Robeson County News

Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand is leaving the North Carolina Legislature to lead the state parole commission.

LUMBERTON a ' The Robeson County Health Department has received 1,400 additional H1N1 vaccines that will be available on Friday and Saturday.

A Robeson County businessman is the newest member of the North Carolina Senate. Gov. Beverly Perdue's office said Wednesday the governor has appointed Michael Walters to serve the remainder of the 2-year term of the Senate seat vacated five weeks ago by David Weinstein.

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This sign stood in front of Leila's businesses at the corner of North Elm and 10th streets.

On Tuesday, 69 candidates for public office in Robeson County's 15 municipalities will be seeking a share of 18,508 votes that are eligible to be cast in the election.

The owner of a Laurinburg tree company was killed Thursday in a work-related accident.

A day's work turned deadly when part of a tree fell on the man cutting it Thursday afternoon.

A Pembroke man who was already in jail in Cumberland County was charged Tuesday with the murders of a woman and her teenage daughter in July.

The Lumber River Council of Governments recently recognized two Scotland County residents for their time and energy to the council.

A Robeson County man is among seven more violent criminals who could potentially be freed because of a court ruling and good conduct credits.

Sonya Parker's voice breaks as she describes how doctors found the breast cancer that killed her grandmother: It was so advanced, it had spread to her abdomen.

RALEIGH a ' Three fire departments from Robeson County have been awarded a total of about $37,000 in state grants through the 2009 Volunteer Fire Department Fund from the State of North Carolina.

Of the 500 injectable swine flu vaccines the Health Department received over the past two weeks, there are about 47 doses remaining, Health Director Bill Smith told the Health Board at its regular meeting on Thursday night.

A Pembroke woman is facing manslaughter charges after Robeson County investigators say she shot and killed a man on North Chicken Road.

An escpaed inmate has been caught, that's according to Robeson County Sheriff Ken Sealey.

Three more people have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged accident ring in North Carolina, bringing the total to seven in what has been a two-year investigation in Rowland.

More than a year ago, Jimmy Robinson went before the Robeson County Board of Commissioners to plea for help to alleviate what he called "Third world living conditions" - including crime, drugs and poor housing - that plagued St.

When a person suffers with Alzheimer's disease, brain tissue slowly degenerates, causing memory and mental abilities to decline - a lucid grandparent becomes distant, a doting parent becomes dependent.

Economists believe North Carolina and the country are on the road to recovery, but that doesn't mean it will be a smooth ride.