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State: New DMV office months away
With the closure of the Laurinburg license plate agency, Scotland County could be without a Department of Motors Vehicles office for the next several months, according to officials with the state Department of Transportation. The family of Eva Deaton, who formerly operated a license plate office on Aberdeen Road, opted to allow their DOT contract to expire on March 29, and closed that day. The DMV took applications from prospective new co...
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240 cited in speed campaign
Last week, the state Highway Patrol and Laurinburg Police Department netted more than 240 charges on Scotland County roads in efforts spurred by the Governor’s Highway Safety Program No Need to Speed campaign. The campaign began on March 25 and focused on reducing speed-related collisions. The Highway Patrol conducted its Operation Slow Down in that time frame, issuing 26,153 citations statewide, including 13,667 speed-related charges. In...
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Pet of the Week
Poor Pepe was found sitting on a street corner, looking like he was waiting for his owner to come pick him up, but after a while no one came. A compassionate resident took him in, until the shelter opened the next day. Pepe has not had anyone claim him for over a week, so it’s now time for him to find a forever home. Pepe is about 1 year of age and appears to be a Jack Russell /Spitz mix boy.He continually keeps popping his ears up to listen ...
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January jobless jumps
Like every other county in the state, Scotland saw its jobless rate jump in January. According to a report by the state Department of Commerce, Scotland County’s unemployment rate rose by just over a percentage point from December. The local unemployment rate was 17.8 percent in Janaury, up from 16.6 percent the previous month. The report said that of the Scotland’s 13,143 workforce, about 2,334 people were looking for work in January. ...
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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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