The Laurens County Council has has taken the first steps toward plans for a new county law enforcement center that will begin with a much-needed evidence storage facility. Funding for the $1,946,250 evidence facility was obtained with the passage of the Capital Project Sales Tax referendum in November’s General Election, and County Public Works Director…
February is American Heart Month, and Prisma Health is offering a series of free online webinars including the first two planned for Wednesday and Friday of this week and Friday, Feb. 26, and led by Prisma cardiac specialists. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, and…
Laurens County, South Carolina – The South Carolina Association of School Librarians surprised two Laurens County educators from opposite ends of the county with two of the top honors bestowed each year by the organization. Eddie Marshall, principal of Joanna Elementary School in District 56, was presented with the Administrator of the Year award, and…
A fourth arrest was made Wednesday by Laurens Police in connection with the Jan. 22 shooting of a Laurens man on Spring Street. Aquavius Raqwan Parks, 23, of Laurens was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the shooting death of Jarius Byrd on the…
ZF Transmissions announced this past week plans for a $200 million investment in its Gray Court facility. The investment is expected to bring 500 new jobs to the manufacturing facility as it ramps up for production of its ZF Powerline 8-speed automatic transmission, which his set to begin in 2023. “We started production in 2012…
Monday, Feb. 8 Clinton, South Carolina – With the news that Clinton City Manager Bill Ed Cannon “has retired effective immediately,” Clinton City Council on Monday night voted to name Assistant City Manager as Interim City Manager. The announcement came tonight Monday, Feb. 8, after council returned to open session after a short executive session,…
Monday, Feb. 8 Laurens, S.C. – Laurens County Museum is holding a virtual African American History Lecture series each of the first three weeks in February, and the first event begins tonight featuring Dr. Bobby Donaldson of the University of South Carolina. Donaldson will speak on “Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement.”…
Updated story from the Feb. 3 issue of The Advertiser. Feb. 8, 2021 Laurens, S.C. – Before the pandemic, The Ridge at Laurens was typically filled with children in basketball and volleyball tournaments or adults in meetings in the conference room. Last Monday, however, it was filled instead with health professionals and many people 70…
Clinton, South Carolina – After a four-hour executive session which ended a few minutes before 11 p.m. Monday night, Feb. 1, Clinton City Council reopened in open session and took no action, had no comments and adjourned in two minutes. Among the many items listed for executive session was a personnel matter in the Office of…
Laurens, South Carolina – On the cusp of Black History Month, an entire neighborhood came together last weekend to honor one of their own who has experienced 100 years of history in Laurens County. Bessie Johnson didn’t know about the big plans which were being made to celebrate her birthday Sunday afternoon, honoring the cen-…