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School fence buy questioned
Several Scotland County commissioners wondered aloud at this week’s board meeting why the school system decided to spend a $109,000 windfall on perimeter fences for schools rather than offer the money back to the county. According to county Finance Officer Charles Nichols, the school system wishes to use $109,036 in money it has left over for a capital project on building fences around the margins of several area schools. “They appropriat...
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Math winners
From left, Scotland Christian Academy students Kayla Locklear, Aaron Chavis, Lisa Banh, and Melissa Villaronga took third place in the geometry team competition in UNC Pembroke’s Regional Math Contest on March 21. More than 100 competitors from throughout the region competed in the subjects of algebra I, algebra II, and geometry. The examinations were compiled by faculty in UNCP’s Mathematics and Computer Science Department.
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Dr. Melissa Schaub
Laurinburg scholar focuses on women sleuths
The love of British detective novels led Laurinburg’s Melissa Schaub to write a book on the audacious women sleuths of the 1920s and 30s. Published in February by Palgrave Macmillan, “Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction: The Female Gentleman” examines best-selling novels by Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Georgette Heyer and others. For Schaub, the book was a long-running adventure tha...
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Speed campaign cites more 100
Law enforcement forces throughout the area have teamed up to net over 110 arrests on county highways in the last week. On March 22, the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office and seven other agencies charged 43 motorists at the intersection of Highway 501 and Old Wire Road. Beginning at 9 p.m. and ending at 1 a.m. on March 23, authorities ticketed for the following: 10 expired registrations, eight child restraint violations, five driving while ...
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Crime Reports
May 24 crime report
LAURINBURG - Katrina Arnold, 21, of 17700 Heck Norton Road was issued a criminal summons on Wednesday for one count of simple assault, according to a sheriff’s report. LAURINBURG - Jessica Joyne...
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May 23 crime report
LAURINBURG - Stacey Gillis, 34, of 19620 Sallie McNair Road was issued a criminal summons on Tuesday for one count of breaking and entering and one count of larceny, according to a sheriff’s repor...
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May 22 crime report
LAUREL HILL - Velma Bass of McFarland Road reported a breaking and entering and larceny at her home on Monday, according to a sheriff’s report. A stove, refrigerator, washing machine, two window a...
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May 21 crime report
LAUREL HILL - Robert Byrd, 37, of 21630 Blue Bird Lane was arrested Thursday under a warrant for one count of felony possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule II controlled substances an...
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May 17 crime report
LAURINBURG - Tyrone Avery, 51, of Beta Street was arrested Wednesday and charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, littering, and tra...
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