<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-786" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png" alt="Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped" width="149" height="101" /> <em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News, </strong></em>a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online multimedia service officially launches today.

"We're here to serve our community, to give and to promote a healthy, prosperous, safe environment where individuals from all backgrounds, walks of life and persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper in peace and harmony, a place where the existing population, graduating seniors, retirees and those who would like to return can feel welcome and if desired, discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers and a diversity of social and cultural opportunities.

Q: What made you decide to start a new media service?

A: Scotland County remains the most economically depressed county in North Carolina, despite decades of generous taxpayer assistance and programs, including economic development efforts.

Things aren't heading in the right direction, folks continue to leave, and many who stay do so only because they feel trapped. Crime, including violent crime is high and appears to be gaining the upper hand.

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A new approach may be needed.