LUMBERTON – The Robeson County Board of Education and the county’s Board of Commissioners held a joint meeting on Tuesday evening at the school’s District Office.

LUMBERTON – Purple Door Productions, which had scheduled the comedy-drama “Steel Magnolias” over two weekends in April, has announced the postponement of the theatrical show.

PEMBROKE – Adrian Hunt, who twice has held the title of interim police chief in Pembroke, was installed Wednesday evening as the full-time chief of police for the growing Robeson County town.

CLARKTON — Savannah Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church celebrates its 150th anniversary

ELIZABETHTOWN – Bladen Community College hosted their fourth-annual “Touch A Truck” which was a program that encouraged children from the community to know the vehicles that surround their everyday lives in Bladen County.

LUMBERTON — Twelve students enrolled in the Emergency Medical Science program at Robeson Community College were honored on April 18 during the 2nd Annual Coining Ceremony.

LUMBERTON — A beautiful day treated the Annual Outdoor Career and Resource Fair at Robeson Community College. College officials estimated that close to 1,000 people came out to enjoy the fair this year, which featured more than 70 employers looking for new hires to fill open positions.

LUMBERTON — The City of Lumberton held a ceremony Tuesday to commemorate the naming of the Elm Street Pocket Park, a park that has been built in an alleyway on the 300 block of North Elm Street, and officially unveil a sculpture within the park which recognizes the Lumber River’s proximity and significance to downtown.

FAIRMONT — Retired U.S. District Court Judge W. Earl Britt returns to Fairmont on Thursday, where his legal career began.