Clinton, South Carolina – Laurens County School District 56 and the Martha Dendy Community Center organization now are the owners of new property after Clinton City Council held a called meeting Tuesday morning, Nov. 10. Council voted to distribute several parcels of property, including a 24-acre tract to Laurens County School District 56 for more…
With the elevator installed, the kitchen upstairs completed and some of the work downstairs well underway, the Laurens County Museum Board of Directors has scheduled a “First Look” at the Laurens County Museum’s Witherspoon Building in the Historic Downtown Square in Laurens from noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15. The public is invited…
The results from the Nov. 3 General Election in South Carolina and Laurens County became official Monday when the state Election Commission certified the results even as nationally results of the presidential election continued to be contested by President Donald Trump, who was defeated by President-elect Joe Biden. Lynne West, director of the Laurens County…
Unseemly posts on social media after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the victor in last week’s presidential election did not rise to the threshold of criminality, said Laurens Police Chief Chrissie Lattimore. Lattimore said the LPD received complaints about the posts from concerned residents. Afterward, the LPD posted on its own Facebook page, acknowledging the…
Nov. 5, 2020 Laurens, S.C. – The City of Laurens’ new Back Street Park will be officially open for the public this Friday, Nov. 6, during an 11 a.m. dedication ceremony. The park is at the corner of East Main Street and Highway 221 at the entrance of Historic Downtown Laurens. The park was first put into…
With weather this weekend expected to be warm and sunny, Main Street Laurens is offering the upcoming Fall Family Days mini-festival as a way to bring people back to Laurens’ Historic Public Square for some live music and good food. “The weather sounds like it’s going to be perfect for getting outside,” said Main Street Laurens…
The Laurens District High School football season came to an abrupt end Thursday as District 55 officials announced that a person in the program tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release from District 55, the person within the program tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday and was asymptomatic until the day of the test. District…
In District 55, Seat 7 representative Robby Bell, who has been serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, lost soundly to opponent James Bubba Rawl, with a vote of 1,170 for Rawl to 527 for Bell. Also falling to the challenger was Seat 3 incumbent Barbara Beeks, who lost her seat to challenger Neal Patterson…
Children of Laurens County, and adults who are young at heart, will have splash pads to play in to cool off now that the Capital Project Sales Tax passed in this week’s election. The three splash pads will go into parks within the City of Laurens, Joanna and Ware Shoals as part of a large scale upgrade to…
A former Laurens County Sheriff’s Office deputy who worked as a guard at the Johnson Detention Center was back in jail Monday on additional charges of misconduct in office and voyeurism. Phillip Kevin Tollison, 33, was arrested initially on Wednesday (Oct. 28) and booked initially into the detention center. The LCSO requested a criminal investigation…