Street changes with Clinton’s sewer work Monday night, March 19
The City of Clinton announced Monday that contract crews from North American Pipeline Management Inc. are making preparations now to perform sewer pipe bursting beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, and will result in limited access to Gary Street from Broad Street. Crews will be working from the intersection of South Broad and Gary Streets to…
Read MoreAccident brings commuter community together
Waterloo, SC – Highway 221 commuters on the Lake Greenwood side of Waterloo came together as a community early Wednesday morning when a semi truck heading toward Greenwood veered off the side of the highway into a ravine, splintering the truck cab and, surprisingly to all who saw the accident, left the driver, Bill Humphries…
Read MoreThreatt resigns post in Clinton
Clinton, SC – Clinton will be searching for a new assistant city manager after Assistant City Manager Jerre Threatt resigned from his position last week, and Clinton Mayor Bob McLean said although he hadn’t spoken to Threatt, he was sure he would do well in his next venture. “Jerre always presented a very professional image…
Read MoreClinton reroutes traffic after Wednesday a.m. SCDOT incident
The City of Clinton is having to reroute traffic this morning after a piece of SC Department of Transportation equipment used for paving turned over at the corner of West Main and Elizabeth Streets. City of Clinton has crews from Department of Public Safety and Department of Public Works on hand to assist the SCDOT in…
Read More“50 years and it still gets to me” – Cooke remembers Orangeburg Massacre
Laurens, SC – The front artwork on the 1968 South Carolina State yearbook showed a collection of yearbook covers from the previous 14 years, giving little indication to the tragedy represented on the first pages. There on an “In Memorium” page were pictured the three young men who died 50 years ago. Delano Middleton, Samuel Hammonds and…
Read MoreSundance fans give ‘Burden’ top Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film
At this past week’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, “Burden,” the movie which tells a story from a specific Laurens event in the 1990s, was the winner of the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic films. Presented by Acura, it was the top audience award winner among the top 16 U.S. Dramatic films in the festival competition. Directed…
Read MoreLaurens’ 1990s story, ‘Burden’ among top dramas at Sundance Film Fest
Laurens, SC – Rev. David Kennedy of New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church in Laurens left this morning to be in Utah in time to see the Sundance Film Festival’s final showings of “Burden” the film which is among the 16 films in the U.S. Dramatic Film Competition. Starring Forest Whitaker as Kennedy and Garrett Hedlund in the…
Read MoreCity of Clinton offers Warming Station for residents impacted by Thursday’s power outage
Clinton, SC – City of Clinton Electrical crews have been working since 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning, Jan. 18, to restore power to parts of Clinton due to problems associated with an equipment failure in the city’s substation. Crews have been able to reduce outage numbers significantly; however, the remainding outages in the southwest part of the city are…
Read MoreRestrictions placed on visitors to GHS hospitals, Laurens County Memorial
With flu cases rising across the country and in the Upstate, Greenville Health System officials have placed restrictions on those who can make visits to the GHS hospitals, and that goes for GHS-Laurens County Memorial Hosptial as well. Visitation to patients at Greenville Health System hospitals, including Laurens County Memorial Hospital, is restricted for persons under…
Read MoreRecord-high bills likely result from record-low temps
Temperatures warmed up on Tuesday afternoon, but the ponds were still frozen on Monday when Duke Energy Carolinas announced its customers had set an all-time peak record for energy usage during the long stretch of extremely cold weather. It’s notable that Duke and all the other energy providers in Laurens County were able to prevent…
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