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Piedmont plan a tax windfall for county

LUMBERTON — The news that Piedmont Natural Gas plans to build a facility in Robeson County came as a big, but welcomed, surprise. “They just called us and told us they had an announcement to [...]
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‘He’s cold-hearted as hell’

ST. PAULS — Neighbors of a local man charged with the murder of an elderly woman raped and murdered in her California home in 1987 say he was a gun-totting “bully.” “He’s cold-hearted as hell,” [...]
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California cold case leads to Robeson

LUMBERTON — An unlikely fingerprint has led to a St. Pauls man being charged with the murder of an elderly woman in San Diego three decades ago. Kevin Thomas Ford, 62, of 3884 N.C. 20 [...]
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Autopsy: 85-year-old man died from assault

LUMBERTON — An 85-year-old man who was found dead in his home this weekend died from injuries suffered in an assault, according to a preliminary autopsy. Police Capt. Terry Parker said there was no additional [...]
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Maxton officer accused of arson loses job

LUMBERTON — A Maxton police officer who was one of 10 volunteer firefighters charged Tuesday with arson is out of a job. “He is no longer an employee for the town of Maxton,” Maxton Police [...]