Rowland News

Mark Locklear Staff writer ROWLAND - A Prospect man was killed Tuesday night when the motorcycle he was operating rear-ended an empty logging truck, according to the state Highway Patrol.

State financial problems have pulled the reins on a planned horse complex in Robeson County, but County Manager Ken Windley is trying to put the giddyup in the project.

The new Southeastern Maxton Rural Volunteer Fire Department is expected to lower insurance rates in the area between Rowland and Maxton, as well as improve response rates when it is completed in April.

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

The county Health Department doesn't have enough personnel or funding to promptly answer every call and complaint received about dogs running loose throughout Robeson County, according to its director.

"It's terrible. Dogs are running all over," said Eddie Franklin, who lives near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr.