Laurens County Animal Control was recognized this past week for its efforts to rescue and humanely treat animals. No Kill South Carolina presented LCAC and Sgt. Geoff Brown with the inaugural Lifesaving Award from No Kill South Carolina. Earlier this year, Brown won the Stop Puppy Mills Hero Award by the Humane Society of the…

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says the Colonial Pipeline is expected to reopen by the end of this week, but Laurens County residents still made a beeline for the pumps this week. The Colonial Pipeline, which shut down due to a cyber attack, supplies most of the gasoline along the East Coast, including the Carolinas…

Two women employed by Whitten Center at the time have been arrested and charged with neglect of a vulnerable adult at the center connected with an incident in November of last year. According to the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), investigators arrested Marquita Antoinetta Mcgowan, 35, of Clinton and Jasmine Lariane Tomika Carter, 25, of…

Laurens County School District 55 Chief of Staff Ed Murray is set to take over as superintendent of the Lopez Island School District in Washington. Murray, who has served in several capacities in District 55 including public relations and district-wide athletics director, is to begin his new job across the country on July 10. “I…

Hours after receiving a job offer Thursday from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Laurens County Councilman Garrett McDaniel announced that he would be resigning from county council. McDaniel, who represents District 3 on council, was hired as director of executive scheduling and operations at HUD, where he will help with newly appointed…

An early morning bomb scare Sunday forced the evacuation of the Laurens Walmart store. As the store was evacuated, customers with pickup orders began received calls telling them to refrain from coming to the store until told otherwise. The Laurens Police responded to the scene around 7 a.m. and called in the State Law Enforcement…

A vigil held Sunday evening in Joanna for the two teens killed in an ATV accident on Thursday shone a light on race relations as friends, families and the surrounding communities attempted to come to terms with their grief. Jasmine Peake and Madison Simmons, both 14, died together when the ATV they were on was…

A single-vehicle crash on Highway 39 early Saturday morning resulted in the death of one person, said South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Joe Hovis. Hovis said the driver of a 2011 Kia was traveling southbound on Highway 39 and ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and then drove off the left side…