Many — armed with blankets — flooded the streets of Pembroke Thursday for the Twilight Christmas Parade held along Third Street. The parade included bands, dancers, floats and dignitaries each waving, entertaining or tossing buckets full of candy to children. The parade ended with line fire trucks blaring sirens and flashing lights in the night sky.

LUMBERTON — Meet Stephen Strickland.

PEMBROKE — The University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s Ericsson Cuthrell and Romel Obcena joined 100 veteran leaders from across the country at the 2022 Student Veterans of America (SVA) Leadership Institute.

RALEIGH — The State Board of Elections on Tuesday unanimously certified the results of the 2022 general election in North Carolina.

A total of 141 children will have presents this Christmas thanks to donations totaling $8,470 added to the Empty Stocking Fund.

LUMBERTON — A traffic fatality occurred last week on Highway 72 and Interstate 74.

LUMBERTON — On Monday Nov. 28 at 3:54 p.m. Lumberton Police Department Officers were dispatched to a report of a person shot at 2170 California Dr.

The following break-ins were reported recently to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:

LUMBERTON — As the nursing shortage continues to worsen, Robeson Community College has been busy behind the scenes trying to create ways to lessen the impact seen in our area.