Power was restored by 9:20 a.m. Thursday after the crash of a box truck on U.S. 221 near Waterloo disrupted service. The crash downed power lines and caused a power outage in the area, including at Waterloo Elementary School. Laurens School District 55 officials said Waterloo Elementary began school without power, but Duke Energy crews…
Some 400 people have already experienced the Clinton High School’s production of the Broadway musical “Hairspray” adaptation and more will have the chance this weekend as “Hairspray JR.” returns to the CHS Auditorium for its second and final week with three shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “It went really, really well,” said director Valerie Wiltberger,…
This weekend’s railroad-themed festival won’t begin until 4 p.m. Friday, but the day will start really early for Clinton city employees when WSPA sets up to broadcast live at 4:30 a.m. “We will be out here Friday morning from 4:30 to 9 a.m. because WSPA will be here doing ‘Daybreak’ from The Depot,” said Mary-Wallace…
Laurens County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Mickey Coates called being named the 2017 Laurens County Police Office of the Year Tuesday afternoon the “cherry on top” of a long career. “This is such an honor,” Coates said after being presented the award by 2016 winner Lt. Tyrone Goggins of Clinton Public Safety. “I’m doing what I…
A breakfast this Friday will give area business people the chance to learn more about South Carolina’s growing position in the automotive research world. The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce is hosting its Red Carpet Breakfast on May 12 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., and the keynote speaker is Fred Cartwright, executive director of Clemson…
A Laurens resident died Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 76 and Barnes Road in Laurens County. Stuart Allen Edmisten, of Wilson Road in Laurens, wrecked just before 8 a.m. and was flown by helicopter to Greenville Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:40 a.m. Edmisten was the…
A Simpsonville man is in Laurens County’s Johnson Detention Center and facing attempted murder charges after surrendering to authorities Monday. David Jerome Bulter, 43, remained at large over the weekend following an early morning shooting Friday at the YanFeng Manufacturing plant in Fountain Inn. Butler was taken into custody by Simpsonville Police and transferred to the…
A Simpsonville man is still at large and considered armed and dangerous after an early morning shooting Friday at the YanFeng Manufacturing plant in Fountain Inn. David Jerome Butler, 43, allegedly injured two people in the shooting just before 6 a.m. Friday. Butler, a 5-foot-9, 186-pounds black male, may be driving a 2009 blueish-green Ford…
A study recently completed by Laurens County School District 55 breaks down the cost of a proposed bond referendum for property owners in Laurens County. As part of the analysis, the district also put together a comparison of average property-tax rates in counties surrounding Laurens. The proposed referendum requests taxpayers approve $109 million in bond…
The selection committee seeking a new president and CEO for the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce has narrowed its field of about a dozen applicants down to four candidates, and all but one of the finalists are already Laurens County residents. “The committee is doing interviews this week and it expects to make a decision…