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Emmy winner to speak
Emmy Award winner Kwame Dawes will be the featured reader at a special St. Andrews Writers’ Forum on Monday at 8 p.m. in Pate Main Lounge. The Forum is free and open to the public. After a break for Easter, the Forum returns to campus for a special reading on Monday, April 1 by Emmy Award winner Kwame Dawes. “Kwame Dawes is one of the most important writers of his generation who has built a mighty and lasting body of work,” said America...
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Funeral board: Morris took money
The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service has taken disciplinary action against a Scotland County funeral director for allegedly embezzling from a burial association over the last five years. Morris Funeral Home, with services in Red Springs and Laurinburg, could lose its permit to operate for three years. The state board has said that it would also revoke the funeral directing license of Ella Morris if a portion of the money is not repai...
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Contributed photo Scotland County Schools WIA program participants form left, Julianna McKenzie, Shaniqua Reid, Jasmine Douglas, and Tiana McMillan.
Students get real
Laurinburg recently played host to a day-long summit to teach young people about real life. The Lumber River Youth Council held its annual Real World Summit was held at Scotland High School. The summit teaches independent living skills to youth, ages 16-21 years old through a one-day simulation of the real world. More than 40 Workforce Investment Act participants from the Lumber River local area (Scotland, Bladen, Hoke, Richmond, and Robe...
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Contributed photo Director of Logistics and Photography Rooney Coffman
Coffman to get Merit Award
The St. Andrews Alumni Council will present the Distinguished Merit Award to Director of Logistics and Photography Rooney Coffman at the Annual Alumni Awards Banquet next month. The Distinguished Merit Award was established to honor a faculty or staff member for his vision and commitment to St. Andrews and his ongoing impact on the lives of alumni. The ceremony is April 19. “Through serving students and helping them learn what to do in la...
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Crime Reports
May 23 crime report
LAURINBURG - Stacey Gillis, 34, of 19620 Sallie McNair Road was issued a criminal summons on Tuesday for one count of breaking and entering and one count of larceny, according to a sheriff’s repor...
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May 22 crime report
LAUREL HILL - Velma Bass of McFarland Road reported a breaking and entering and larceny at her home on Monday, according to a sheriff’s report. A stove, refrigerator, washing machine, two window a...
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May 21 crime report
LAUREL HILL - Robert Byrd, 37, of 21630 Blue Bird Lane was arrested Thursday under a warrant for one count of felony possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule II controlled substances an...
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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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