updated Fri. January 19, 2024
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Laurinburg Exchange
March 23, 2018
LAURINBURG — A group of Scotland County residents have planned a rally and march in Laurinburg on Saturday to protest current gun laws and to remember the victims .... According to Haywood, you cannot legally buy a gun in North Carolina without undergoing a waiting period and background check.
Laurinburg Exchange
March 21, 2018
LAURINBURG – Gov. Roy Cooper has named Scotland County resident Hew Fulton to the State Health Coordinating Council, a panel that helps guide the growth of health care facilities in North Carolina. Fulton, who is the immediate past chairman of the board of directors of FirstHealth of the Carolinas, willÃâà...
WFAE
March 17, 2018
Former Scotland County Sheriff Shep Jones became the subject of a State Bureau of Investigation probe and was voted out of office in 2014. Without the knowledge of county financial authorities, Jones had made purchases including top-shelf liquor and a gold cross with a cash fund that mingled public andÃâà...
Laurinburg Exchange
March 14, 2018
Katelin Gandee | Laurinburg Exchange Scotland High School students who helped make the See Something, Say Something video from left are senior Trey Dixon, senior Tyler Sellars, sophomore Haniya Locklear, junior, Alli Andrews, senior Jason Kang, junior Hunter Hedkings, and senior Annya Davis.
wpde.com
March 7, 2018
Locklear was killed in a car crash last Thursday night while heading to help a fellow deputy involved in a high speed chase on Old Wire Road near the Wagram area of Scotland County, according to Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey. Trooper B.G. Jones with North Carolina Highway Patrol said whenÃâà...
WRAL.com
March 2, 2018
Scotland County, N.C. — A Scotland County deputy was killed Thursday night in a crash while he was en route to help another deputy, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Alexis Locklear, 24, was driving down Old Wire Road, west of Wagram, at about 7:20 p.m. when he crashed.
wpde.com
March 2, 2018
Locklear became a full time sworn deputy with the Scotland County Sheriff's Office on May 16, 2017, according to Sheriff Kersey. He was assigned to the Patrol Division, Shift C. He graduated from Robeson Community College Basic Law Enforcement Training on May 4, 2017, in Lumberton, North Carolina,Ãâà...
Laurinburg Exchange
February 28, 2018
LAURINBURG — Scotland County is one of six districts in the state to see a significant decrease in the number of high school drop outs over the last three years. Scotland County had 28 drop outs last year in grades 9-13, a rate of 1.6 percent, according to the North Carolina State Board of Education'sÃâà...
Laurinburg Exchange
December 31, 1999
The New Jersey based foundation is a non-profit dedicated to health and has scored Scotland County's overall health at 99 out of North Carolina's 100 counties for overall health statistics. This is the foundation's eighth study. Information for the report was gathered by the University of Wisconsin PopulationÃâà...
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