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Man dies in 1-car accident
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LUMBERTON — A Lumberton man was killed this morning after being ejected from his vehicle during a single-car accident, according to the state Highway Patrol. Larry Donnell Taylor Jr., 38, of 3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Lumberton, was traveling west on Carthage Road just before 2 a.m. when his 1998 Chevrolet passenger car exited the r...
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After the Veterans Day parade in Pembroke, a memorial service was held featuring guest speaker Master Chief Rev. Rick Burnett, who served in the Navy for 24 years. | Staff video by Ali Rockett.
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Smith seeking $167,000 for rising cost of Animal Control
LUMBERTON — Robeson County Commissioner David Edge on Thursday said state Department of Agriculture regulations dealing with the transportation of dogs and cats put an unnecessary burden on taxpay...
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McIntyre hints at run at governor
LUMBERTON — U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre has floated the idea that he may run for North Carolina governor. The Lumberton Democrat did so in a statement he released Thursday about the decision by Bev ...
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School bus smacks tree
ST. PAULS — Eighteen high school students were taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after the bus they were traveling on struck a tree, but they have all been treated and released as of this mo...
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The Lumberton High School football team runs through its offense at practice Friday morning. | Staff video by Kaleb Roedel
Purnell Swett s Jamie Bird helped the Rams dominate in the paint Tuesday night against Lumberton during her team s first win in 14 years against the Pirates. | Photo by Joe Bailey
Lady Rams end lengthy losing skid to Lumberton
PEMBROKE — Laura Bird looked at Kayla Lewis and gave her fellow senior captain a line of inspiration. “One more quarter … let’s go,” Bird whispered from the free-throw line. With Purnell Swett’s ...
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Lumberton s Floyd Strother shoots a jumper over Purnell Swett s Mitchell Hill during the second half of the Pirates SEC win Tuesday in Pembroke. | Photo by Joe Bailey
Pirates put clamps on Jones, Rams
PEMBROKE — Juwan Jones watched from the bench as the Purnell Swett boys basketball team’s single-digit deficit swelled to 16 midway through the fourth quarter. After fouling out with 6:45 remainin...
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Kenwin Cummings, center, and former Purnell Swett football coach Frank Jernigan, left, stand beside Cummings framed No. 72 Rams uniform during his jersey retirement ceremony Tuesday night at Swett High School. Cummings, who played his college ball at Wingate University, is currently in the NFL as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. | Photo by Joe Bailey
Roedel: Cummings' road to NFL began in Pembroke
Tuesday night inside the gym of Purnell Swett Hight School, a woman clutching a New York Jets jersey gingerly stepped down the bleachers to where Swett High alumnus Kenwin Cummings sat during prega...
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“No, because sometimes wherever you stay may be closer to the school house. Say you stay right beside the school house but you could also be out-of-district. I wouldn’t want to have to travel acro...
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It might be a bit early in the game for a Hail Mary, but Gov. Bev Perdue’s surprise decision earlier this week to propose an increase in the sales tax as a way to boost education suggests that she...
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PEMBROKE — The past and future of the Miss UNCP Scholarship Pageant will come together on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Givens Performing Arts Center for the crowning of the 2012 Miss UNCP. Seven...
The Sing-Along The Sound of Music will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at GPAC. It invites attendees to sing along with a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film The Sound of Music.
The 'Sing-Along The Sound of Music' will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at GPAC. It invites attendees to sing along with a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film 'The Sound of Music.'
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Givens hosts sing-along
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PEMBROKE — For those who have to sing along, the Givens Performing Arts Center is the place to be on Feb. 4. The “Sing-Along The Sound of Music” will be held at 7 p.m. at the center, during whic...
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