NEW BERN — The upset-minded Lumberton softball team led New Bern in the fifth inning, but the Bears came from behind to defeat the Pirates 6-3 in the second round of the 7A state playoffs on Friday.

Purnell Swett (16-5), the No. 5 seed in the 7A East Region, will play the winner of No. 4 Cleveland and No. 13 Riverside-Durham in the third round on Tuesday; that game’s result was unavailable at the ...

Statewide, the sport has seen explosive growth in just the last few years. After seven NCHSAA member schools had a boys ...

CHAPEL HILL — Three girls high school soccer teams in Robeson County earned state playoff berths when the North Carolina High School Athletic Association released brackets on Friday, and Purnell Swett ...

PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribe Election Board announced this week that the special election on a referendum to amend the Tribal Constitution regarding gaming in tribal territory will be held on Tuesday, ...

LUMBERTON — A Lumberton man was acquitted of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed robbery with a ...

Amidou was named a Murphy Osborne Award finalist by Conference Carolinas, an honor recognizing the league’s top student-athletes who demonstrate excellence in academics, athletics and character.

Friday: Bring Flowers to Someone Day, Dinosaur Day, Endangered Species Day, International Day of Families, International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, NASCAR Day, National Chocolate Chip Day, National ...

Having been born in God’s Country, Chapel Hill if you were not so blessed, I finally gathered the strength to go to the website for the Orange County government, click on the Register of Deeds icon, ...

RED SPRINGS — The Robeson County Board of Elections (BOE) certified the 2025 Red Springs mayoral election Friday morning, ...

You, Sir, have an unfortunate bad habit. You share and repost things on social media without considering the content and veracity of the post and/or the effect your reposting will have on those who ...

A 1778 North Carolina law tied Tuscarora Indian Woods reservation claims to continued occupancy and recognition, allowing lands to be claimed if the people were considered extinct or absent.