SANFORD (AP) One of the men convicted of killing basketball star Michael Jordan’s father 25 years ago has a new attorney to pursue his claims that he didn’t shoot James Jordan. WRAL-TV reports attorney Chris Mumma will represent Daniel Green, who appeared Aug. ...

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MAXTON (AP) One man has died and another was hurt when a trash container fell off a forklift at a soup plant in North Carolina. The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office told news outlets that 59-year-old Alex Radford of Laurinburg died ...

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LUMBERTON (AP) Authorities have arrested a North Carolina man in a cold case murder and rape which occurred in California 31 years ago. The Robeson County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release 62-year-old Kevin Thomas Ford of St. ...

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Robeson County District Court Judge Herbert Richardson Sr. is an old goat. Or at least that’s what the “young people” at the courthouse call him. Richardson said in a recent interview that he has had the pleasure of working in ...

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LUMBERTON (AP) — The North Carolina Highway Patrol says it's struggling to deal with complaints about all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes in Robeson County.

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A middle school principal and anti-gang activist was driving to work on a rural road in Robeson County early one spring morning three years ago when a truck pulled alongside his car and fired a shotgun. The blast ripped through James A. Hunt’s hand and mangled the side of his face. He survived but ended up struggling with the school district and state for workers’ compensation benefits to help cover his medical bills.

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MAXTON (AP) — North Carolina authorities have charged 27 people with a variety of crimes stemming from what investigators say was a Robeson County dog-fighting ring that drew participants from three other states. State Alcohol Law Enforcement officers raided a ...

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State v. Walters. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0027, 11 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Robeson County Superior Court. (Robert F. Floyd Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though defendant’s sister testified ...

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In the Matter of: D.H.H. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1218, 10 pp.) (Judge Linda M. McGee) Appealed from Robeson County District Court (J. Stanley Carmical, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The respondent-father did ...

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Kinlaw v. Harris. Although IRAs are normally exempt from judgment execution, this is to protect a judgment debtor in retirement. A trial court may determine, on a withdrawal-by-withdrawal basis, whether early withdrawals from an IRA are exempt from execution. We affirm the Court of Appeals' holding that G.S. § 1C-1601(a)(9) exempts defendant's IRAs from plaintiff's judgment against defendant. However, we reverse the Court of Appeals' vacation of the trial court's order requiring defendant to place in escrow any funds he may withdraw from his IRAs.

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