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Council closer to budget approval, no new taxes, fees
The Laurens County Council is one step closer to approving its budget for the upcoming 2021-22 fiscal year. Approval of third and final reading of the county’s budget ordinances is expected to be approved at council’s June 23 regular meeting. On Tuesday night (June 8) council was to host public hearings on both the general…
Read MoreFrauenthal Gnotec expanding with Laurens County facility
A leader in automotive components headquartered in Sweden has found a new home in Laurens County. Frauenthal Gnotec will open a manufacturing and distribution facility in Fountain Inn, taking over the former Continental Automotive facility at 400 South Nelson Drive off of I-385. Continental, which employed about 40 people, ceased operations at the facility in…
Read MoreUnopposed Brewster wins Gray Court special election
Geneik Brewster will join the Gray Court Town Council where her late father served for more than three decades. Brewster won a special election Tuesday for an at-large seat on council, running unopposed and receiving all 19 of the votes that were cast. Turnout for the special election was 3.97%. The special election was necessitated…
Read MoreCommodores sink Blue Hose, 10-0 in NCAA Regional
PC set to play Indiana State Saturday at 2 p.m. in elimination game Vanderbilt right-hander Kumar Rocker shut down Presbyterian’s bats, combining with two Commodore relievers for a two-hit 10-0 victory over Presbyterian in the Blue Hose’s NCAA Regional debut Friday at Vanderbilt’s Hawkins Field in Nashville. Rocker, an expected top-five draft pick in the…
Read MoreThe Blood Connection responds to regional shortage with early June blood drives
June 2, 2021 Laurens, South Carolina – Starting this Thursday, June 3, the mobile unit for The Blood Connection has scheduled several donor events in Laurens County to try and meet the desperate need for all types of whole blood across the upstate. Scheduling spots are still available when the bus will be at Walmart…
Read MoreSuspect in overnight killing taken into custody
A suspect that was being sought in the early Wednesday morning death of a man who was assailed at a Laurens convenience store has been apprehended, according to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. LCSO Public Information Office Courtney Snow confirmed just after 9 a.m. Wednesday that Jeremy Ferguson was taken into custody. The incident, which…
Read MoreChampion Blue Hose headed to Vandy for NCAA Regional
• PC at Vanderbilt, NCAA Regionals, Friday, 7 p.m. (SEC Network) • Blue Hose sweep past Campbell, Gardner-Webb for first Big South title, automatic NCAA bid The Presbyterian College baseball team made history this past weekend and will come face to face with a bit of its own as the newly crowned Big South champion…
Read MoreWoman struck, killed on Highway 221 in Laurens
A pedestrian was struck and killed Tuesday night on U.S. Highway 221 near Jimmy Hellams Drive, about a half-mile north of Laurens. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the victim was standing in the southbound lanes of 221 when she was struck by two vehicles who were traveling south on the highway at 10:29…
Read MoreDHEC urging parents to vaccinate their children 12 and older ahead of summer break
May 28, 2021 – With Memorial Day just a few days away and summer break on the horizon, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is encouraging parents to get their children 12 and older vaccinated as soon as possible to protect against COVID-19. Getting children vaccinated is important because they can…
Read MoreMorton to spend 90 days in jail after guilty verdict
Jury convicts on lesser charge The Laurens woman who infamously allowed a dog to starve nearly to death in her backyard in 2018 will spend the next 90 days in jail after a jury convicted her Thursday afternoon of ill-treatment of animals. Elizabeth James Morton was found guilty by the jury of six men and…
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