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ROWLAND - Robeson County lawmen have arrested a man who is believed to have robbed a Rowland bank this morning, according to reports.

HOPE MILLS - The Board of Commissioners has scheduled an "emergency meeting" today at 5:30 p.m.

The Highway Patrol is looking for a driver who fatally injured a Fayetteville man off Ramsey Street on Thursday and drove away.

One lane of Skibo Road near the All American Freeway was partially closed this morning after a vehicle hit a utility pole, Fayetteville police said.

HARRELLS - One man has been charged and another is being sought in the robbery of Delway Trading Company on Wednesday, a Sampson County Sheriff's Office news release said.

A man was accused of sex crimes involving a 13-year-old Thursday, an arrest warrant said.

1 The 23rd annual Grinding of the Greens is Saturday. The city has been picking up trees left at the curb.

Anyone who missed the pickup of their once-live Christmas trees this week can still get them into the 23rd annual Grinding of the Greens on Saturday.

ABERDEEN - The driver involved in a single-car crash Thursday morning was thrown from the vehicle and later died in a Chapel Hill hospital.

WASHINGTON - Retired Gen. James Mattis on Thursday cruised toward likely confirmation as Donald Trump's defense secretary, overwhelmingly prevailing in a Senate vote granting him an exemption to run the Pentagon as a recently retired officer. At his confirmation hearing,…