ABBEVILLE – A Cross Hill man arrested for drug trafficking in Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville counties pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday. Brandon Curtis Horne, 37, pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking methamphetamines, unlawful carrying of a pistol and unlawful neglect of a child in 8th Circuit Court. Circuit…
The 28th Annual “Comin’ Home to Cross Hill” festival is set for Labor Day Weekend and will feature a parade, music, classic cars and professional wrestling. The event, scheduled for Sept. 1-2, will officially begin at 7 p.m. Friday with a professional wrestling card presented by Battle Zone Wrestling. The matches will be held outside,…
A Laurens man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection to fondling a young girl in 2013. Prior to prosecutors calling his case to trial by jury Monday morning at the Laurens County Courthouse, Daniel Joseph Hagman, 36, changed his plea to guilty on one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a…
Absentee voting open for school bond referendum Absentee voting for the District 55 Bond Referendum is currently underway, according to Lynne West, director of the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Laurens County. Since the referendum date is Sept. 5, applications that have to be mailed should go into the mail as soon as…
Laurens and Clinton teemed with people Monday in anticipation of a celestial event, the likes of which last occurred nearly a century ago in 1918. As the skies went dark around 2:45 p.m. with the beginning of “the totality” and the moon’s shadow completely covered the sun, the hundreds witnessing the event at the Laurens…
A Simpsonville man who opened fire and injured to co-workers in early May at the Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors manufacturing plant in Fountain Inn accepted a plea deal Friday in federal court. David Jerome Butler, 43, pled guilty in Greenville to felon in possession of a firearm, which carries a statutory maximum sentence of 10…
Get your approved eclipse glasses ready, because the eclipse has already begun in Oregon and the moon’s shadow will begin blocking the edge of the sun here about 1:10 p.m. today. Though the timeline changes slightly across the county, the time for totality – the time during the eclipse when the sky is darkest –…
It’s been almost three years since Laurens County was able to experience a partial solar eclipse, and the one in October, 2014 offered only a slight darkening of the afternoon’s light as opposed to the total darkness that will cover Laurens County skies Monday. The eclipse will begin darkening the skies at 1:10 p.m. in…
A soundtrack of screams and mayhem played over the public-address system Wednesday morning at Hickory Tavern School. Chaos was the idea as local law enforcement and first responders conducted a live-shooter drill, roleplaying what might happen if a gunman entered the school. “You get to see that things come from different angles and it all…
UPDATE: An anonymous tip to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office just after 11 a.m. Wednesday led to the capture of a man who escaped from the Greenwood County Jail a few minutes later. After receiving the tip that escapee Nathaniel Tyler Wideman, 22, was in Gray Court driving a blue Ford Taurus sedan, an LCSO…