LUMBERTON – About 100 teenagers in southeastern North Carolina got a crash course recently on the deadly consequences of drinking and driving during an exercise in Bladenboro.

RAYNHAM — U.S. Army Veteran Bridget McNutt felt at peace Thursday for the first time since returning home after a 17-year stint in the military.

PEMBROKE — Police here are investigating a Thursday morning shooting that sent one Pembroke resident to the hospital, according to the department’s interim police chief.

LUMBERTON — Several people gathered Thursday to celebrate nearly 60 years of combined service given by Robeson County Sheriff’s Office’s chief deputy and a detective who will retire next week.

LUMBERTON — A former Robeson County Detention Center officer has been charged for allegedly smuggling a cell phone into the jail, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.

LUMBERTON — “No parent should have to worry about a cowardly shooter entering a school to commit mass murder.”

HAMLET — Four Robeson County residents were given honorary awards recently during Richmond Community College’s 45th annual Associate Degree Nursing Pinning Ceremony.

Members from the Virginia-based mission group called Empowering Youth 2 Serve, the Fairmont Youth Council, Fairmont Middle School Junior Beta Club, and Fairmont Students 4 Christ gathered on Saturday morning to rid areas of litter in Fairmont. Some areas cleaned include Fresh Foods and Food Lion grocery store parking lots, Shockett and Pine Streets and alleys in the downtown area, according to Fairmont Mayor Charles Kemp.