Laurinburg News

Sarah Lois Hunt Jacobs, 67, of 10192 South Chicken Road, Fairmont, died May 31, 2012, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

ARARAT, Va. - As veteran bagpiper Tom Netsel warmed up for a afternoon performance Saturday, the haunting sounds of the fabled Scottish instrument seemed a perfect fit for a cool, drizzly day in the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills.

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That was certainly the case last week when a couple of Laurinburg City Council members broached the subject of employing more black officers with Police Chief John Evans.

On Friday, North Carolina Education Lottery officials announced that John Murphy of Laurinburg has won a $1,000,000 prize after spending $2 on a Powerball ticket at a quick stop retailer in North Carolina.A Murphy matched five of six numbers from the draw held on May 23.A According to the press release: Murphy stopped at the Laurinburg Food Mart on ... (more)

The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of Richmond Senior High School and a 2009 graduate of Campbell University with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Alumni and friends of the Laurinburg Institute will gather this weekend to celebrate and reminisce about their years at the school.

Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast is seeking story submissions from North Carolina citizens for its inaugural "American Heroes, Celebrating Americans' Strength in Story and Song," a program dedicated to the extraordinary bravery and community contributions best representing the heroism of ordinary Americans.

THE ST JOSEPH GOSPEL SINGER'S CHOIR ANNIVERSARY will be held Saturday, May 19 at 6 p.m. at 469 East NC Hwy 73, Ellerbe.

Megan Black of Rockingham, daughter of Ken Black of Ansonville and Vickie Black of Wadesboro, and Dan Hughes, also of Rockingham, son of Dan and Lee Ann Hughes of Laurinburg, announce their engagement.

Produced by The Sentinel Group, "An Appalachian Dawn"explains how local churches and residents in Clay County have united through prayer and a common goal to fight back against drugs and corruption.

State alcohol enforcement officers seized $60,000, illegal drugs and arrested 20 people after raiding an illegal gambling operation just outside Aberdeen on Monday, authorities said.

John Weatherly, 86, of Kings Mountain passed away on January 22, 2011. Mr. Weatherly was born on April 4, 1924, to Rufus E. and Rose Riley Weatherly in McColl, SC.

Richmond Community College graduated 18 Practical Nursing students Thursday night during a pinning ceremony where graduates received their Lillian Duer James School of Nursing pins.

A record-breaking 279 students graduated from Richmond Community College this spring.

Participants from the Scotland County Sheriff's Office, left to right, Inv. Gyivan Jackson, Lt.

We once opined that, if not for Interstate 95, Lumberton would have suffered a similar fate as has Laurinburg, a once-vibrant community that has shriveled up following the loss of tobacco, textile and manufacturing jobs.

The old Native American man sat in front of me as I was assisting him with his monthly sales tax report for his small produce business.

Dr. Diane Honeycutt, 65, of 602 Hawthorne St., Hamlet died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.