Two Scotland County Commissioners talked jobs as they asked fellow Democrats for their votes in the May. Commissioners J.D. Willis and Guy McCook, both of the Stewartsville District, appeared at t...
Police: School protection a precaution
The heightened police presence on the Scotland High School campus on Friday was just a precaution after rumors of a planned shooting circulated, officials said. Police say they quickly debunked th...
Seminar to simplify home buying
If you’re ready to buy a home but feel you need to know more about the details involved in the home buying process, then a seminar hosted by the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday may help answ...
UNCP student organizes fundraiser for disaster victims “I thought about the water truck that we drove to City Soleil,” said Kerry Ann Williams. “Water was very dear in Haiti before the earthquake.” That was one of the reasons that Williams, her friend...
Purchase helps chamber stay cut above The Ambassador Committee has always been sharp when it comes to serving the Laurinburg/Scotland County Area Chamber of Commerce’s membership. With a recent donation from the group to the chamber...
FirstHealth receives first “Gold Star”
FirstHealth of the Carolinas recently became the first hospital system in North Carolina to receive the “Gold Star Standard Hospitals” designation from NC Prevention Partners ( NCPP ). The award r...
Butler: Job cuts follow decline in sales
Layoffs this week at Butler Manufacturing are the result of a decline in sales from the ongoing recession, plant officials said Thursday. BlueScope Steel, Butler’s parent company, shed 54 jo...
Carpet company celebrates decade of safety
The first decade of this century will likely be remembered by many different things to many different people; to the employees of Gulistan, it will be a milestone in safety. At a steak luncheon We...
Largest UNCP athletic scholarship named
Laurinburg’s Charles Jenkins remembers how tough a coaching opponent A.G. ‘Tunney’ Brooks was. Jenkins, who is now chancellor at The University of North carolina at Pembroke, had coached aga...
TSA Carver students do well at tourney
Carver Middle School Technology Student Association recently competed at the North Carolina Technology Student Association Conference at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro. A total of thir...
A recent checkpoint resulted in 35 charges, including several drug arrests, according to local law officials. The operation, an official state DWI checkpoint, was led by sheriff's deputies at the ...
Laurinburg city officials plan to renegotiate a fire protection contract with the county to address issues of possible underfunding for county fire stations. "It is a complicated issue, the issue ...
A Laurinburg landowner hoping to turn a profit on a 40-acre tract of land is one step closer to subdividing his property for 86 patio-style homes. The Laurinburg Planning and Zoning Board voted 6-...
Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of a car that crashed into a Maxton cemetery Monday morning, causing $4,000 in damages. The vehicle was traveling south on Cabinet Shop Road when it ran of...
The annual Charles Bascombe Shaw Memorial Scottish Heritage Symposium is next weekend on the St. Andrews Presbyterian College campus in Laurinburg. ÒSince its inception in 1989, the symposium has...
Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block has declared March 15-21 as Brain Awareness Week in Laurinburg. Blocks said he hopes the effort increases public awareness of the advances and benefits of brain rese...
Put on your sweet tooth and get ready for a hot piping feast when the Kiwanis Club's annual Spring Pancake Feast takes place this weekend. Held at the Clinton V. Willis National Guard Armory on Mai...
More than 200 people enjoyed a night of dining, dancing, auctions, and games at this year's Red Cross Celebrity Dinner and Game Night, held Saturday at the Belk Center of St. Andrews College in Lau...
The Scotland County Democratic Women will host their second forum of candidates at Mac's Breakfast Anytime on Friday at 11:30 a.m. This meeting will feature incumbent Democrats seeking reelection ...
Schools, day cares and nonprofit organizations around Scotland County helped Theodor Seuss Geisel, known to most as Dr. Seuss, ring in his 106th birthday last week with a number of events. Scotlan...
North Carolina's top road engineer has traveled a long road from Laurinburg to Raleigh, but he has take his Scotland County roots with him around the state. "I am very appreciative of what we have...
A trio of candidates who hope to challenge U.S. House District 8 incumbent Larry Kissell in the November general election spoke Monday night at the Scotland County Republican Party convention. La...
The Scotland County Board of Education picked its first "CEO" of the high schools after the board spent an hour and a half Monday night in closed session. Myra Holloway, executive director of seco...
Jackie's Hallmark will be OPEN Sunday, February 14, 2010!
Jackie's Hallmark has been serving the Scotland County community for 8 years. "Excellent Customer Service is our main goal." Currently, Ja...
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General McArthurs is a family owned and operated restaraunt located in Laurinburg, NC. It first opened it's doors in October of 1987 and has grown to become one of the premier restraunts of local...