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Contributed photo There will be Smart Start Pajama Party for children Thursday.
Events celebrate child
Scotland County is celebrating the Week of the Young Child with events and helpful hints for parents. The week, which runs from April 14-21, an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the world’s largest early childhood education association. The purpose of week is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs ...
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Shooting leaves one dead
An argument Tuesday night among workers resulted in a shooting that left one dead, according to Scotland County authorities. Around 7:30 p.m., several Hispanic laborers were raking pinestraw on Joe’s Creek Road off US 74. In what Sheriff Shep Jones described as “some type of altercation,” one of the men reportedly shot two others. One died shortly after the shooting, with the second man transported to a medical facility with a gunshot t...
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High-speed chase ends in Pembroke
A high-speed car chase that began in Laurinburg and exceeded speeds of 100-mph ended with a crash in Pembroke. Steven Jacobs, 37, of 184 Seals Drive, Lumberton, is charged with misdemeanor larceny and is being held under a $1,500 bond, according to Lt. Cliff Sessoms of the Laurinburg Police Department. Sessoms said that Jacobs was the passenger in the gold Ford Taurus and police are looking for Christopher L. Locklear, 33, of 480 Lumbee A...
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Fuel for thought
Contributed photo State Sen. Gene McLaurin, right, President of Quality Oil and Gas in Rockingham, and Dean Nichols, left, owner of Nic’s Pic Kwik BP station in Laurel Hill and a member of the Richmond Community College Board of Trustees, present RCC Foundation Executive Director Olivia Webb with a $1,500 contribution from the BP Fueling Communities Program.
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Crime Reports
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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May 16 crime report
LAURINBURG - Joshua Jones, 29, of Lumberton was arrested Monday under a warrant for one count of larceny, one count of felonious conspiracy, and one count of felonious injuring utility wire, accor...
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May 14 crime report
LAURINBURG - Brandon Locklear, 19, of Monroe was arrested Friday under an order for arrest for one felonious count of parole and probation violation, according to a sheriff’s report. Locklear was ...
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May 11 crime report
LAURINBURG - Brandon Locklear, 19, 9661 Cedar Lane was arrested Thursday under a warrant for one count of injury to personal property and one count of failure to appear in court, according to a sh...
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May 9 crime report
LAURINBURG - Edward Pearson, 37, of Fair Bluff was arrested Monday under an order for arrest for one count of driving while license revoked and one count of failure to return rental property, acco...
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