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Umpires: “We do it for the kids”
LAURINBURG — There are a lot of numbers involved in softball — innings, balls, strikes, outs, pitch count, number of players — but the most important number is 18. Eighteen is the number of officials — all from North Carolina — who are working the 104 total games that will…
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Johnson headed to Darlington County Schools
LAURINBURG – Scotland County Schools will be looking to replace Assistant Superintendent of Auxiliary Services Larry Johnson in the coming weeks, after he announced that he has accepted a position in South Carolina. Johnson’s hiring was approved by the Darlington County Board of Education earlier this week to become their…
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DOT awards repaving contract for Scotland, Hoke counties
LAURINBURG – Several exits along the U.S. 74 Bypass in Scotland County and sections of U.S. 401 in Hoke County will get fresh pavement under a new contract. Barnhill Contracting, of Rocky Mount, received a $5.4 million contract from the N.C. Department of Transportation last week. Barnhill will resurface six…
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Schools to require clear backpacks in 2018-19
LAURINBURG — Scotland County school officials will implement increased safety measures across the district for the 2018-19 school year. The six board members in attendance Monday agreed with a recommendation from the administration that will require all students, K-12, to carry clear backpacks. The clear bags allow school officials to…
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Local teacher reflects on Miss United States pageant
LAURINBURG — Springhill Middle School art teacher Arlene Grady recently returned from an experience she says was one-of-a-kind for her. Grady, the current Miss North Carolina United States, was in Florida for the 2018 Miss United States pageant. The Spring Hope native did not place in her first national pageant,…
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School board awards construction bid
LAURINBURG — School officials moved forward with Phase III of consolidation during their monthly meeting Monday awarding the bid for the construction of the new elementary school. The Scotland County Schools Board of Education unanimously voted to accept the base bid of $22.42 million from FBI Construction out of Florence,…
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SYSTEM students travel to Washington
LAURINBURG — One of Partners in Ministry’s after-school programs recently took a trip to the nation’s capital. Students in the SYSTEM (Strengthening Youth through Science Technology Engineering and Math) After School Program spent three days in Washington, D.C., as part of their culture and science enrichment excursion. Caroyln Banks, SYSTEM…
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Vacant Wagram Board seat filled
WAGRAM — The Wagram Town Board of Commissioners swore in its newest member on Thursday. Cullen Edwards took the oath of office, which was administered by Mayor Milton Farmer, during the town’s monthly meeting after the commissioners voted him in. Edwards takes the place of Paschal Stewart, who died in…
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Local woman arrested for assulting father
LAUREL HILL — A Laurel Hill woman was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after an altercation with her father turned violent Thursday. Cierra Lee Maynor, 25, of Old Wire Road, allegedly struck her father, Charles Maynor, 51, in the face with a wine glass after he pushed her.…
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Gibson recognized as ‘Extraordinary’ nurse
Laurinburg — Nurses who consistently demonstrate excellence as outstanding role models through their clinical expertise and extraordinarily compassionate care at Scotland Health Care System are nominated by patients and families, physicians and colleagues for the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Scotland Health Care System honors a DAISY Award recipient quarterly.…
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Couple arrested on Fourth of July
LAURINBURG — A call about an aggravated assault at an ATM led to the arrest of the couple involved. Laurinburg Police responded to a call of an aggravated assault at the Cash Point ATM located at the intersection of Fairly and Everett Streets. An argument over money in a joint…
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Lighting up the sky
LAURINBURG — People parked their cars and set up chairs wherever they could in preparation for the city of Laurinburg’s 16th annual fireworks display. Hundreds of vehicles piled into the field and parking lot surrounding Cross Pointe Church, which sits directly across the street from Pate Stadium where the fireworks…
