Over the past several days there has been a great deal of talk - and several letters to the editor and editorials in these pages - concerning the events surrounding Scotland High Schools’ graduatio...
Our View – Compassion over courtesy Much has been made over graduation attendees who clap and caterwaul as students walk across the stage. Some say it has ruined graduation because it is hard to hear names called out over the rucku...
From the mayor's desk – No budget blues This is budget time for cities throughout the state. If you keep up with this sort of thing, you will have noticed that many cities, counties and, especially, the State of North Carolina are havin...
Guest column: Consider camping When school is out for the summer, parents contemplate what activities their children will participate in that provide a safe environment as well as educational and fun. Consider camping with Scot...
Our View: Laurinburg After five For those crying out that there is nothing to do in Scotland County, dry your tears. Beginning tonight and once a month for the summer, Laurinburg After Five! Concert Series should fill the bill o...
Editorial: Habitat Bike-To-Build On Saturday May 1,, the Habitat for Humanity of Scotland County is hosting our 7th annual event called “Bike To Build”. This is a 4-route bicycle tour of Scotland County to raise money to build ...
Separation of church and state? To the editor: On April 14, I had the opportunity to be one of several hundred in attendance of a district church service at one of the largest churches in Scotland County. While we were worshipi...
Our View A quartet of Scotland County residents are expected home from China today. The Far East travelers included Laurinburg-Scotland County Chamber of Commerce President Theresa Lamson, county Economic ...
Mayor's Desk _ Minding our business Is it just me, or does there seem to be an unusually heavy density of roadside election signs at this point in the campaign season? Of course, the vast majority are there because of the Sheriff’s...
Mayor's Message – Season of change The holiday season is upon us. For the City of Laurinburg this means getting ready for Christmas on Main Street, the Christmas Tree lighting, hanging the Christmas decorations on Main Street and,...
Our view: Small stuff In a 1A story today, staff writer Matthew Hensley reported that school officials say that they have identified two people responsible for vandalizing Scotland High School the night before the home...
Mayor's column Putdown undeserved It has been a somewhat uneventful past two weeks in the city of Laurinburg since the last column, but there are always things of importance to discuss. Regarding the shooting at Piggly Wiggly, it ...
Our View: Great debate? What happened to the big debate over the money that the school board says the county owes? After all the hubbub about the county commissioners failing to do right by the school system, school offi...
Our view Earlier this month, businessman Robert Walters accused the town of East Laurinburg of trying to put one over on him. Walters said the town officials devised a phony letter from the state that said...
Our view: Maxton's folly While Maxton Mayor Gladys Dean would have us believe that Katrina Tatum decided on the spur of the moment to quit her job Wednesday as town manager, it seems pretty clear that the town board orche...
Difficult budget My focus this week is around the difficult budget decisions and some bills of interest. House lawmakers continued the difficult task of writing North Carolina’s budget for the coming fiscal year. ...
Recently, I signed on to a bill that would help more folks explore the opportunity to open a small business. Small businesses are the crucial to this country’s economic rebound and we must take eve...
After a recent photo caption about a plant vendor in Laurinburg raised eye brows, the bloom is certainly off the rose for attempts at witticism. Several readers found the caption kicker: “Plant cl...
We know that the Scotland County school system, like the state, has had to make some tough choices with its budget. But that doesn't make the recent decision to nix the contracts of two dozen ret...
The newly-formed Citizens Action Committee held its fist meeting this past Saturday. The group has certainly lived up to its name by proposing action on a number of different fronts. The Committ...
In today's newspaper there are a number of items that came from our readers. One example that stands out is the story from Woody Maultsby of Laurel Hill who thought he might have seen a tornado n...
To the editor: After reading the editor's response to my letter concerning Chairman J.D. Willis, I knew it was a sad day for Scotland County. For over 200 years, newspapers have been the front l...
There has been an upswing in gun violence in Scotland County in recent weeks. Just this past weekend, there was an incident reminiscent of a wild west shootout. That shooting occurred last Sat...
We agree with former School Board member Bill Morgan that questions should always be asked about how the county spends taxpayer money. But laying the blame for all problems real and imagined at th...
There is a time and place for everything. But Laurinburg Councilman Curtis Leak's diatribe against Craig Honeycutt right after council finished honoring the outgoing city manager, was ill-timed an...
Following the brouhaha over Scotland County Schools Superintendent Shirley Prince's salary, education leaders were faced with what some might call "a teachable moment." They had the chance last we...
General McArthurs is a family owned and operated restaraunt located in Laurinburg, NC. It first opened it's doors in October of 1987 and has grown to become one of the premier restraunts of local...
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With the best Medical Doctors in Laurinburg, NC, Laurinburg Internal Medicine was established during the 1970’s and began seeing patients in its first office building that was located on Peden ...
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