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SLED: Former detention center officer faces charges
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) on Tuesday officially charged a former officer at the Laurens County Detention Center with misconduct in office. Ashley Landreth, 36, was charged with possessing and furnishing contraband in a county detention center and misconduct in office by a public official while working at the Laurens County Detention Center,…
Read MoreLaurens man arrested for Anderson Co. murder
A Laurens man wanted in connection with a murder in Anderson County has been arrested in Columbia. Anderson County investigators have charged E’Nicholas Leake, 27, of Laurens with murder in the shooting death of Jamyuz Bennett, 21, Tuesday afternoon. According to investigators, the shooting took place on Belton Anderson Highway after the men left a…
Read MoreTuesday playoffs: LA on to Game 3; Raiders, Red Devils advance
No. 2-seeded Andrew Jackson bounced back from a Game 1 loss Laurens Academy to force a deciding Game 3 in the SCISA Class 2A state baseball playoffs. The Crusaders fell 7-5 in Game 2, following a 6-4 victory Monday in Game 1 in Bamberg. LA committed four errors and two Andrew Jackson pitchers limited the…
Read MoreDistrict 55 board votes down changes for middle schools
A plan that would have reconfigured grades at Sanders and Laurens middle schools for the 2026-27 academic year was rejected by the Laurens County School District 55 Board of Trustees at a meeting and work session Monday night at the district offices. The board voted 6-1 to deny a proposal by the district administration that…
Read MoreState officials investigating Lake Greenwood ‘fish kill’
An investigation into a major fish kill on Lake Greenwood primarily in the Cross Hill area is ongoing by state officials who say they have yet to have found a definitive answer as to what caused multiple species of fish to die over the past couple of weeks. Most of the fish have died in…
Read MoreClinton police seeking info on robbery, shooting suspect
Investigators from the Clinton Police Department have asked for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect involved in a robbery and shooting at a convenience store Tuesday night. The CPD released security camera photos from the Marathon Station at 410 West Main Street Wednesday afternoon. Officers were called to the store just before 10 p.m.…
Read MoreMan charged with murder in Gray Court shooting
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as William Hogan, 27, of Spartanburg. An autopsy on Monday confirmed that Hogan died of a gunshot wound. A shooting on Old Highway 76 in Gray Court left one person dead and one man arrested and charged with murder late Friday night. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said deputies…
Read MoreBurn ban in effect for all of South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission release COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Forestry Commission has issued a State Forester’s Burning Ban for all counties, effective at 7 a.m. today (Friday, April 17). A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including yard debris burning, prescribed burning, campfires, bonfires and other recreational fires in all unincorporated areas of the…
Read MoreSpartanburg woman dies following I-26 crash
UPDATE: North Charleston man charged in hit and run fatality. A Spartanburg woman involved in a crash on I-26 in Laurens County on Saturday, April 11 has died, and the man who allegedly caused the crash is in the Laurens County Detention Center. Trinitee Hunter, 26, passed away Tuesday at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital, the…
Read MoreSuniva making $350 million investment in county
The Laurens County Council cleared the way Monday night for Suniva, Inc. to build its first South Carolina-based manufacturing facility and for the largest industrial development investment in the county not involving ZF Transmissions. Suniva is set to build a $350 million solar cell manufacturing facility at Hunter Industrial Park that will create 564 new…
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