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LCSO Jail and Bail fundraiser set for May 6
Wanted: Bad guys and gals for a good cause. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office is set to host its annual Jail and Bail event on Friday, May 6 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Laurens Historic Square. In case of rain, the event will be rescheduled to May 20. The annual Jail and Bail event…
Read MoreDistrict 55 starts fundraiser to purchase K-9s
Meetings among local law enforcement leaders and Laurens County School District 55 officials to address school safety issues has produced at least one four-legged solution. District 55 announced in a press release this past week that it plans to raise funds to purchase and train two K-9 “article” dogs. One K-9 would go to the…
Read MoreCouncil set to consider ARPA fund dispersal
Two weeks after members of the Laurens County Council met to hear proposals for American Relief Plan Act (ARPA) funding from entities across the county, the council is to meet again to decide how to disperse $5 million in ARPA funds. Thirty-nine agencies, municipalities and non-profit organizations presented their proposals, seeking as little as $14,600…
Read MoreLaurens man sentenced to 20 years in plea deal
A Laurens man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday morning in connection to a 2021 fatal collision that killed a 20-year-old volunteer firefighter from Clinton. Robert Curry Richardson, 57, of Laurens, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to felony DUI resulting in death and hit and run resulting in death in connection to the June…
Read MoreDees’ Day: Laurens native runs Boston Marathon for Dad
Famed Heartbreak Hill was behind Laurens native Kristyn Dees Monday, but the Boylston Street finish line was a mile and a seeming eternity away. That’s when the tears began to flow for Dees. “I started crying when I hit the 25-mile mark,” said Dees of her final stretch in the Boston Marathon. “Everything just hit…
Read MorePiedmont Blues Festival taking shape
The inaugural Piedmont Blues & Roots Festival is coming into focus with a lineup of artists set to perform and other events on the schedule for the one-day event on May 14. The festival has been two years in the making after initial plans for 2020 were interrupted by COVID-19. “I’m just really happy that…
Read MoreVictim of Laurens motorcycle crash identified
The Laurens County Coroner’s identified Sunday morning the victim of a motorcycle crash that occurred Saturday afternoon on Church Street in Laurens. The victim of the fatal crash was identified as Terina Brown, 60, of Simpsonville. She died of blunt force trauma, said Chief Deputy Coroner Patti Canupp. According to the Laurens Police Department, Brown…
Read MoreCounty council accepts bids on major CPST projects
The Laurens County Council was expected accept bids Tuesday for two of the 16 projects county voters agreed to fund in the 2020 Capital Project Sales Tax referendum. Once accepted, work can begin on the new evidence facility for the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office as well as a number of projects within an overall improvement…
Read MorePlea, crime spree nets Whitmire man 25 years
(Staff Reports) A Whitmire man is headed to prison for the next 25 years after he pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to charges stemming from a three-month crime spree that included two home invasions and three other residential burglaries, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday. Tracy Glen Parsons, 55, of Whitmire, pleaded guilty Monday…
Read More‘Person of Interest’ sought in Gray Court shooting
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a person of interest in a shooting that occurred Tuesday on Chicago Drive in Gray Court. Rashad Kentrel Irby is wanted on two existing warrants for poinint and presenting a weapon and is a person of interest in the Chicago Drive shooting. Irby is about 5-11 and…
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