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A 16-year-old student from Laurens District High School died following a motorcycle crash Saturday night in Oconee County. According to the Oconee County Coroner’s Office, Olivia Morgan Sanchez of Gray Court crashed around 11:20 p.m. Saturday on Sheep Farm Road near Seneca. She was reportedly transported to Oconee Memorial Hospital where she succumbed to her…

Laurens County Council is expected to formally approve the hire of Jerre Threatt as the county’s next administrator at its next scheduled meeting on Monday. Threatt is currently the corporate and foundation relations officer at Presbyterian College and has previously worked as assistant city manager in Clinton and as city planner in Columbia. Council announced…

UPDATE: Shooting victim identified A shooting on Coleman Road Friday night in Clinton left one person dead, according to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. The incident took place around 9 p.m. The victim, identified as Taneal Evans, 20,  was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person was also transported to a local hospital with gunshot…

Things couldn’t have started any better for Laurens Friday night, but the ending was all too familiar for the Raiders in a 26-7 loss at Fountain Inn. Senior running back Nehemias “Nemo” Fernandez burst up the middle for a 71-yard touchdown run on the game’s first play from scrimmage, handing the Raiders a 7-0 lead…

Laurens County Council named four finalists Tuesday afternoon for its vacant county administrator position after conducting in-person interviews Saturday morning. The four remaining candidates, who were chosen from a pool of more than 45 applicants following a nationwide search, bring more than 70 years of administrative experience to the table. The list also includes two…

UPDATE: VICTIM IDENTIFIED BY CORONER A shooting in Cross Hill Wednesday left one person dead, the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said. A release from the LCSO said deputies responded in reference to a shooting at Pineland Shores Circle where they found one person deceased at 6:45 p.m. Laurens County Coroner Patti Canupp identified the victim…

When Hurricane Helene roared through Laurens County last year, there was barely time for bewilderment as area leaders and emergency personnel moved quickly to act. Trees were down throughout the county as were power lines. The destruction of a wayward storm that rumbled up I-26 from the South Carolina coast on Sept. 27, 2024 was…

Story by Skylar Laird SC Daily Gazette A state law often referred to as the Move Over Law requires drivers passing police, tow trucks, construction crews and other emergency vehicles parked on the side of the highway to “significantly reduce the speed” of their car or switch lanes if possible. Highway Patrol officers went out…