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Rec board discusses summer camp scarcity
LAURINBURG — As local schools prepare to end the academic year, on Tuesday the Scotland County Parks and Recreation advisory board discussed the dearth of children’s summer programs in its parks. According to Parks and Rec director Shannon Newton, former “summer in the park” programs had strong attendance at free…
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City’s proposedbudget includesfee increases
LAURINBURG — At a reconvened budget meeting on Monday, Laurinburg City Manager Charles Nichols proposed utilizing $323,000 of fund balance to equalize the city’s general fund and imposing fee increases to balance the city’s water and sewer and solid waste funds. The proposed budget includes a 35 percent increase in…
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Grant to help Scotland Health expand, create 21 jobs
LAURINBURG — An $841,800 grant from the Golden Leaf Foundation will be used to fund expansion at three Scotland Health Care System facilities and create 21 new jobs, the system’s Board of Trustees announced in a statement released Monday. According to Mike Vinson, chair of the Board, the monies will…
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City sees several wrecks on Friday
LAURINBURG — Police responded to no fewer than eight automobile accidents within the city limits on Friday, with injuries reported to only one individual, a 10-year-old cyclist. Tomazion Bethea was cycling southward on Mill Street near his home when he collided with the front of a vehicle travelling westward on…
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Crime report for June 9
Shooting LAURINBURG — A shooting was reported inside a Covington Street home at 11:54 p.m. on Sunday, according to police. Laquanda Monique Jackson, 26, was alone in her bedroom when she was struck in the upper thigh by a shot from someone outside the room. Subsequent police investigation revealed no…
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NC’s drop in abortions is among nation’s sharpest since 2010
RALEIGH (AP) — The number of abortions performed in North Carolina has dropped by more than a quarter in the past five years — one of the steepest declines in the nation — and new rules including a 72-hour waiting period could extend the trend. A national survey by The…
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Laurinburg’s middle school eliminated
Hargrave Gibson Hargrave LAURINBURG — The Scotland County Board of Education learned a surefire way to clear a room on Monday: make a decision that your audience doesn’t like. After a combined 21 minutes of public hearings, during which six people spoke against converting Sycamore Lane Middle School to an…
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Laurinburg’s middle school eliminated
Gibson Hargrave Hargrave LAURINBURG — The Scotland County Board of Education learned a surefire way to clear a room on Monday: make a decision that your audience doesn’t like. After a combined 21 minutes of public hearings, during which six people spoke against converting Sycamore Lane Middle School to an…
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Investigators: Murphy-Brown employees stole from company
Maurice Gibson Rudolf McGill MARSTON — Two employees of Murphy-Brown LLC have been charged with stealing more than $1,000 of company property, according to Scotland County Sheriff’s Capt. Mitch Johnson. Maurice Gibson, 52, of 2300 Crandall St. in Laurel Hill, and Rudolf McGill, 38, of 425 Oreo Lane in Bennettsville,…
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Windows to the past
Recognizing the historical significance of the 106-year-old stained glass windows at St. Pauls United Methodist Church, the Preservation Maxton Foundation gave the church a “large” grant to help restore the windows. The foundation’s gift led to the formation of the Save Our Windows Steering Committee in May. MAXTON — When…
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NC pushes ahead with voter-ID reqs
RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Board of Elections is pushing ahead with proposed rules to implement the state’s new voter ID law even as the constitutionality of its new elections laws including voter ID will be argued in state and federal courts this summer. The law, which is scheduled…
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Project to digitize county history
LAURINBURG — After decades of collecting dust in local attics, albums of faded family photos and crumbling vintage festival fliers, event programs, and athletic rosters will be given new life as part of a digital portal to the past being compiled by the Storytelling and Arts Center of the Southeast.…
