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Raiders, Red Devils advance in baseball playoffs
Laurens advanced to the Class 4A District B baseball finals Thursday night with a 7-3 win over visiting Blue Ridge. With the victory, the Raiders (19-11) will play at Daniel Saturday in the finals. Daniel defeated LDHS 3-2 Tuesday night, forcing the Raiders into the elimination bracket. Blue Ridge, who lost to Daniel Monday, was…
Read MoreCoroner identifies Gray Court shooting victim
The Laurens County Coroner’s Office identified the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred Wednesday in Gray Court. Laurens County Coroner Patti Canupp identified the victim as Eric Wade Elder, 45, of Gray Court. The shooting occurred on South Carolina Highway 101 North and Highway 92. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene…
Read MoreRed Devils down Christ Church, advance to state finals
The Clinton boys tennis team is headed to the Class 3A/2A/1A state championship thanks to a 4-2 victory over Christ Church Wednesday in Greenville. Clinton is returning to the state finals for the first time since 2021 and will try to win its sixth boys championship. The Red Devils are to face the winner of…
Read MoreRed Devils down Tigers; Raiders edged by Lions
Clinton defeated Saluda for the third time in eight days Tuesday, beating the visiting Tigers 5-1 to advance in the winner’s bracket in the Class 2A District 1 baseball playoffs. With the win, the Red Devils (19-6) are to travel to Chesnee Thursday. Top-seeded Chesnee defeated Central 9-2 Tuesday night. Clinton trailed Saluda 1-0 before…
Read MoreThree locals make up Clinton manager finalist list
Clinton, South Carolina – Following an executive session Monday night, Clinton City Council voted to have a brief special called meeting later this week to discuss the continued search for a city manager, which has been narrowed down to three local finalists. “In our search for city manager, we started off with 69 applications, and…
Read MorePlayoff schedule this week set for local teams
Laurens baseball will begin the Class 4A playoffs at home Monday as the No. 5 overall seed in the Upstate. The Raiders (16-9), who finished second in Region 1-4A, will host No. 12 Travelers Rest (11-15) at 6:30 p.m. LDHS is to play again Tuesday in the double-elimination tournament. Meanwhile, Clinton is to host Saluda…
Read MoreRaiders, Red Devils tennis advance in playoffs
The Laurens boys tennis team continued its historic season Thursday with a 5-1 second-round playoff victory over visiting Fountain Inn. With the victory, LDHS, which had earlier won its first ever boys tennis region championship, advances to the Upper State semfinals for the first time in playoff history. The Raiders opened the playoffs Tuesday with…
Read More20-year-old killed in single-car crash latest fatality in county
A single-car crash Wednesday night resulted in the fourth fatality on Laurens County roads over the past two weeks. All four victims were under the age of 21. The deceased in the latest crash was identified by Laurens County Coroner Patti Canupp as Braydon Parker McAlister, 20, of Hickory Tavern. The accident occurred around 11:15…
Read MoreJoanna girl killed in weekend vehicle crash
A 17-year-old Joanna girl was killed in a single-car accident early Saturday morning on Lisbon Road in Mountville. The deadly crash occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday, said Laurens County Coroner Patti Canupp. Caughorn was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. According to the coroner’s office, Deputy Coroner Jim Black responded to the accident…
Read MoreLibrary’s Clinton Branch opens to public Sunday at 3 p.m.
Clinton, South Carolina – Staff members of the Laurens County Library’s Clinton Branch were finalizing arrangement of more than 30,000 books which had been delivered by a moving company in the last two weeks, unloading boxes, hooking up computers and getting ready to wow the people of Clinton who have waited many years for their…
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