RENNERT — Mayor-elect Olivia Alford will be the first African-American woman elected to the mayoral office in Rennert’s history.
Alford is a lifelong resident of Robeson County, born in Rennert and raised in St. Pauls, before moving back to Rennert over a decade ago, and has served on the council and as mayor pro-tem since 2023.
“I ran because there are changes that need to be made here,” Alford said, “and a lot of the citizens actually came to me and asked me, ‘are you running for mayor?’ ‘Won’t you run for mayor?’ ‘It would be a good change for Rennert if you were mayor,’ so I took that into consideration.”…