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Uncertainties linger for county’s BI-LO stores in new year
Buyers are still being sought for the county’s two BI-LO stores, which are among the last dozen or so Southeastern Grocers’ BI-LO stores which remain unsold following the first and second rounds of divestitures earlier this year. In June, 2020, it was announced that the Jacksonville, Florida-based, Southeastern Grocers was selling all its 63 BI-LO and Harveys…
Read MoreWoodruff downs LDHS in Raiders’ delayed opener
On Friday, there was no disappointing group text from Laurens District High girls basketball coach Aianna Kelly to her team. There was no familiar frustration of preparing for a game only to have it canceled or postponed at the final hour. This time, the Woodruff girls basketball team made the trip down Highway 221, and…
Read MoreHow to help: Community giving aid to fire victims
By Tuesday afternoon, a public Facebook group entitled “Assistance for Landau Fire” had more than 1,500 members as volunteers worked feverishly to come to the aid of those displaced by an early Sunday morning fire that decimated eight units in Clinton’s Landau Apartments. “Everybody has really come together,” said Courtney Snow, public information officer for…
Read More4-year-old perishes in Clinton apartment fire
As State Fire Investigators sifted through the ashes at Landau Apartments in Clinton late Sunday evening, a child’s car seat sitting in the parking lot in front of the fire-torn building served as a reminder that so much more was lost. The blaze, which destroyed an entire eight-unit building within the apartment complex and displaced…
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