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Easter options for children set for Saturday and next weekend
The cities of the Clinton and Laurens are hosting special springtime activities this month for children. Saturday, April 8, Clinton’s annual egg and candy hunt was set for Vance Park at 10 a.m. April 8, but due to forecasted rain, it will likely be moved indoors inside the lobby of the MS Bailey Municipal building…
Read MoreLaurens Spring Festival rescheduled for April 15 due to impending weather
Craft beer and wine bar in Clinton sets grand opening for April 15
(CLINTON, SC, April 2023) – The Lumberyard Craft Beer and Wine Bar in downtown Clinton, SC has set their grand opening for Saturday, April 15 starting at 12 p.m. The event will feature a wide selection of beers on tap, featured wines, food trucks, live music and more. The Lumberyard is located at 115 Gary…
Read MoreHarriett Elizabeth Taylor Atkinson
Laurens, South Carolina Harriett Elizabeth Taylor Atkinson, 91, of Laurens and widow of Marvin Fredrick Atkinson passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022, at Martha Franks Retirement Community. Born in Laurens, she was a daughter of the late Charlton Holmes and Loree Garrett Taylor. Mrs. Atkinson retired from Milliken and was a member of Laurens Pentecostal…
Read MoreMary B. Simpson
Ms. Mary Blakely Simpson was born on May 24, 1941, in Laurens County, South Carolina to the late Odell Blakely and Mary Sanders Blakely. She attended the public schools of Laurens County, South Carolina and was a graduate of Bell Street High School in Clinton, South Carolina. She furthered her education at Waverly Beauty College…
Read MoreGrand Opening Ribbon Cutting for Southern Trade Outfitters
The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce hosted a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting for Southern Trade Outfitters, LLC, 124 South Public Square in Laurens, on Friday, October 1, 2021. This much-anticipated business is the “partner store” of Southern Twist, also located in Downtown Laurens. Southern Trade Outfitters carries name brand men’s and women’s apparel, accessories, hunting…
Read MoreRev. Tony Ellis Crouch
Laurens, South Carolina Rev. Tony Ellis Crouch, 73, of 435 Hood Creek Road and husband of Mary Ann Phillips Crouch, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Joseph Ellis and Myrtis Nell Brewington Crouch. Tony pastored for over thirty-two years…
Read MoreWorkforce development partners hold first ever drive-thru job fair in county
Laurens County, South Carolina On Wednesday, February 10, Laurens County’s first ever drive-thru job fair was held at the Piedmont Technical College Center for Advanced Manufacturing (PTC CAM) in Laurens. Hosted by partner organizations Piedmont Technical College, SC Works Upper Savannah, and the Laurens County Development Corporation (LCDC), the job fair included five participating industries.…
Read MoreLocal NAACP presents first virtual Freedom Fund program
Laurens County, South Carolina – When a large group of white liberals and seven African Americans met in the wake of a string of deadly race riots in Springfield, Illinois, the result was the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was 1908 and the anti-black riots, including lynchings, had…
Read MoreLCCT presents Willy Wonka Jr., opens Friday
The Laurens County Community Theater will be presenting a youth theater production starting this weekend of Willy Wonka Jr. Stan Walsh is playing the role of Willy Wonka in the youth adaptation of the classic story, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The production opens Friday, March 13, at the Gillam Center for the Performing…
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