April 2017
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Scotland Partnership to celebrate Week of the Young Child
LAURINBURG – Scotland County Partnership for Children and Families will hold a Smart Start Pajama Party story time at the library to celebrate the Week of the Young Child. Participants are encouraged to show up in their favorite pajamas, robes and slippers. The event is open to the public and…
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Contrary to popular belief, the school floor had nothing to do with integration of the schools. Rather, the school floor funding formula came into being when the city of Laurinburg school system merged with the Scotland County School System. The leaders of Laurinburg insisted that if Laurinburg was going to…
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SAU celebrates alumni weekend
LAURINBURG — Generations of students came together to rock to the music, and on the lake at St. Andrews University. Over the weekend, hundreds of SAU alumni and current students came together to celebrate the heritage and future of St. Andrews University for its annual Alumni Weekend celebration that began…
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Bill allows local governments to publish notices only on websites
RALEIGH — The latest legislative attempt to let all North Carolina local governments post required legal notices on their websites instead of the newspaper is advancing despite worries by media representatives that it will limit public information access and harm bottom lines. A Senate measure clearing two committees this week…
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School officials: A.B. Gibson could be site for new school
LAURINBURG — The Scotland County Board of Education may have found a location for the county’s new elementary school — the A.B. Gibson Center. The board unanimously voted during Monday’s night Committee of the Whole meeting to gather information on the costs, zoning requirements, permits and other issues associated with…
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Rain causes multiple schedule changes
LAURINBURG — Monday’s torrential downpours caused all Scotland High School athletic events to be cancelled and with no end in sight to the rain, Tuesday’s baseball and softball games were also moved. The Fighting Scots tennis team was scheduled to finish their match against Richmond, that was rained out on…
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Lady Scots softball team goes 1-2 at Gray’s Creek Bear Invitational
HOPE MILLS — The Lady Scots softball team wrapped its Spring Break with a trip to Hope Mills to compete in the two-day Gray’s Creek Bear Invitational. The Lady Scots battled Gray’s Creek on Friday falling to the Lady Bears, 15-6 in seven innings before returning on Saturday to take…
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Lady Knights softball splits with Belmont Abbey
BELMONT — The St. Andrews University softball team finished up their regular season on Saturday splitting a pair of non-conference games with Belmont Abbey College. Game One: SAU 6, Belmont Abbey 4 Freshman reliever S.K. Brown started game one for the Lady Knights tossing three shutout innings allowing just three…
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Pittman-Palmer engagement
Dewey Pittman Jr. and Angie Caulder of Laurinburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Pittman to Cordell Palmer of Edenton. He is son of Suzanne Palmer and the late Thomas Palmer of Edenton. Brittany is a 2008 graduate of Scotland High School and a 2012 graduate of East Carolina…
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Bold-Faced Liars’ Showdown part of Springfest
LAURINBURG — They say liars never win, some people must not have gotten the message. “Liars” or otherwise known as tall-tale storytellers, will be coming to Scotland County to compete against each other at the Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast for the “Bold Face Liars’ Showdown.” This year’s Bold-Faced…
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Will the real Democrats stand up?
Recently Democrats have been quoted as saying they are just waiting for the next election? Pray tell which Democrat Party might that be as currently, the Democrat Party seems to be having an identity crisis. There are so many variations to the Democrat Party these days that many of their…
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March Madness winners claim prizes
LAURINBURG — The winners of our 3-in-1 March Madness tournament contest stopped by over the past few weeks to claim their prizes. Each of the winners received a gift certificate from one of our seven local sponsors — Dean and Ken Nichols at Nic’s Pick Kwik; Randy McCall, Jr. from…
