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A memorial service for a former Laurens District High School football player and 2016 graduate is killed this past week in a car accident is planned for 4 p.m. Thursday at LDHS. Craig Maurice Taylor, 20, of Gray Court, was killed Friday just before 9 p.m. when the vehicle he was driving crossed the center…

Three members of a Laurens family died in a car accident that claimed the lives of four people Saturday night in McConnells in York County. Jim Daniels, 60, wife Patchell Williams Daniels, 39 and their 5-year-old son, Michaiah Daniels were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, a…

At noon Wednesday, S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency for South Carolina and urged residents to begin preparing for a hit from Hurricane Irma. “This is a precaution – this is not an order of evacuation,” McMaster said in a press conference. “This declaration officially allows emergency management officials to begin execution…

Friends and family members are remembering Gray Court’s Aley Goodwin as having a big personality to go with a constant smile. Goodwin, 21, died Tuesday afternoon at Greenville Memorial Hospital due to traumatic brain injuries suffered in an Aug. 22 car crash in Gray Court that also claimed the life of a Chesnee woman. “She…

A bond referendum to spend $109 million on a new Laurens District 55 High School, which also became a flashpoint for local residents acrimoniously divided on the issues of a new high school and its high cost, failed overwhelmingly Tuesday. Seventy-eight percent of the 8,520 people who voted on the referendum voted against it. The…

ABBEVILLE – A Cross Hill man arrested for drug trafficking in Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville counties pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday. Brandon Curtis Horne, 37, pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking methamphetamines, unlawful carrying of a pistol and unlawful neglect of a child in 8th Circuit Court. Circuit…

The 28th Annual “Comin’ Home to Cross Hill” festival is set for Labor Day Weekend and will feature a parade, music, classic cars and professional wrestling. The event, scheduled for Sept. 1-2, will officially begin at 7 p.m. Friday with a professional wrestling card presented by Battle Zone Wrestling. The matches will be held outside,…

A Laurens man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection to fondling a young girl in 2013. Prior to prosecutors calling his case to trial by jury Monday morning at the Laurens County Courthouse, Daniel Joseph Hagman, 36, changed his plea to guilty on one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a…