LAURINBURG — A jury on Friday found Triandes Quashaun Frazier guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon for a 2021 double-homicide.

GIBSON — Commissioner Eric Stubbs announced he will be departing the Gibson Board of Commissioners after the board approved a budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

LAURINBURG — As Scotland High School’s 2025 graduating class made their way to the Pate Stadium football field Friday, they first traveled through a spirit tunnel filled with Scotland County Schools employees cheering them on for their accomplishment.

FT. BRAGG— President Donald Trump planned to speak at Fort Bragg on Tuesday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army as he deploys the military in an attempt to quiet immigration protests in Los Angeles.

Editor’s note: Criminal charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle filed against Zainqkasha Quant’a Jones were dismissed on Jan. 28, 2021.

LAURINBURG — To the 56 graduates that make up Shaw Academy’s Class of 2025, Principal Joshua Williams posed this question: “What do we do from here?”

PEMBROKE — When Tamara Locklear crossed the stage at UNC Pembroke last month to receive her master’s degree in social work, it was a moment of triumph over some of life’s most profound challenges.