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Laurens man pleads guilty to drug, assault charges
A Laurens County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug and assault charges in 8th Circuit Court. Jertavious Mantrail Mack was sentenced following the plea deal that stemmed from incidents from October 2024, which was announced Wednesday by 8th Circuit Solicitor David Stumbo. Mack has been held without bond…
Read MoreBridge to close this week on U.S. 76 at Tumbling Shoals
A section of S.C. Highway 76 near Hickory Tavern is expected to be closed for months while the Reedy River bridge at Tumbling Shoals undergoes repairs by the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). The closure is expected to begin Thursday and last for 45 days. The entire project is estimated to take four months.…
Read MoreEarly voting continues ahead of June 9 primary elections
Early voting will end Friday for local and statewide primary elections as Laurens County voters are asked to cast ballots on races from county council to the State House, attorney general and the South Carolina Governor’s office. During the early voting period all ballots are cast at the Board of Voter Registration and Elections offices…
Read MorePerson killed in I-26 Walmart Freightliner crash
UPDATE: Victim identified A Walmart Freightliner semi truck crashed and overturned on I-26 near Exit 49 early Wednesday morning, killing the driver. According to S.C. Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt, the Freightliner was traveling west on I-26 when it traveled off the right side of the road and overturned. The accident occurred around 3:50…
Read MoreYoung’s walk-off homer delivers 2A title to Red Devils
See photo gallery at end of story Luke Young graduated from Clinton High School Friday morning and then hit a walk-off home run to deliver the Red Devils the Class 2A baseball state championship before the end of the day. Young’s eighth-inning bomb to left field handed Clinton a 5-4 victory over Atlantic Collegiate Academy…
Read MoreRed Devils rain on Armada in Game 1 of state title tilt
Game 2 postponed, set for 3 p.m. Friday at Clinton The rain-delayed Class 2A baseball state championship series got underway Tuesday with Clinton taking the lead in the best-of-three series with a 5-1 victory over Lower State champion Atlantic Collegiate at the Ripken Experience baseball complex in Myrtle Beach. Clinton junior Camden Finley out-dueled Atlantic…
Read MorePrimary polls open, Senate rejects redistricting
A record number of voters turned out Tuesday, the first day of early voting in primary elections, as state Senators met in Columbia and turned away a redistricting plan designed to eliminate the state’s only Democratic seat in the U.S. Congress. According to reports, 26,000 people had voted in the state’s primary elections by lunchtime…
Read MoreState championship series postponed as Red Devils await Armada
Game 1 of Clinton’s Class 2A State Baseball Championship Series against Atlantic Collegiate has been postponed for a second time due to heavy rains across the Upstate over the weekend. The best-of-three series opener is now set to be played at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Lower State Champion Atlantic Collegiate Academy in Conway. Game 1…
Read MoreCommunication lines blamed for two days of Anderson Drive closures
Laurens, South Carolina – For the second day in a row, a section of Anderson Drive in Laurens has been closed due to required repairs when two different communication company lines were caught by trucks on two consecutive days. CPW electric lines run parallel to Anderson Drive and do not cross the street, but communication…
Read MorePlayoff update: Clinton downs Panthers for Class 2A Upper State title
Game 1 postponed until Monday at 5 p.m. Host Clinton rallied from a run down in the sixth inning to claim the Class 2A championship Wednesday with a 4-3 victory over defending state champion Batesburg-Leesville. The victory earned the Red Devils a berth in the state championship for the first time since they won the…
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