December 2018
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Tester: The top players from the 2018 football season
Football season is still not over — at least not at the college level, where several of the NCAA’s 39 bowl games have yet to be played. But high school football season is behind us. The sting from Scotland’s loss to East Forsyth in the state championship game is still…
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Epiphany Day celebrated locally and around the world
LAURINBURG — People around the world are preparing King cakes, chalking of the door and carnival beads, all for celebration of Epiphany on Sunday. The day is a Christian celebration that goes by many names — such as Little Christmas, Three Kings Day, Denha, and Theophany. It is a feast…
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Fire department will hold bonfire Jan. 10
LAURINBURG — Christmas trees are set to light up and catch fire next week. The Laurinburg Fire Department will host its fifth annual Christmas tree bonfire at Legion Park on Thursday, Jan. 10, at 6:30 p.m. The sanitation department will begin to collect the live Christmas trees from residential routes…
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MLK Jr. celebration set for Jan. 8 in Wagram
WAGRAM — A recently created tradition will continue this month when the third annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration is presented in Wagram. The event will be held by the Wagram Active Living Center/Wagram Recreation Center on Friday, Jan. 18, at 24441 Marlboro St. in Wagram. The celebration will…
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Lion kills worker after escaping locked area
BURLINGTON — A lion killed a young worker at a wildlife center Sunday after it got loose from a locked space, the center said. Alexandra Black, 22, of New Palestine, Indiana, was killed Sunday after being attacked by the lion in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the Conservators…
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Donating coats
W. Curt Vincent | The Laurinburg Exchange John Imbaratto of Laurinburg stopped by The Laurinburg Exchange office on Monday and dropped off about 15 jackets for the newspaper’s annual coat drive. He said he and his wife had been cleaning out closets and ‘getting rid of things they didn’t need…
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Break-in LAURINBURG — Officers responded to the Laurinburg TV Center on Cronly Street on Friday after hearing alarms in the area. Officers found that the window had been damaged and the owners found only a 55-inch TV valued at $200 taken. GIBSON— A resident of Fletcher Street reported to the…
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Sheriff’s office shares ways to burglar-proof homes
LAURINBURG — The Detective Division of the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook ways to make residents’ homes burglar proof. As breaking and entering’s occur throughout the county the page posted a video to show how homeowners can prep their doors to keep intruders out. One way it to…
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Rainfall has caused more issues than just flooding
LAURINBURG — Like many areas in Southeast North Carolina, Scotland County has seen a historic amount of rainfall that has caused far more than just the visible flooding throughout the area. Laurinburg City Manager Charles Nichols estimates that there was 75-plus inches of rain in 2018, which is a major…
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Few here will be affected by federal shutdown
LAURINBURG — With no end in sight for the partial federal shutdown, only a few ripple affects will reach Scotland County. President Donald Trump and Congress remain at a standstill the president’s demand for a border wall, but that demand is being met with a resounding no from Democrats and…
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GOP: Governor is out of line
RALEIGH — In a letter sent Sunday to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office, the N.C. Republican Party said it won’t be “bullied” into adding members to an interim state elections board the party considers unconstitutional — and that a legal interpretation Cooper’s own attorney sought prevents the governor from picking a…
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Always remember that you are amazing
If you are like me, you tend to focus on your flaws. I think it’s human nature to be self-conscious about the tiny things we consider inadequate about our personalities, appearance, or even things as petty as material possessions. We’re never attractive enough, well-liked enough, or rich enough. There’s nothing…
