A single-vehicle crash on West Main Street in Laurens claimed the life of a Laurens woman early Tuesday morning. Princess Kierra Fuller, 33, died in the crash about 1 a.m., according to Laurens County Chief Deputy Coroner Patti Canupp. The wreck happened at First United Methodist Church near the Church Street intersection. Laurens Police Chief…
The Gray Court Town Council was to meet Tuesday night at a special called meeting at town hall, approving a budget item to fund the Laurens County Development Corporation after initially cutting most of its funding from the town’s budget. Council also voted to approve a lease agreement with the S.C. Empowerment Centre, which is…
With the Fourth of July holiday comes the primary weekend for fireworks sales and activity of the year, and officials and physicians are warning to keep safety at the forefront of that and all other holiday plans. “The July 4 season every year we see a number of fireworks-related injuries or other injuries related to…
Live music, food and fireworks celebrations are offered in every community across Laurens County, beginning 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, July 1 in Clinton with music by Hastings Stewart in Vance Park. On Friday, Independence Day activities begin in earnest in Mountville and Lake Greenwood. On Saturday Laurens will hold its celebration, while the Town of Gray Court…
COLUMBIA – In an effort to keep people and waterways safe during the Independence Day holiday, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Law Enforcement Division will once again be conducting courtesy boat inspections at certain public boat landings around the state. The Fourth of July weekend is the year’s busiest weekend on state…
An apparent suicide in Cross Hill has led to the arrest Friday of two people who were operating what the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office termed as a “makeshift transitional home for vulnerable adults” out of a single-wide mobile home. Deputies from the LCSO responded to a residence on Billy Leopard Road in Cross Hill where…
For 86 years, the smoke bellowed 24-7 from the stack at the Laurens Glassworks. The furnace fire never went out until it was extinguished for good in 1996 – 25 years ago last week. With it went the City of Laurens’ largest employer and its most iconic industry as it faded with local textile mills…
A 2020 area high school graduate and member of the Clinton Fire Department was killed Friday in a hit-and-run incident on Highway 76 outside of Clinton. Nathaniel Hunter Sipes, 20, of Laurens died Sunday at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital of injuries he suffered in the wreck. According to Trooper Brandon Bolt of the South…
Laurens , S.C. – Laurens City Council’s approval last week of the planning commission’s most recent recommendation will give the city its first urban subdivision in at least 40 years, and with that comes the gradual increase in the city’s tax base as families contract to build within the city limits. While other homes have…
The Presbyterian College football team will usher in the Kevin Kelley era with an 11-game slate this coming fall, it was announced this week. The schedule includes six home games and eight league contests with the Blue Hose opening Pioneer Football League this season. It won’t take PC fans long to get acquainted with Kelley’s…