Lori McLaughlin Lail is a winner

Sixteen co-workers at Hickory Sample put $2 each into a pot to buy single Powerball tickets on Friday. On Saturday, they learned they had won $200,000. Lori McLaughlin Lail is holding the winning ticket.
ROBERT C. REED (RECORD PHOTOGRAPHER)

“Lori called me on Sunday morning and she said, ‘We won, we won.’ I said, ‘Won what?’ I didn’t know what she was talking about at first,” said Hickory Sample co-owner Betty Rink. “I’m just so happy for these people.”

-- Hickory Daily Record