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Friends of the Hunley Press For Immediate Release: June 7th, 2017 Click here to watch a short You Tube video about the Hunley’s ongoing restoration process North Charleston, SC – It is no secret that the crew compartment of the H. L. Hunley, the world’s first successful combat submarine, was small. Conservators working to save…

The Laurens Downtown Farmers Market opens at 8 a.m. this Saturday, June 10, and Main Street Laurens, which hosts the market, is still welcoming vendors for any or all of the Saturday morning markets, which run from 8 a.m. to noon each week. “We still have plenty of space for farmers to come, as well…

Fabian Green was found guilty in the 2016 slaying of Edwin Diaz-Chirinos Friday afternoon and sentenced to 45 years in prison. Green received 45 years for murder and 10 years for desecration of human remains to be served concurrently. The jury deliberated for about four hours before handing 8th Circuit Court Judge Donald B. Hocker…

LAURENS, S.C. Accused murderer Fabian Green testified in his own defense Thursday evening after prosecutors presented a letter they deemed a jailhouse confession in the killing of Edwin Diaz-Chirinos last year. Closing statements in the trial are expected Friday morning before the case is handed over to the jury. Green is one of three people…

Volunteers came out in March and combed the roadways to spruce up the county in the first quarterly Beautify Laurens County Cleanup day, and on Saturday, June 3, residents can again have a go at cleaning up the areas right where they live. “In March we had 81 volunteers and they collected 234 bags of…

While school administrators are always excited about the commencement exercises that will mark their seniors’ graduation from high school, the sheer numbers expected to attend can prove daunting for those overseeing the details and logistics, but both Laurens and Clinton staff said the systems in place last year are expected to work well again this…

The prosecution began laying out its case for jurors Tuesday, May 30, in the murder of Edwin Diaz-Chirinos, saying that the Laurens District 55 High School senior was set upon by three other Laurens teenagers. Fabian Lamichael-Rashad Green, 19, faces charges of murder and desecration of a body. Eighth Circuit Deputy Solicitor Warren Mowry said…

The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man believed to have broken into a Clinton residence, exposing himself, and then stealing a vehicle from another residence. Thomas Andrew Pate, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound white male with blue eyes, is wanted in connection with both incidents, which happened on the 5000 block of S.C. Highway…

Angela Nicole Berry was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter. Berry was charged with murder in the 2015 death of William David Corteville, 53, of Laurens, but accepted a last-minute plea deal before her trial was set to begin this week. Berry is believed by investigators to have…

A suspect in a double murder that occurred during a block party Saturday night in Laurens committed suicide Monday afternoon just before deputies from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office arrived to arrest him. Deputies were attempting to serve Johnny Lee Pyles, Jr. with a warrant for murder Monday in the weekend murders of Sidney Speaks,…