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PEMBROKE — The quarterback position has been a revolving door for the UNC Pembroke football team throughout the first half of the 2024 s

PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribe of N.C. has partnered with the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association to collect donation items for the disaster re

Almost 11 years ago, DeAndre “Papa” Ricketts, who was then a 16-year-old student, at Hoke County High School was shot and killed a

PEMBROKE — Playing a varsity sport at the high school level is a big commitment. So is being the drum major of the marching band.

FAIRMONT — The Fairmont football team was on the wrong end of a lopsided defeat as Midway earned a 57-6 victory Friday at Hal S. Floyd S

A large majority of American children grow up without learning how to read well, but in Robeson County that number is exceedingly high.

PEMBROKE — UNC Pembroke’s homecoming game isn’t officially for two more weeks. But it might as well be Saturday.

Pembroke, N.C. - West Liberty University football dropped their Mountain East Conference road game at UNC-Pembroke Saturday 67-20. With the loss the Hilltoppers dropped to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the Mountain East Conference. Trailing 13-0 in the second quarter Topper quarterback Levi Gullion found Marquez Hurst for a 14-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 13-7, but that's as close as Toppers would get. Ben Turner finished with 105 yards receiving on three-catches including a 60-yard touchdown.

RED SPRINGS — All night long, the St. Pauls football team turned up the pressure. On offense, that came in the form of an up-

Tylee Craft, whose long bout with cancer galvanized and inspired his teammates on the Tar Heel football team, died Saturday. He was 23 years old. “We said to the players on Thursday at practice that he was going to hospice. They all know what that means,” head coach Mack Brown said after UNC’s game vs. Georgia Tech on Saturday afternoon. “So they all ran to see him. Hugged him, talked to him, laughed with him.”

LUMBERTON — The Lumberton High School football team fell on Friday night to the Gray’s Creek Bears in the United-8 conference acti

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PEMBROKE — After working for respite care companies and gaining insight and experience, Audrey McGirt decided to branch out independentl

LUMBERTON — Caroline Owens is a two-time IBMA & SPBGMA nominated Bluegrass Vocalist, recording artist for Skyline Records, and publisher

LAURINBURG —The Fighting Scots football team has three regular season games left on their schedule against Pinecrest on the road, at hom

Have a high school senior in your life? If they’re a Robeson County high school senior with a weighted GPA of 2.8 or above, they are eli

LAURINBURG — The Oban-Scotland County Sister City Exchange students are in Scotland County and recently visited the Laurinburg Rotary Cl

Founder’s Day for Laurinburg Institute is an annual celebration of the origin and legacy of our school. Both began in 1881, w

LUMBERTON — It’s not every day that you come to a college campus and see dogs vying for your affection, but that was the case on T

LAURINBURG —The St. Andrews Knights football program was defeated 21-0 by conference rival Union Commonwealth in their home opener on Sa