CHARLOTTE — When met with condolences about the death of her husband — Thomas Weeks Jr., a Deputy U.S. Marshal killed in Charlotte last week — Kelly Weeks asked instead how she could help the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a Monday memorial for the officer.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Rep. Richard Hudson’s (NC-09) Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act (H.R. 615).

Tragedy struck our state on April 29 when four law enforcement officers — Department of Adult Correction Officers Alden Elliott and Sam Poloche, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Joshua Eyer and U.S. Deputy Marshal Thomas Weeks Jr. — lost their lives while protecting us and trying to get a bad guy off the street in Charlotte.

LAURINBURG — Those looking for good music and fun have to look no further than downtown Laurinburg on Friday.

LAURINBURG —The Scotland County Board of Commissioners had a sendoff Monday to its clerk of five years, Jason Robinson.

LAURINBURG — “Go forth Knights and make the world a better place.”

LAURINBURG — The National Beta Club at Scotland High has been named a 2024 National Beta MVP Service Award winner. The club earned this award by spending an average of 76-99 hours per member serving their school, community and state this year.