LUMBERTON – Rowland Norment Elementary School on Thursday planned the distribution of an e-book bag in honor of Kimberly Branch, a kindergarten that died on September 3 after a four-year war on cancer.
The distribution, which will take place from noon to 2 p. m. , became imaginable thanks to the branch’s desire that, instead of flower donations, e-book bags filled with school supplies be delivered to Rowland Norment Kindergarten Class.
“Well, what started out as bags of books from the age of 17 to 18 that we were going to give away to their main class, became more than 90 bags of books that we can distribute to our RNES kindergarten schoolchildren,” Rowland Norment said Principal Tara Bullard.
Branch’s son, Josh Branch, will be with the cast.
The PSRC School Board could accept the interim superintendent’s salary on Thursday
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The following robberies reported Tuesday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
Bobby Jacobs, Western United States, Rowland; Adrian Mabe, Indian Heritage Road, Lumberton; Kristen Baker, Alfordsville Road, Rowland; and Courtney Sampson, Dariancole Drive, Lumberton.
The following robberies reported Tuesday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
Betty Martinez, N. C. 71 North, Shannon; and Ericelda Ramirez, Strother Drive, Red Springs.
Cornelius Locklear reported Wednesday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office that he assaulted someone with a gun on Seneca Street in Pembroke.
Derrick Staten of Harleyville, South Carolina, reported Tuesday to the Lumberton Police Department that he broke into his vehicle while he was in the parking lot of Biggs Park Mall in 2800 N. Elm St. and stole his laptop.
MAXTON – The R. B. Dean-Townsend school has made efforts to particularly reduce the number of students without the Internet as the era of virtual learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the school’s principal said Tuesday.
Angela Faulkner said this in a presentation to the Maxton Board of Commissioners at the Council’s regular monthly assembly, who also told commissioners that at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 175 families with school students did not have Internet. That number has now been reduced to 29 of the 458 school-enrolled fellows.
Students who don’t have access to the Internet get a week of USB memory with pre-recorded classes and tasks downloaded from them.
Internet access was the school’s biggest fear when in-person categories were interrupted in mid-March, Faulkner said. Spectrum has helped by offering cheap educational access to many families served at school.
Faulkner said the county will soon send buses to serve as WiFi access points, and some Maxton companies have opened their doors to academics who need internet access.
In her report to the commissioners, Police Chief Na’Shayla Nelson said service calls increased by 92% in August compared to the same month in 2019, one of the main reasons for the overdose call flow, she said.
The branch is achieving more Narcan with its partners for use in drug-related emergencies, which makes its officials trained in drug emergency control and collects knowledge on the subject, Nelson said.
Officers are running due to a backlog of calls and a lack of department staff, Nelson said.
The branch is the first in North Carolina to participate in Operation Juice Box, a national program in which officials distribute cans of juice to young people in the spaces they patrol, Nelson said. This effort will continue.
The national evening, scheduled for October, was cancelled, Nelson said, but Maxton police officers will be visible on the net on that date.
Also on Tuesday, commissioners discussed the US census. U. S. 2020. Ceo Roosevelt Henegan and Commissioner Virgil Hutchinson are under pressure on the importance of Maxton’s citizens in population counting. Hutchinson said Maxton’s citizens’ turnout is lately only 43%, and the census ends in late September.
“We want to communicate to our neighbors and friends about the census, so that’s the money we can expect,” Hutchinson said.
Resident Robert Macy spoke at the public forum part of the most important waste assembly in Maxton. Commissioner Elizabeth Gilmore asked why the city cannot simply enforce its garbage ordinances and publish symptoms that remind citizens not to get rid of waste.
“I think if you have visual cues, it gets better,” Gilmore said, “but I haven’t noticed a sign”Don’t throw Maxton in a long time. “
Henegan said the city may only have signs, which he says can be done administratively and without a board vote, and said enforcement is complicated because police can only enforce anti-waste legislation. when he sees that waste is being produced. Commissioner Paul McDowell said that any citizen who sees trash and is willing to go to court can qualify the offender, and that citizens will have to act and do it.
Mayor Paul Davis said the city has been informed through a letter that the Lumber River Governing Council will hold its annual dinner and awards rite this year, but that its annual assembly will take virtually a position.
In other cases, the Commissioners approved the consent agenda, which included minutes of past meetings and tax changes from 13 August to 8 September.
FAIRMONT – The commissioners here were informed Tuesday that a new fitness center is on its way to the city.
Robeson Health Care Corporation CEO Tim Smith said a new medical facility will be built, covering approximately 14,000 feet, at the South Robeson Medical Center site on South Walnut Street. The medical center and assets are owned by the company.
Construction of the new facility will begin in the next 60 days, he said, and the allocation will charge approximately $3. 5 million.
“It’s a program we’re very, very proud of,” Smith said of the project.
The center will provide number one fitness care and will feature a behavioral fitness specialist, addiction specialist, intellectual fitness employee, and on-site dentist, he said. The center will also have a pharmacy.
“I think it will be an advantage for the citizens,” Mayor Charles Townsend said.
He believes the company will do everything it can to provide city citizens with the physical care they need, the mayor said.
In other areas, commissioners approved the capital improvement plan and asset control plan ready through LKC Engineering to help improve the city’s water and sewer systems. The 10-year improvement plan costs $ 12. 8 million and calls for improvements to the pumping stations, the ventilation system, the access road to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, and more.
Bill Lester, a senior engineer at LKC Engineering, said the city deserves to make small changes where it can to save money and continue with its systems.
“The concept is to point and maintain the chip, and make us do the right things first,” Lester said.
The company is helping the city apply for grants to cover safe expenses.
John Baker’s application for a conditional use permit to install a cell home at 110 Pine Street in an R-8 zoning district was also approved by a 4-1 vote. He legalized in the city in May 2019 the installation of a cell home on the property. , but did not place it within the allotted time.
When he implemented for a new permit, he discovered that the zoning district did not allow cell homes, Secretary Jenny Larson said. similar and she misunderstood the map. After studies and examination, he discovered that the domain is an R-8 zoning district.
The city’s plan-making council rejected the request due to court cases of neighbors who feared that the cell home would lower the price of their property.
Commissioner Felecia McLean-Kesler did not attend Tuesday’s meeting and Commissioner Terry Evans voted against it.
Evans said Commissioner Mount McCallum had to move his cell home after he was placed in a zoning district that did not allow cell homes. McCallum had moved a cell home to a zoning district containing nearby cell homes in 2018.
McCallum stated that a cell home about 500 feet from where he placed his, believing he was in the right area, but the position where space was located not in the R-5 zone.
“In fact, it’s up to me to stay in a meeting that’s so biased,” Evans said.
Voting will allow more people to request zoning exceptions, he said.
“Once you’ve let that genius out of the bottle, it’s too late, ” said Evans.
After the meeting, McCallum said he had the idea for the city to update its zoning to become an R-5 community and provide citizens with a more affordable housing option.
The city is working with LKC Engineering to update the zoning map, which is expected to be available for use until the end of the year, said the city’s acting director, Ricky Harris.
Also tuesday, commissioners heard Tony Mackey, a managing spouse of the Fairmont Golf Club, who said water flowed from canals and other city spaces to the golf course. There are days when mild rains can force the countryside to close its doors. .
“What I’m asking for is a fair and equivalent remedy for drainage work,” Mackey said.
The U. S. Army Corps of EngineersHe’s already been worried about cleaning the city’s canals, but he’s stopped ever since. Evans asked Townsend why the Corps had stopped.
Townsend asked Harris to marry the Department of Public Works to review the drainage factor and provide the effects of this investigation to the Board of Commissioners for review.
Public Works Director Ronnie Seals said Morro Street had been repaired.
“This is back online now, so all of our s are working again,” Seals said.
Harris said assets are being demolished at 720 Mckoy Street and are expected to be cleaned in the coming weeks.
Attorney Jessica Scott said she ran with the state to locate the features of a space on Mckoy Street that has $ 190,000 in Medicare privileges, belongs to the heirs of a deceased user, and is worth just $ 25,000.
“We’re at a snlock right now, ” said Scott.
Nate Thompson, a resident of the city, asked the commissioners to continue cleaning up the city. He worked in the domain of Old Field until the appearance of the city.
“I’m worried about what it looks like, ” said Thompson.
“I hope we can continue and recover this ball that turned out to have fallen,” he said of demolition plans.
In other cases, the commissioners approved the renewal of Cynthia Dudley’s term of office for another three-year term on the abc Board of Directors and the authorization of the NCWorks Career Center to use the city courtroom in October as part of a virtual task fair.
SOUTHERN PINES – A guy from Maxton has been arrested in connection with a bank robber here, according to the Southern Pines Police Department.
Herbert Lynn Lowery, 41, arrested and charged with theft with a damaging weapon after First National Bank near southern pines center was robbed Monday morning. Lowery was captured with the help of the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. according to the Police Department.
A guy broke into the bank with a gun shortly after 11:20 a. m. and took cash from the employees, according to the police department. After receiving an uns specified sum of cash, the guy fled in a stolen 2000 Buick LeSabre.
Police did not say whether the cash or the stolen vehicle was recovered at the time of Lowery’s arrest.
Lowery was placed in the Moore County Detention Center on a $500,000 security bond and is scheduled to appear in Moore County District Court on October 1.
Anyone with data about the theft should call 910-692-7031 or the Police Department’s crime hotline at 910-693-4110. The data can be anonymous.
LUMBERTON – Two other men have been charged with a 2015 home invasion in which a man fired, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Ismul Hines, 43, of Charlotte, and Kenneth McCoy, 26, of Laurinburg, or are charged with first-degree murder, four counts of armed robbery, fatal weapon attack, fatal weapon attack that caused serious injury, and seven counts of kidnapping, according to the sheriff’s office. Hines is also charged with possession of a firearm through a criminal.
McCoy detained in Robeson County without bail for murder, according to the sheriff’s office, earned a guaranteed bail of $1. 35 million on the remaining costs.
Hines imprisoned in Robeson County without bail for murder and earned a guaranteed bail of $1. 4 million on the other charges.
On September 28, 2015, at approximately 10:34 p. m. , sheriff’s workplace agents responded to block 3300 of Shaw Road in St. Louis. Paul in reference to an invasion of a house. On arrival, officers discovered Rodney Murphy, 51, from Maxton, who had died of a gunshot wound. During the invasion of the house, two other men were shot dead and a woman assaulted.
Hines lived in Maxton at the time of Murphy’s death, according to the sheriff’s office.
Quatrell D. Nicholson, 29, and Carson B. Brown, 31, any from Laurinburg, were arrested in 2016 for Murphy’s death, according to the sheriff’s office. Nicholson and Brown are also charged with first-degree murder, four counts of armed robbery. , fatal weapon attack, fatal weapon attack causing serious injuries and seven counts of kidnapping. Nicholson and Brown in custody.
The investigation continues.
The Robeson District Attorney’s Office, the Laurinburg Police Department and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department assisted in the investigation.
“Hines and McCoy’s arrests are examples of ongoing hard paints and determination to wipe out the families of those affected through robeson County Sheriff’s Office investigators,” Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said. “Investigators will remain on the lookout for clues related to unsolved homicide and homicide cases that have other suspects who have not been charged. “
Anyone with information about the case should contact the Homicide Division of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Department at 910-671-3100 or 910-671-3170.
RED SPRINGS – Continues search for a 19-year-old Red Springs boy wanted for an armed attack on a government official in Red Springs.
Caleb Alyn Brown, 208 Bryant Road, is wanted for criminal attack with a fatal weapon opposed to a government official in connection with an incident on September 8, according to the Red Springs Police Department.
Brown last noticed that he was driving a black Nissan Altima with the emT8295 badge, said Lieutenant McManus of the Red Springs Police. The plates were stolen in Cumberland County.
Two police officers responded to a report of a stolen state vehicle on Eighth Avenue, he said, when officers arrived, they met Brown, who was delivered to the vehicle, while an officer had his hand on an open door of the vehicle and spoke. with Brown, Brown fled.
The officer fell, but was not otherwise injured, McManus said.
Brown is described as has multicolored eyes and dreadlocks, measures approximately five feet and four inches, and weighs between 1. 5 and 160 pounds.
If you are asked to call red Springs police sergeant Hausler or McManus at 910-843-3454 with data on Brown’s whereabouts.
LUMBERTON – Rowland Norment Elementary School on Thursday planned the distribution of an e-book bag in honor of Kimberly Branch, a kindergarten that died on September 3 after a four-year war on cancer.
The distribution, which will take place from noon to 2 p. m. , was made imaginable thanks to the branch’s desire that, instead of donating flowers, bags of books filled with school supplies be donated to Rowland Norment’s kindergarten class.
“Well, what started out as bags of books from the age of 17 to 18 that we were going to give away to their main class, became more than 90 bags of books that we can distribute to our students in the RNES kindergarten,” Rowland Norment said Principal Tara Bullard.
Branch’s son, Josh Branch, will be with the cast.
LUMBERTON – A salary for the public schools of the interim superintendent of Robeson County could be approved at thursday’s special assembly of the Board of Education, according to the spokesman for the school formula.
“Since this afternoon, the salaries of Ms. (Loistine) DeFreece and Mr. (Tony) Parker have been completed,” Burnette said Tuesday. “We hope that they will be completed and that we will provide the main points of their contracts to our Board of Education at Thursday’s meeting. “
DeFreece was hired at a school board assembly on September 8 after the resolve to dismiss Superintendent Shanita Wooten. DeFreece will serve a monthly basis until a full-time superintendent is hired. She resigned from her position on District 1 on the school board in October 2019 after being discovered living outdoors in her district.
The board also voted on September 8 to hire Tony Parker as a weekly representative of DeFreece. Parker, head of a school in Johnston and Berkeley counties.
School board members are expected to talk about low-season education and conditioning for county sports groups at Thursday’s meeting. Training is scheduled to begin on Monday.
The school board assembly is scheduled for 6 p. m. , at the PSRC headquarters at 100 Hargrave Street in Lumberton.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the assembly will be closed to the public. Members of the public can view the assembly by logging in online and clicking on the https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=DcJ4YEOpjmw
The Finance Committee of the Board of Education will meet on Thursday at 7 p. m.
The parts in the schedule are the investment of the CARES Act and the operational budget 2020-2021 of the PHRC. The assembly is transmitted on the same hyperlink.
“Robeson County Public Schools has used CARES’s investment to acquire child care materials and non-public protective appliances for the district, WiFi access points for 39 buses, and are used to fund the salaries and benefits of advocates for student success,” Burnette said. “As Robeson County Public Schools continue distance learning during the nine weeks of the school year, there will be a discussion about how CARES investment will be used to provide more generation resources to our teachers and students.
Also thursday, the Lumbee Tribal Council will meet with a Zoom video call.
The assembly will be broadcast live at 7. m. , to consult on the tribe in https://www. lumbeetribe. com/live-stream.
The points on the schedule come with the appointment of Millicient Collins as an interim member of the Electoral Council and Gary Deese to the Administrative Court, and the discussion of the First Nations Development Grant, the Good Neighbor Grant and an amendment to the CARES budget. Comprehensive Housing Grant Act for Indigenous People. Arrangement among other elements.
LUMBERTON – Health officials in Raleigh and Robeson counties are urging others to get vaccinated against influenza as the state enters influenza season, the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This year, as COVID-19 continues to spread in our communities, it’s incredibly vital to get a flu shot,” dr. Mandy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Social Services. “The flu can be a serious, deadly disease. It is vital to get vaccinated against the flu so that you and your circle of family members stay healthy. “
Vaccination is especially for pregnant women, children, adults age 65 and older, and others with chronic diseases, said Bill Smith, director of the Robeson County Department of Health, and there is a high-dose vaccine for those population groups.
“Because influenza and COVID-19 are your lungs, having them at the same time will overwhelm some people, hence the recommendation to get vaccinated against the flu,” Smith said.
Both diseases can lead to pneumonia, central injury, central inflammation and sepsis, he said. COVID-19 can cause blood clots in the veins and arteries.
“If there was a year to get the flu shot, that would be it,” Smith said.
Southeastern Health also urges everyone to get vaccinated against the flu this season, said Dr. Obiefuna Okoye, Southeastern Health’s medical director of infectious diseases.
“Flu vaccination this flu season will be the peak in people’s lives,” he said.
It is suspected that degrees of COVID-19 will accumulate as the weather becomes unscrutin and others remain indoors, Okoye said. Staying indoors will increase the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Okoye said other people can protect themselves from flu and COVID-19 by getting vaccinated against the flu and practicing 3W: washing, putting on, waiting, washing their hands, keeping others away, and wearing masks.
“Also, stay home when you’re sick,” he says.
Influenza vaccines can be obtained at all number one care clinics, clinics without an appointment, and for women at Southeastern Health.
Vaccines can also be obtained from pharmacies and fitness services, Smith said.
“There will probably be times behind the wheel during the winter,” he said. “Because our season is later than in the north, it is not advised to get vaccinated until September. Some locations have not yet won their vaccine, while others have not. You deserve to touch the clinic involved to see what materials are available».
According to the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu season takes place in the fall and winter in the United States Unidos. La most of the time, flu activity peaks between December and February, but activity can last until May. The effect of a flu season varies from season to season.
In North Carolina, influenza infections are most common from the overdue fall to early spring, with a spike in activity sometimes in January or February, according to NCDHHS. COVID-19:
– Stay home in case of illness until there is no fever for at least 24 hours, for COVID-19. Follow CDC orders to complete COVID-19 isolation.
– Wash your hands with soap and water.
– Cover the cough and sneeze with a handkerchief, then discard the handkerchief quickly.
– Continue practicing 3W: dressing with a face that covers the nose and mouth, waiting 6 feet from each other and washing your hands can help delay the spread of COVID-19 and flu.
Symptoms of COVID-19 and flu are similar, so others who feel sick should call before going to a doctor, local fitness or emergency care branch, according to the state fitness agency. People see a doctor for the flu test and/or COVID-19.
Flu symptoms come with fever, cough and/or sore throat, discharge or nasal congestion, headaches and/or pains, chills, fatigue and nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea, which are most common in children.
Anyone who thinks they have the flu deserves to contact their doctor without delay to see if they want a remedy with a prescription antiviral drug, such as Tamiflu, according to NCDHHS. Early remedy with an antiviral medication can help prevent the worsening of influenza infections. Treatment with prescription antiviral medications is critical for hospitalized patients, others with severe influenza, and those at increased risk of severe headaches due to age or health.
More information on influenza can be found online from the Division of Public Health and the CDC at www. cdc. gov/flu. For more information about COVID-19 in North Carolina, visit covid19. ncdhhs. gov.
St. PAULS – Two other people face rates each after police seized 77 grams of fentanyl, more than a pound of marijuana and a vehicle after a traffic impediment in the U. S. 301 in St. Pauls.
Quinton Freeman, 30, of Joel Street in Elizabethtown, and Amber Williams, 21, of Pinwheel Circle in Lumberton, were charged on Sept. 9 after St. St. Paul discovered drugs in their vehicle.
According to St. Paul II, placed in the Robeson County detention center on a $100,000 bail.
Williams accused fentanyl property, fentanyl property with intent to sell and deliver, fentanyl trafficking, marijuana property, marijuana property with intent to sell and deliver, and property of drug accessories, according to the police department. $50,000 deposit.
Rates are based on a report of a suspicious vehicle at Sunoco fuel station on Broad and Fifth streets, said police chief Steve Dollinger, who drives the personal car and performed traffic prevention in 301. But it’s not the first time
Investigators then fentanyl and marijuana before impounding the vehicle, he said.
The case is an example of officers’ efforts to combat drugs in the area, Dollinger said.
Witlee McDaniel of Cox Lane in Lumberton reported Tuesday to the Lumberton Police Department that he broke into his vehicle while stationed in the parking lot of Southeastern Regional Medical Center on West 28th Street.
Shronda Parker of Jacks Drive in Chadbourn reported Tuesday to the Lumberton Police Department that he broke into his Jeep while stationed in the parking lot of Southeastern Regional Medical Center on West 28th Street.
Daniel Hawkins of North Barker Street in Lumberton reported Tuesday to the Lumberton Police Department that he broke into his home.
Brittney Hull, from Pearl Street to Lumberton, Lumberton Police on Monday who pressed a break-in at her home.
Teisha Hunt, a Sun-Do 711 worker at 1213 N. C. 711 in Lumberton, told the Lumberton Police Department saturday that a guy distracted her while a woguy stole fries before leaving the store in a silver van.
The following robberies reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
Kimberly Pope, Bunk Drive, Lumberton; and Billy McMillian, Navaho Drive, Shannon.
The following robberies reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
Allison Dolan, N. C. 71 North, Wooden Bridge; Luis Aguilar, Old Red Springs Road, Red Springs; Dennis Andrews, Eaglewood Loop, Lumberton; Betty Bullard, Modest Road, Maxton; dollar general, Union Chapel Road, Pembroke.
LUMBERTON – Flames of Fire Ministries, Inc. is a tent revival that begins on Saturday.
The tent renaissance will take place Saturday through September 25 at West Fifth and Jones streets in Lumberton, saturday and Sunday will begin at 6 p. m. The next awakening will begin at 7:15 p. m.
Saturday’s service will consist of music of praise and worship. Others will come with a message and music of worship. Free hot meals will be served every night after the ceremony.
For more information, flamesoffireministries316@gmail. com.
St. PAULS – A 21-year-old from St. Pauls was charged with murder in connection with a shooting Tuesday in St. Louis. Pauls Green Apartments.
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The following thefts reported Tuesday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
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LUMBERTON – The Spencers, a gospel duo, will be the next act to customize the virtual level of the Carolina Civic Center on Saturday from the Spotlight on Local Talent concert series.
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LUMBERTON – Robeson County public schools will allow sports to conduct training and physical activities starting Monday, pending approval from the school board at their meeting on Thursday.
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MAXTON – R. B. Dean-Townsend has made efforts to particularly decrease the number of students without the Internet as the era of virtual learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the school principal said Tuesday.
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FAIRMONT – The commissioners here were informed Tuesday that a new fitness center is on its way to the city.
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LUMBERTON – Two other men have been charged with an invasion of a house in 2015 in which a man fired, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
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