The Gray Court Town Council unanimously approved its budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year Monday night, voting 5-0 as council held second and final reading on the budget ordinance. The $690,500 budget was passed without public discussion from board members Monday night during their regular meeting and without public comment. Town Manager Garry Smith said…
With her right hand raised and her mother holding The Bible, Geneik Brewster was sworn in Monday as a member of the Gray Court Town Council, carrying on a family legacy that began over three decades ago. Brewster, who said she got a little emotional after being sworn into office prior to Monday night’s regular…
Laurens County officially kicked off an anti-litter campaign Tuesday afternoon, gathering local leaders for the announcement of a countywide partnership and creation of a Litter Prevention Task Force. The mayors of Laurens (Nathan Senn), Clinton (Bob McLean) and Fountain Inn (G.P. McLeer) and Laurens County Council Chairman Brown Patterson signed ceremonial ordinances mirroring one another…
June 23, 2021 Laurens, South Carolina – Laurens drivers have been doing double takes and even coming to complete stops in the middle of East Main Street in Laurens since a “Century Plant” stalk began rising from one of two giant agave plants in Nellie Taylor’s yard. “Those plants are 23 years old,” said Nellie…
A Greenville man who allegedly tried to flee from police was killed Wednesday night after the car he was in crashed into a utility pole on Torrington Road in Laurens. Two other people in the same car suffered life-threatening injuries and were airlifted to an area hospital. The incident involving a chase with the Laurens…
UPDATE: The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld an emergency appeal and stayed the executions of both Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens, pending the formation of a firing squad, giving the convicted a choice between firing squad and electrocution as stated by law. Barring a successful, last-minute legal appeal, the South Carolina Department of Corrections is…
The funeral for a recent Laurens District High School graduate who died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday is to be held today at Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church. Gregory A. Thompson-Wilkie, 18, died at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center following the accident, which occurred just after 3 a.m. Sunday on Highway 221 near Harris Bridge Road in…
The field is set for a special election to fill the unexpired term of former District 3 Laurens County Councilman Garrett McDaniel. McDaniel, a Democrat, resigned on May 10 to take a position in the administration of President Joe Biden. Candidate filing closed on Saturday, June 5 with three Democratic hopefuls vying for the seat…
Clinton, S.C. – Last week a Clinton contractor was finishing the interior of a new little red building in time for a Family Fun Day in Clinton, which is serving as the launch of Thornwell’s reopened LushAcres Farms and the first day that the market will be open for the public. Planned for this Saturday,…
Laurens County, South Carolina – Calls by The Blood Connection for additional Mobile Clinic Donor Sites have resulted in locations added to the previous schedule, and today the mobile units will be at the City of Clinton and later in the day at Walmart. “The local blood supply is critically low after months of historically…