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Blue Hose football adds 30 on National Signing Day
Presbyterian football’s rebuilding effort continued Wednesday with 30 additions to the 2023 football recruiting class of second-year head coach Steve Englehart. “This recruiting class addresses many of our needs on the field to help us morph into the program that we envision, and we will continue to search for young men that fit within our…
Read MoreSports Extra: County football players sign
Anderson U, Lamb net 4 county players Mr. Football finalist James chooses Trojans with teammates Aiken, Kinard Copelands: Justin to North Greenville; Jishun joins Newberry’s ‘Pack Clinton’s Justin Copeland spent part of Tuesday night running over in his mind everything he wanted to say on National Signing Day – all the people he wanted to…
Read MoreCHS senior killed in 2-car collision
A Clinton High School senior and member of the Red Devils football team was killed in a two-car vehicle accident on East Jerry Road in Laurens just after midnight Saturday morning. Taylor Tisdale, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Tisdale was traveling on East…
Read MoreSLED: Christmas incident at Whitten Center leads to arrests
The S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said Thursday that its agents had arrest two former Whitten Center Employees. Both people were arrested on charges associated with the abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult. Lila Denise Kerson, 37, is charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult; and Lasheba Tijaundra Turner, 31, is charged with failure…
Read MoreSports Extra: Red Devils overtake Yellowjackets in Region 4-3A standings
Clinton avenged its only Region 4-3A loss Tuesday with a 57-49 victory over visiting Union County and remained atop the conference standings. The Red Devils (13-5 overall, 4-1 region) overcame a game-high 23 points from Union County’s Ja Raylen Gregory with a balanced scoring attack. Quay Ryant and Tushawon Richardson scored 14 points apiece and…
Read MoreConestee Nature Preserve raising funds for new dam
Greenville, Laurens counties, South Carolina – The Reedy River flows 65 miles from its origins near Travelers Rest, through the popular Falls Park in downtown Greenville and eventually through western Laurens County and into Lake Greenwood. The river and its wetlands are also important to the Conestee Nature Preserve, a non-profit which includes more than…
Read MoreLPD, SLED makes pair of drug arrests in Laurens
Two men were arrested on multiple drug and weapons charges by the Laurens Police Department on Friday. The LPD and S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) SWAT teams executed search warrants at two residences on Holmes Street. Kurt Thompson, 35, and Kenyatti Abney, 22, were arrested and booked into the Laurens County Detention Center. According to…
Read MoreGray Court man dies from gunshot wound; suspect identified
A man was shot and killed Tuesday night at a residence on Gray Drive in Gray Court, and the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has named a suspect in the shooting. The Laurens County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as Trevor D. Anderson, 32, of Gray Court. He died at the scene of a gunshot wound,…
Read MoreLaurens council votes to keep fees low by resuming city trash service
Laurens, S.C. – Laurens City Council voted on Thursday night to get back into the residential waste removal business beginning in March. By providing these services in-house, City Council’s action keeps monthly fees at their current level, well-below the rates of neighboring municipalities. In addition to ensuring a seamless transition of services when the City’s contract…
Read MoreTornado hits Joanna, damage in Renno area
A control panel from the automated car wash in Joanna sat upside down in front of a pile of light blue cinder-block rubble, the remnants of a tornado that touched down there. The EF-1 tornado had winds of 95 m.p.h. and destroyed the car wash while damaging a door across the way at the Joanna…
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