New tech system leads immediately to LPD arrests
A new license plate reading system had barely been plugged when Laurens Police began using the information provided to them to make arrests. The Flock License Automated Plate Reading system, which currently consists of eight cameras within the Laurens city limits, led to three arrests two for the alleged theft of vehicles and another…
Read MoreGray Court woman dies following Saturday crash
The victim of a Saturday car crash Saturday afternoon on Greenpond Road in Gray Court died hours later at a Greenville hospital. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt, the accident occurred at 2:20 p.m. Saturday about three miles west of Gray Court. Carol Ann Honeycutt, 63, of Gray Court was the…
Read MoreBlue Hose advance to Big South championship
Behind four singles wins, the Presbyterian men’s tennis team defeated Campbell 4-2 to advance to the Big South Championship Finals for the sixth time in the program’s history. The Blue Hose (15-9) will play Gardner-Webb, which defeated Radford in the other semifinal match, for the Big South Tournament Championship at the Marion Diehl Tennis Center…
Read MoreMan dead following standoff with SWAT team
Laurens County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in what turned into a deadly standoff Tuesday night after attempting to serve a warrant on Indian Mound Road in Laurens. After attempting to serve the warrant for criminal sexual conduct on Keith William Dramstad, 57, of the residence at 2221 Indian Mound Road, Dramstad presented “what appeared…
Read More50 for 55: LDHS Class of ’73 set for 50th reunion
Fifty years ago, the Laurens District High School Class of 1973 was preparing to graduate from a place its members hardly knew. The new school represented a seismic shift for the county as District 55 abandoned its community high schools – Laurens, Ford, Gray Court-Owings and Hickory Tavern – and consolidated them into Laurens District…
Read MoreCross Hill man dead after Waterloo shooting
A Cross Hill man has been confirmed dead and two others were shot Saturday during an incident on Coyote Drive in Waterloo Saturday night. According to the Laurens County Coroner’s Office there were three shooting victims at the scene. One deputy coroner was sent to the scene of the incident and another was re-routed to…
Read More‘Circus’ bandmates reuniting for LDHS Class of ’73 reunion
Submitted by Mary Fortune Laurens District High School Class of 1973 After the lights went out on Friday nights in the fall of 1972, the evening was just getting started for many high school students. Fifty years ago, the place to be on Friday nights after the games was the old armory on South Harper…
Read MoreLaurens County Museum aims big with membership drive
The Laurens County Museum is in the midst of a membership drive that leaders hope will more than quadruple its rolls by adding at least 1,000 new members by late May. The membership drive began officially on April 1 and will end May 20. “I really think there should be an intrinsic motivation to help…
Read MoreLA hires Doolittle to lead football program
Jolly Doolittle found himself standing in front of a throng of current and future Laurens Academy varsity football players Monday afternoon after being introduced as LA’s next head football coach. Doolittle, who has been head coach at Greenwood Christian School for the past seven seasons, told the players he would be looking for great…
Read MoreGreenville man added to those arrested in October thefts
A Greenville man was taken into custody Monday by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office in connection with well over $100,000 worth of property stolen from a Cross Hill farm. Michael Jacob Zaagman, 42, faces nine counts of grand larceny worth $10,000 or more, four counts of grand larceny ($2,000-$10,000), one count of petit larceny and…
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