The Laurens County Council approved a contract with Medlin Builders of Enoree to construct the new Thompson Road Fire Station Tuesday night. The contract is not to exceed $531,000 but Laurens County Fire Services Director Greg Lindley assured council members that the design-to-build project will come insignificantly under that number. “I’m very confident that we…
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, Clinton Public Safety and Laurens Police Department are teaming up for “Jail and Bail” this Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at The Ridge. The local law-enforcement team, called “Team Blue Line” will be “arresting” local business leaders who will have a chance to contact friends, family and colleague to raise…
The City of Clinton Department of Public Safety has now joined with Laurens County Sheriff’s Department, the LCSO K-9 units, SLED aviation and other agencies in a search for Zoey Carles, a 12-year-old Clinton area girl who was last seen at 6 p.m. Thursday evening on the 1600 block of Green Plain Road near Clinton.…
Main Street Laurens will hold its first Casino Night, which is open to the public, on Thursday, March 23, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the new Laurens County Museum on the Historic Square. For $10 a ticket for Main Street Laurens members and $20 for non-members, participants will get a dinner of heavy hors…
A Laurens County Sheriff’s Deputy has been placed on administrative leave without pay after being arrested on a domestic violence charge in neighboring Greenwood County. Sgt. Jeremy McMahan was arrested Saturday night by the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office and charged with second-degree domestic violence. He was transported to the Greenwood County Detention Center and has…
For the second year in a row, Clinton Middle School has won the South Carolina Academic Challenge, the term for the academic team competition, in Camden earlier today, Thursday, March 16. CMS defeated Camden Middle School by a score of 41-26 in the semifinals, and then won against Indian Land Middle School with a score…
Law enforcement officers from Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and Ware Shoals were on hand Tuesday morning as the bell rang for classes at Ware Shoals District 51 Schools. For the second time in a matter of days, threats of violence were made against the schools online. Three people are now under arrest in the Greenwood…
A suspect in a domestic violence incident Sunday, March 12 morning in Laurens turned himself into Laurens Police Friday, March 17. Antonio Marquiese Hunter, of Garlington Street in Laurens, allegedly fired a gun on Fleming Street before returning to his apartment on Garlington Road. Police followed Hunter to the apartment but were unable to locate him.…
Firefighters from Laurens and Greenwood counties responded to a mobile home fire near Cross Hill Thursday afternoon, but were unable to save the structure. According to Laurens County Director of Fire Services Greg Lindley, the residents at 66 South Drive in Cross Hill were at home, but uninjured in the blaze. A cause of the…
A Fountain Inn woman died Tuesday from injuries she suffered in a Feb. 17 traffic accident on North Old Laurens Road. Hattie Anita Johnson, 50, of Boyd Street, Fountain Inn, was involved in a single-car accident about a mile north of Gray Court just before 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. According to the S.C.…