A 2-year-old from Clinton died tragically Wednesday in Seneca when a window on his father’s work truck closed on his neck. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said McCarson Allen Porter died of asphyxiation due to external neck compression. Addis ruled the death an accident. According to Addis, the victim’s father was at a worksite on…
The weekend calendar is filled with events officially kicking off the Christmas season in Laurens County. After months of rehearsals, the Presbyterian College School of Music will present “Christmas at PC: And to All the Earth” with performances Saturday and Sunday at Belk Auditorium. Saturday’s performance is set for 7 p.m. and Sunday’s at 3…
Galarza, 19, faced murder charges in the death of Diaz, but the 8th Circuit Solictor’s Office chose to offer the plea deal at the behest of the victim’s family, said Assistant Solicitor Warren Mowry. “We were fully prepared to go to trial for murder today,” Mowry told the court, explaining that the family had…
Laurens County Fire Services Director Greg Lindley presented a plan to the Laurens County Council this past week for the Thompson Road Fire Station in the Fountain Inn that will call for six full-time firefighters who are also certified emergency medical-technicians (EMTs). “We’re going to use Thompson Road as a pilot and see how this…
S.C. Rep. Mike Pitts (R-Laurens) presented Laurens County officials with a $900,000 check this past week earmarked for the construction of a Laurens County Sheriff’s Office precinct and emergency-services building for Northern Laurens County. Pitts presented the check to Laurens County Council Chairman Joe Wood at Friday’s annual Legislative Breakfast. The proposed building will be…
Presbyterian College confirmed with a release of a new strategic plan on Monday that it will transition to a non-scholarship football program by the 2021 season. According to the press release, PC will join the Pioneer Football League in football, while continuing to compete in the Big South Conference in all other intercollegiate sports. “This…
The Ridge at Laurens will play host to the annual Clemson-South Carolina rivalry game on the big screen Saturday night. The game, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is only part of the celebration that also includes a family fun day that begins at 4 p.m. The event is free to the public. “It’s going to…
A Laurens County jury agreed Friday that the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was not to blame in the 2011 death of Nicole Kingsborough. Minnie Kingsborough, the mother of Nicole, filed a lawsuit against the LCSO, accusing the department of negligence that led to the death of her daughter. In the suit, which was brought…
Laurens, SC – For the second time in just two years, Main Street Laurens has been selected for a $5,000 Hughes Investments Elevate Upstate Grants, community vibrancy grant funds which will go toward the city’s brand new Food Truck Plaza, behind Verdin’s Too at the corner of N. Harper and Laurens Streets in hopes that it will…
No charges will be filed in the shooting death of Michael Eric McRaney after local law enforcement ruled the Sunday, Nov. 5 incident a justifiable homicide. McRaney, 35, was shot and killed just after midnight on Nov. 5. Deputies from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident at 12:45 a.m. McRaney was pronounced…