Updated Friday 8/22, 5 p.m. Gray Court, S.C. – A vehicle vs bicycle accident Thursday evening resulted in the death of a bicycle rider 1.4 miles north of Gray Court. According to Chief Deputy Coroner Vickie Cheek, Richard Bouchard, 67, of Cassidi Court, Simpsonville, was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on 101 N…
Laurens, South Carolina The search for the suspect in the alleged assault of two Laurens Waffle House employees has ended as the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest was made Wednesday afternoon, and today he was released from Johnson Detention Center on a personal recognizance bond. Jose Antonio Montano of Greenville, South Carolina, was arrested on…
By John Clayton Editor Laurens, South Carolina – A new policy requiring clear bags for athletic and other events at some Laurens District 55 schools went into place this week with the opening of the school year. In a release, District 55 officials said the move to require the clear bags is over…
In the last few years, Laurens District 55 High School faculty and students have lost too many current and former students to suicide. Now a 5K planned for this Saturday morning by “Laurens Un;ted” will raise scholarship funds for a LDHS senior planning to pursue studies in the mental health field. Under the direction of…
Laurens, South Carolina – The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about a suspect who allegedly assaulted two employees at the Waffle House on U.S. 221 N early Tuesday morning and as of Wednesday afternoon, there were still no leads. An officer responded to a call about 6:40 a.m. Tuesday morning, Aug. 20…
Laurens, S.C. – Commissioners for the Laurens Commission of Public Works were given a briefing Monday evening on the utility’s water quality issues over the last six weeks, and CPW General Manager John Young said testing has shown the geosmin levels in the finished water and in Lake Rabon have begun to go down slightly…
Walt Willard and Claire Hamanaka of Hidden Lake at Cross Hill are typically riding along with other tandem bicyclists at rides like the Georgia Tandem Rally or the Southern Tandem Rally in Greenwood held in September. This past Saturday, Aug. 10, however, they were among the 400 cyclists from Laurens County, across South Carolina,…
UPDATE: According to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, James Robert Peterson, who is accused of orchestrating the murder of a York woman in Laurens County was returned to the South Carolina Department of Corrections following a bond hearing on Wednesday. The man accused of ordering the murder of a York County woman was temporarilty relocated to the…
By Judith Brown A West Main Street, Laurens, couple was awakened early Saturday morning when the driver of a stolen vehicle crashed through a wall and into their swimming pool. Patrick Anderson was arrested and remained in the Johnson Detention Center Tuesday on charges of reckless driving, resisting arrest and possession of a stolen vehicle.…
ZF Transmissions welcomed a new class of apprentices to the fold on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at its annual “Signing Day” ceremony at the Piedmont Technical College Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM). This year’s class of 10 students – including five from Laurens County – brings the total number of ZF apprentices to 27. This year’s…