The head of Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital asked members of the county’s Development Corporation Board to help encourage workers and residents in the county to wear masks and practice social-distancing measures as COVID-19 cases across the state continue to rise. “We’re in the middle of a surge,” said Laurens County Hospital Administrator Justin Benfield.…
The Laurens County Council recently approved $50,000 in micro-grants that are to be allocated to local small businesses suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Laurens County Small Business Micro-Grants, which will be limited to $1,500 apiece, are to be distributed by the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce. The deadline to apply for the grants…
Registration for candidates in upcoming non-partisan local elections is set to open at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 4 and run through noon Monday, Aug. 17. The elections include four seats each on the Board of Trustees for School Districts 55 and 56, four seats on the Watershed Conservation District and a Greenville County School Board…
After a lengthy work session Tuesday, the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 55 met in a special called board meeting and voted to support the re-opening plans presented by Superintendent Ameca Thomas. They also took action to approve a new calendar that moves the first day of school for students to September…
Laurens County, South Carolina – Several nationally known companies have decided that beginning Monday, July 20, to require customers to wear masks, regardless of whether or not their local governments require the measure. In a press statement released Wednesday afternoon, Walmart explained that the retail stores will require shoppers to wear face coverings at its more than 5,000…
Mike Hughes won a special election Tuesday to fill the vacant district 4 seat on the Laurens County School District 55 Board of Trustees. Hughes, a Laurens District 55 graduate, defeated Betty Ann Neely 200-25 with two write-in votes among the 227 ballots cast. The seat serves the Hickory Tavern area. “I just want to…
Whitten Center Facility Administrator Randy Davis published a letter on the Friends of Whitten Center Facebook page this past week, outlining the severity of a COVID-19 outbreak that turned the center into a coronavirus hot spot. The residential facility located in Clinton houses and treats mentally and physically disabled persons. The letter, dated July 7,…
Laurens County Emergency Services Director Joey Avery announced free COVID-19 testing sites planned for Wednesday, July 15 and Tuesday, July 21. Testing will be available today from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Gray Court-Owings School in Gray Court. On July 21, testing is scheduled for 8 a.m.-noon at Clinton High School. Testing is also available at…
Laurens County School Districts 55 and 56 have agreed to work together on the Laurens County Virtual Academy, an option for students who are unable or unwilling to return to their regular classrooms for the 2020-21 school year. District 55 was to hold a virtual meeting via YouTube Tuesday night to answer questions and give…
On Tuesday, July 14, two candidates from the Hickory Tavern and western Laurens County area of School District 55 will vie for the seat formerly held by Mark Earle, who resigned in February. The Board of Voter Registration and Elections for Laurens County is holding the special election for Seat 4, and polls in four…