The adventure continues for Champ, a former Laurens County dog that made national headlines after being nearly starved to death before he was saved by local law enforcement and a national rescue organization.Anyone can vote Champ, who has been adopted and now lives with his new owners in Delaware, is a contestant in “America’s Favorite…
Laurens Police have made an arrest in a June 7 shooting incident during which two men were injured at a Spring Street residence. Tevin O’Neal Brown, 27, faces two charges of attempted murder and one count of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. He was arrested Monday by Laurens Police.…
A motorcyclist was killed Sunday evening following a collision with another vehicle in Laurens. Jeffrey Ravon Smith, Jr. of Laurens was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. SCHP Trooper Joe Hovis said the 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle Smith was operating collided with a 2012 Kia driven by…
The Historic Laurens County Courthouse is undergoing the first phase of what is hoped to be a multi-million-dollar facelift, and it started earlier this week with a crown jewel that returns the building to a bit of its earlier glory. Laurens County Public Works Director Dale Satterfield said he told Tim Burdette, project manager for…
A suspect sought last week by the Laurens County Sheriff Office has been captured and is in custody, according to the Laurens County Sheriff Office. The LCSO had requested assistance of the public in locating Jeffrey Bigham of Fountain Inn, who was wanted on charges of burglary, grand larceny and arson. On Tuesday, Aug. 18,…
A Joanna man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Clinton. According to Laurens County Chief Deputy Coroner Patti Canupp, the victim is identified at Joey Neal Bodie, 58. He died at the scene of the accident on Springdale Drive around 3:15 p.m. Bodie died of multiple blunt-force trauma, Canupp said. Bodie is…
Soon after the Big South Conference announced Wednesday that it would be suspending its fall sports seasons, Presbyterian College announced that its entire fall sports calendar was being postponed due to COVID-19. The decision means that in addition to cross country, volleyball and men’s and women’s tennis and golf, PC will not take the football…
The jury in the murder trial of Lutavious Denard Elmore deliberated for about an hour before returning a guilty verdict late Tuesday evening. Elmore, 32, of Laurens was convicted of killing Sergio Mandez Lindsey, 26, of Greenville and sentenced to 55 years in prison in the October stabbing death of Lindsey. Elmore allegedly stabbed Lindsey…
An elderly woman suffering from dementia who went missing Saturday in southeastern Laurens County was found safe a short distance from home after more than eight hours. Groups of law enforcement officers and first responders from several agencies and volunteers arrived at the Renno Road home of Margaret Williford, 81, and began a search on…
Citing concerns about the continuing cases of COVID-19, and with no end in sight for CDC and DHEC guidelines to help prevent the virus, Clinton City Council on Monday night learned that city staff had decided to cancel the upcoming fall festival, Scots and Brats. “We have been following federal and state guidelines and city staff have…