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Boat fire closes part of US 74 in Scotland County
A boat caught fire under a bridge on a busy North Carolina highway on Thursday. Part of US 74 outside Laurinburg was closed while crews responded to a boat that caught on fire underneath the Highland Road bridge. Photos from the scene showed a boat that appeared completely destroyed and...
2 dead after murder-suicide in Scotland County, deputies say
SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — Two people were killed in a murder-suicide in Scotland County over the weekend, the sheriff’s office said on Monday. Deputies responded on Saturday to McEachin Road in the Laurel Hill area for two people reportedly unresponsive, the sheriff’s office said. When they arrived, they found two people who were dead […]
Murder-suicide ruled cause of 2 Laurel Hill deaths
LAUREL HILL — Investigators with the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office are ruling the death of two individuals over the weekend a murder-suicide. According to the SCSO, deputies responded to McEachin Road in Laurel Hill in reference to two unresponsive individuals, who were later identified as 82-year-old James Roy Larkin and 71-year-old Ann Baker Larkin.
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