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District 55 study breaks down tax impact of referendum
A study recently completed by Laurens County School District 55 breaks down the cost of a proposed bond referendum for property owners in Laurens County. As part of the analysis, the district also put together a comparison of average property-tax rates in counties surrounding Laurens. The proposed referendum requests taxpayers approve $109 million in bond…
Read MoreChamber narrows field to 4 in director search
The selection committee seeking a new president and CEO for the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce has narrowed its field of about a dozen applicants down to four candidates, and all but one of the finalists are already Laurens County residents. “The committee is doing interviews this week and it expects to make a decision…
Read MorePolice Officer of the Year nominees announced
Officers from each of the county’s three law-enforcement agencies have been nominated for Laurens County Police Officer of the Year. The officers will be recognized and the winner announced at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 16. The event is open to the public. Each nominee will receive various gift certificates and a recognition plaque. The…
Read More‘Prank Day’ turns to vandalism at Clinton High
UPDATE, May 3, 2017: Some 15 Clinton High School seniors have been suspended for their roles in pranks that escalated to vandalism Thursday night and some could face criminal charges. CHS Principal Maureen Tiller said what began as a few pranks outside the building such as painting windows shut and putting syrup on door handles…
Read More101 Dalmatians playing in Clinton this weekend
Fur-loving villain Cruella de Vil will be stressing out plenty of puppies this weekend as the Laurens County Community Theater concludes its production of 101 Dalmatians at the Gillam Center on W. Calhoun Street in Clinton. Long on spots, the children’s theater musical is a quick production at a low cost, though. “All tickets are…
Read MoreMain Street’s Sip-N-Stroll, free concert this Friday
Main Street is gearing up for Finally Friday!, its series of summer evening events, which will open with the annual Sip-N-Stroll tonight (April 28). The Finally Friday! events occur on the last Friday night of each month from spring through August, and the first one this Friday will feature an outdoor free concert by ’80s…
Read MoreGuardian ad Litem hosts Friday afternoon program
Child Abuse Prevention Month Historic Courthouse, today at 5 p.m. Dozens of pairs of shoes, sized from tiny to large, will be on display on the north side of the Historic Courthouse steps at 5 p.m. today, April 28, and each pair of shoes will represent a Laurens County child in foster care this year…
Read MoreRoberts guilty, sentenced to 14 years in Bolt murder cover-up
Brenda Roberts collapsed upon being sentenced to 14 years in prison for her role in the cover-up after the 2003 of James Bolt at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Laurens. Roberts, 65, was convicted Thursday by a jury of five women and seven men of accessory after the fact in brutal murder of…
Read MoreRoberts testifies in own defense in VFW Bolt accessory trial
A morning of sometimes-contentious testimony in the trial of Brenda Roberts ended Wednesday before noon with Roberts taking the stand in her own defense. Roberts is charged with being an accessory after the fact in the 2003 murder and armed robbery of James Bolt at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Laurens. She is…
Read More1st trial begins in VFW Bolt murder
Nearly 14 years after the murder of James Bolt, the trial of a woman charged with accessory after the fact began Monday in 8th Circuit Court. Brenda Roberts, 65, was arrested in July of 2015 in Laurens County. About that same time, Arthur Jason “A.J.” Bowers, who was then living in Murrells Inlet, S.C., was…
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