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SLED to conduct audit on LCSO
In January, there will be a new Sheriff in town and outgoing Sheriff Ricky Chastain is doing what he can to ensure the transition is a smooth one. As part of the transition, Chastain has requested that the State Law Enforcement Division perform an audit of all evidence and funds in the Sheriff’s Office. Administrative…
Read MoreAir Quality Alert posted for Upstate
LAURENS – Wildfires in the North Carolina mountains, and the resulting smoke that has been carried by the wind over the Upstate, led to an Air Quality Alert Monday. It is in effect until midnight Tuesday. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control declared an Air Quality Action Day for fine particulates related…
Read MoreForestry Commission issues burning ban for Upstate
COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Forestry Commission has expanded its State Forester’s Burning Ban from five Upstate counties to all Piedmont counties, effective at 6 p.m. The counties covered by the ban include Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union and York. State Forester Gene Kodama…
Read MoreRural precincts carry Reynolds to victory
By Cory Engle [email protected] With all precincts reporting in about two hours after polls closed, Don Reynolds won the race to be the next sheriff of Laurens County, beating petition candidate Stephane Williams by almost 3,000 votes. Turnout was good on Tuesday, with over two thirds of registered voters in the county casting ballots. Of…
Read MoreGas price hike expected following pipeline fire
By Cory Engle [email protected] Drivers should expect to see a small jump in gas prices over the next few days after an accident at the Colonial Pipeline in Georgia Monday forced the closure of one of South Carolina’s main arteries for petroleum products. According to a press release from Colonial Pipeline, a crew working on…
Read MoreFranks gets 45 years for double murder
By Cory Engle [email protected] A Cross Hill man was sentenced to 45 years in prison this week, after a jury found him guilty of a double homicide in early 2014. Circuit Judge Frank R. Addy, Jr. handed down the sentence Friday, after three days of testimony in the trial of the State vs. Deshanndon…
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