monday unanimously approved its 2002-2003 fiscal budget that increases the tax rate by 5 cents, adds $2 to the price of monthly garbage pickup and increases water and sewer rates.

Jersei D. Jacobs, 9, of 210 Farrell Road, Rowland, was born Jan. 31, 2003, to Joann Hunt and Bryan Jacobs.

Separate traffic stops and a tip have led to the arrest of four men and a woman on charges ranging from possession of burglary tools and drugs to larceny, lawmen said.

Two teenagers are facing felony charges for a break-in in Rowland on Thursday, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office.

Two men have been arrested and charged with a break-in Rowland, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office.

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

Sarah Freeman, administrative assistant for the Lumberton Area Visitors Bureau, offers information about Lumberton and Robeson County to Stephen Toth of Union, N.J. Peggy and Fred Gaver of Westminister, Md., on Friday receive a map from Kat Little Turtle, the manager of the welcome center on I-95 near Rowland.

Three of four men captured after a high speed chase led law enforcement officers across state lines Monday were charged Tuesday with the armed robbery of a Dollar General in Dillon, S.C. North and South Carolina law enforcement agencies are now looking for the fourth man believed to be involved in that incident, and possibly another armed robbery ... (more)

A Fairmont man who is a suspect in six bank robberies across North Carolina, including a recent one in Rowland, is in a Tennessee jail after he was arrested following a chase last week, according to the Robeson County District Attorney's Office.

Two of three incumbent Robeson County commissioners won their Democratic primary races Tuesday, while Lennis Watts - who replaced the late Luther "Bill" Herndon on the county board in January - was narrowly defeated in a three-way race by Herndon's grandson, Lance.

Races for three of the four seats on the Robeson County Board of Commissioners up for election will be settled by voters on Tuesday.

Fairmont Leon Lowery, 74, of 2625 Fairmont Road, died Feb. 27, 2005, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.