LUMBERTON — The Public Schools of Robeson County’s Superintendent has been named the 2024-2025 Regional Superintendent of the Year for the Sandhills Region (Region 4).

“It’s always the perfect time to pay it forward,” several members of the Spring 2022 Line, 4 X 4 Perfect Timing, of the Lumberton Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. said as they presented the RCC Foundation with a check for $500 to fund the 4×4 Perfect Timing Scholarship.

Horace Locklear saw the injustices of the segregated South while growing up in Robeson County, where schools, the local hospital and water fountains were separated into thirds — white, Black and Native American.

WHITE LAKE — Jake Womble’s journey to success started at 5 years old at White Lake on the Putt-Putt golf course.

RED SPRINGS — A Red Springs man faces murder charges in the death of his mother, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.

LUMBERTON — Purple Door welcomes summer with one of America’s most performed comedy, Steel Magnolias.

RALEIGH — For the fourth year, members of North Carolina’s eight Native American tribes will gather on Dix Park’s Harvey Hill for one of the state’s largest Inter-Tribal Pow Wows.

WHITE LAKE – This year’s Parade Marshals will be members of the 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Liberty.

LUMBERTON — The Public Schools of Robeson County’s Relay-Leverage Leadership Coach has received the highest honor for her work in the 2023-2024 cohort of the Relay Graduate School of Education’s Leverage Leadership Institute Fellowship.