LUMBERTON — “Stoplights don’t eliminate accidents. They change the kind of accidents you have.” Division 6 Engineer Drew Cox said the March 23 Vision Zero Task Force Meeting.

MAXTON — Maxton’s chief of police asked commissioners to reconsider the conditions of an E-911 Interlocal Agreement this week during a regular business meeting.

Michelle Bethea, an EC Program specialist for the Public Schools of Robeson County and member of the First Baptist Church of Fairmont, presents a certificate and medallion on behalf of the church’s Women’s Ministry honoring Lucille Ward, left, an English teacher at Fairmont High School, who has dedicated 60 years of service to PSRC.

LUMBERTON — Cosmetology students had a chance to give back Thursday at Robeson Community College by providing the ultimate spa treatment to young ladies as a part of an outreach program with Communities in Schools.

RED SPRINGS — The Red Springs-based tech hub Emerging Technology Institute will again be the site of a Technical Experimentation Event hosted by the United States Special Operations Command.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration’s decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests.

LUMBERTON — Lumberton Junior High School’s Quiz Bowl Team took 11th place at the state championships, held this previous Saturday at West Pine Middle School in West End. Ibrahim Abumohsen and Bella Miray were the top scorers for the team with each student scoring over 100 points for their team! Coach April Wright has high ambitions for her students to compete at the national championship in New Orleans, LA in May.

Former Lumberton football standout, NFL veteran and local businessman L. Donnell Thompson speaks to a crowd of local service organizations Tuesday in Lumberton. Thompson, a 1981 first-round draft pick, played professional football for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts for 10 years before retiring to become a franchisee of fast food and hotel properties. He credited his success to influential teachers and community leaders in high school, college and professional sports. He said he learned early on that to succeed “you do what you are trained to do and do it better than anyone else.”

LUMBERTON — Robeson County drivers saw average gas prices retreat a bit during the last week, dropping to just a little more than $3 per gallon.