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Yanfeng set for nearly $50 million expansion
Automotive supplier Yanfeng announced this past week that it is set to invest nearly $50 million in its northern Laurens County facility. The $49.6 million investment to add production is expected to create 58 new jobs over the next five years. Yenfeng currently employs around 1,000 people at its Fountain Inn plant. “Yanfeng is pleased…
Read MoreSports Extra: PC women upset Upstate, 82-53
Freshman guard Aubrie Kierscht scored a game-high 18 points to tie her career best and lead Presbyterian to an 82-53 victory over USC Upstate Wednesday night at Templeton Center. The Blue Hose (8-10 overall, 4-3 Big South) snapped a two-game Big South Conference skid with the victory. PC has scored 80 points or more in…
Read MoreDeceased detention center inmate identified by coroner
An inmate who died Jan. 12 at the Laurens County Detention Center was identified Thursday morning by the Laurens County Coroner’s Office. Deputy Coroner Bill Williams identified the deceased as Gary F. Kinner, 47, of Greenville. According to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, Kinner was discovered dead around 7:40 a.m. in his cell. The LCSO…
Read MorePlanners seeking cyclists, feedback, on online Revolutionary War bicycle routes
Laurens County, South Carolina – A Saturday morning, Jan. 28, bike ride from Clinton to Hammonds Store will help test an online mapping system for cyclists who also want to learn some history. A partnership between the Laurens County Trails Association, the LC 250th Revolutionary War Committee and the Laurens County Cycling Club is resulting in an online…
Read MoreClinton works to save historic building, buys South Broad property
Clinton, South Carolina – A historic building in downtown Clinton has a better chance of survival after the Clinton Economic Development Building on Monday purchased the building at the corner of South Broad and West Main. “We have heard it was formerly McGee’s Drug Store, and then it was other businesses but it has been…
Read MoreRaiders win first mat meeting versus Red Devils
The rather lengthy book in the Laurens-Clinton high school rivalry added another chapter Monday night as the Red Devils and Raiders met for the first time on the wrestling mat. LDHS defeated Clinton 39-32 in the first dual match between the two programs. Clinton’s wrestling program is in its first season of existence, but pushed…
Read MorePatterson, Carroll return to leadership roles on county council
The Laurens County Council will go into the next two years with the same leadership from the precious two. At a special meeting prior to its first regular meeting of 2023 Tuesday, council members voted to grant second terms to Chairman Brown Patterson and Vice-Chairman Jeff Carroll. The chair and vice-chair of county council are…
Read MorevandenBerg resigns PC presidency for Ohio Wesleyan post
Presbyterian College will begin the search for the 20th president in its history following Wednesday’s announcement that current president Matthew vandenBerg has resigned to take the same post at Ohio Wesleyan University. vandenBerg, who was hired by PC in November of 2020 and arrived in February of 2021, will remain at PC through the end…
Read MoreFiling closes with heavily contested seats for mayors, councils, in March 7 municipal elections
Laurens County, South Carolina – Filing closed at noon today, Friday, Jan. 6, ahead of the county’s March 7, 2023 municipal elections. In Clinton, there are already four candidates for the City of Clinton District 2 council seat, but incumbent Shirley Jenkins is not among them. “I decided about a year ago that I would…
Read MorePassenger killed in I-26 wreck
A passenger in a vehicle traveling on I-26 Thursday night near Joanna was killed after a collision a collision on the interstate. According to Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the two vehicles involved were traveling east when they made contact with one another. Tidwell said a 2010 Subaru sedan and…
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