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Friday music, Saturday markets on tap this weekend across county
Laurens County, South Carolina – Music and produce will take center stage this weekend as Main Street Laurens hosts Soulified 7 as its Finally Friday band, and then the summer season officially opens on Saturday morning with the Main Street Market from 8 to noon. Soulified 7 is expected to encourage plenty of dancing on…
Read MoreThursday afternoon ceremony to mark Swamp Rabbit opening
Laurens County, South Carolina – While paving was completed late this past winter, a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. this Thursday afternoon, June 8, will mark the official opening of the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Laurens County, and the public is invited to come walk the trail, which begins and ends behind the Laurens County…
Read MoreReversal: Carpenter elected vice-chair of District 55 board
Upon further review, Anthony Carpenter is the new vice-chair of the Laurens County School District Board of Trustees. Carpenter was nominated to fill the vacant vice-chair office at the board’s May 22 meeting. With only four members remaining on the seven-member board, Carpenter received two “yea” votes – his own and that of board member…
Read MoreGray Court taking steps with history, development
The Gray Court Town Council is poised to pass second and final reading of a $730,000 budget for the next fiscal year – a budget that includes funds for downtown sewer development and the return of a full-time police officer – at its next meeting on June 26. The second reading for the 2023-24 fiscal…
Read MoreDesigns by D celebrates year of success, friendships
A one-year anniversary celebration this weekend at a downtown Laurens retail mall was more than simply acknowledging a year of business success, but it was also an observance of what can be accomplished through hard work, more than a little skill, determination to treat people well, and don’t forget – listening to God. In the…
Read MoreAnnual Laurens County Shrine Race set for June 13
The Laurens County Shrine Race, the local Shrine Club’s largest annual fundraiser for Shriners Children’s Hospitals, is scheduled for Saturday, June 13 at the Laurens County Speedway. Over the past 41 years, the race has raised over $1 million, including more than $80,000 in 2022, for the Greenville Shriners Hospital for Children. This year’s race…
Read More2 arrested following break-ins at area churches
Two people have been arrested by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office following a rash of break-ins at area rural churches. Reedy Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church, Cedar Grove Baptist, Mt. Pleasant Baptist and New Prospect Baptist reported burglaries and vandalism on March 26-27. Both Cedar Grove and Mt. Pleasant churches are located on Indian Mound Road.…
Read MoreWaterloo man killed in single-car crash
A single-vehicle crash near Joanna claimed the life of a Waterloo man early Wednesday morning. According to the Laurens County Coroner’s Office, William Dalton Gullion, 20, of Waterloo was killed when the vehicle he was driving overturned on S.C. Highway 66 two miles west of Joanna around 1:50 a.m. South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper…
Read MoreBeach music at The Depot as Clinton relaunches Town Rhythms Thursday night
Clinton, South Carolina – The City of Clinton is starting back its Thursday evening summer concert series, Town Rhythms, and the concerts will begin when Carolina Coast Band brings its music back to The Depot at 7 p.m. this week, Thursday, on May 25. “We are hoping for a big crowd for this first one so…
Read MoreGeorgia woman dies following Kinards crash
A Georgia woman who suffered injuries in a May 10 car crash in Kinards died six days later, the Laurens County Coroner’s Office said Monday. Edith “Edie” Gwaltney, 71, of Villa Rica, Georgia, was transported from the scene of the two-car collision on Highway 56 to Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was one of three…
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