April 15, 2021 Laurens County, SC – Officials with Laurens County Sheriff’s Office recently accepted an infant surrendered under Daniel’s Law, The Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act on Friday, April 9, 2021. The Caucasian baby boy was born on April 9, 2021 and weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was safely surrendered at the Prisma Health…
April 15, 2021 Laurens, S.C. – Yellow pollen clouds aren’t quite as thick as they were a week or so ago but allergy season is still in full swing, and the “Is it COVID or is it allergies?” question is a common thread in conversations in workplaces and in doctors’ offices. Dr. Nate Benitez with…
April 15, 2021 Clinton, S.C. – Teams of local and national-level developers spent Monday evening working to sway Clinton City Council to consider accepting their separate tentative plans for the purchase of a 40-acre tract of land on Hwy. 72 near the I-26 interchange. One group offered a higher number of homes and another brought…
The filing period ended at noon Monday for a Gray Court special election to fill a vacant at-large seat on Town Council. Geneik Brewster was the only candidate to file prior to Monday’s deadline, filing her candidacy on April 5. The special election, which is scheduled for June 8, was necessitated by the resignation of…
Former Laurens County Administrator Jon Caime broke his month-long public silence Monday, sending out a brief statement to local media outlets and acknowledging the county employees he oversaw during his tenure as administrator. Caime was placed on leave by the Laurens County Council following its March 9 meeting. Council members voted 4-3 on March 30…
By Avery G. Wilks [email protected] The Charleston Post and Courier COLUMBIA — With time running out on their 2021 calendar, South Carolina lawmakers have made little progress toward closing ethics loopholes for big-spending special government district leaders. Nor have they given the state’s top law enforcement agency the money it says it needs to better…
Members of the Laurens High School Class of 1969 recalled classmate Barbara Smith Lesslie for both her striking beauty and uncommon kindness. Lesslie, graduated from Laurens in 1969 and went on to Erskine College where she met husband Robert, was among six people shot and killed on April 7 at the Lesslies’ Rock Hill home.…
The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a raccoon found near Highway 56 North in Clinton, SC between Countryside Circle and Springdale Drive has tested positive for rabies. One person was exposed and has been referred to their healthcare provider. Two weeks ago DHEC announced a rabid raccoon in Greenwood County, and…
Laurens will soon have a tap room, and brothers Wade and Wes Meetze have let the historic downtown building dictate both the style and the name of their planned tap room, Palmetto Brothers Dispensary. The tap room is set to open in early May at 115 W. Public Square in what for many years was…
A Clinton man had been charged with two counts of attempted murder by Clinton Police following an incident on Peachtree Street Friday morning. William Robert Bates, 64, of Clinton was arrested following a brief investigation by Clinton Police. Bates is accused of firing several gunshots into a residence on Peachtree Street while several people were…