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Iconic Laurens Glassworks shuttered 25 years ago
For 86 years, the smoke bellowed 24-7 from the stack at the Laurens Glassworks. The furnace fire never went out until it was extinguished for good in 1996 – 25 years ago last week. With it went the City of Laurens’ largest employer and its most iconic industry as it faded with local textile mills…
Read MoreClinton firefighter, 20, dies in motorcycle crash, DUI arrest made
A 2020 area high school graduate and member of the Clinton Fire Department was killed Friday in a hit-and-run incident on Highway 76 outside of Clinton. Nathaniel Hunter Sipes, 20, of Laurens died Sunday at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital of injuries he suffered in the wreck. According to Trooper Brandon Bolt of the South…
Read MoreLaurens council approves recommended East Main subdivision, ‘Laurens Station’
Laurens , S.C. – Laurens City Council’s approval last week of the planning commission’s most recent recommendation will give the city its first urban subdivision in at least 40 years, and with that comes the gradual increase in the city’s tax base as families contract to build within the city limits. While other homes have…
Read MorePC begins Kelley era with two games at Bailey
The Presbyterian College football team will usher in the Kevin Kelley era with an 11-game slate this coming fall, it was announced this week. The schedule includes six home games and eight league contests with the Blue Hose opening Pioneer Football League this season. It won’t take PC fans long to get acquainted with Kelley’s…
Read MoreGray Court passes budget, cuts LCDC funding
The Gray Court Town Council unanimously approved its budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year Monday night, voting 5-0 as council held second and final reading on the budget ordinance. The $690,500 budget was passed without public discussion from board members Monday night during their regular meeting and without public comment. Town Manager Garry Smith said…
Read MoreFather’s footsteps: Brewster sworn in in Gray Court
With her right hand raised and her mother holding The Bible, Geneik Brewster was sworn in Monday as a member of the Gray Court Town Council, carrying on a family legacy that began over three decades ago. Brewster, who said she got a little emotional after being sworn into office prior to Monday night’s regular…
Read MoreCounty kicks off anti-litter campaign
Laurens County officially kicked off an anti-litter campaign Tuesday afternoon, gathering local leaders for the announcement of a countywide partnership and creation of a Litter Prevention Task Force. The mayors of Laurens (Nathan Senn), Clinton (Bob McLean) and Fountain Inn (G.P. McLeer) and Laurens County Council Chairman Brown Patterson signed ceremonial ordinances mirroring one another…
Read More‘Century Plant’ excitement for homeowners, East Main travelers
June 23, 2021 Laurens, South Carolina – Laurens drivers have been doing double takes and even coming to complete stops in the middle of East Main Street in Laurens since a “Century Plant” stalk began rising from one of two giant agave plants in Nellie Taylor’s yard. “Those plants are 23 years old,” said Nellie…
Read MoreMan involved in LCSO chase killed in crash
A Greenville man who allegedly tried to flee from police was killed Wednesday night after the car he was in crashed into a utility pole on Torrington Road in Laurens. Two other people in the same car suffered life-threatening injuries and were airlifted to an area hospital. The incident involving a chase with the Laurens…
Read MoreGreenville convicted murderer to be executed Friday
UPDATE: The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld an emergency appeal and stayed the executions of both Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens, pending the formation of a firing squad, giving the convicted a choice between firing squad and electrocution as stated by law. Barring a successful, last-minute legal appeal, the South Carolina Department of Corrections is…
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