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.

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.

The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office received Friday through Tuesday reports of thefts in the following areas:

LUMBERTON — A man charged in the 2017 shooting death of a Lumberton man pleaded guilty Monday to the charge of first-degree murder.

LUMBERTON — The recent trend of a rising COVID-19 case count in Robeson County continued over the last week, with the number of confirmed cases nearly doubling from the previous seven days.

LUMBERTON — “You just never know. You better love everybody while you can.”

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is advising people to not eat or serve certain Jif brand peanut butter products that are being recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination.