A Clinton High School student was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon after pellet gun was discovered in the student’s book bag. A student reported seeing a gun in a book bag belonging to another student to staff members at the school, administrators from Laurens County School District 56 said in a release. According to the…
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office grew its narcotics force by three this past week. K-9 officers Diesel, Albert and Chop gained their certifications in narcotics detection along with handlers Sgt. Darrin Boyd, Sgt. Josh Garrison and Deputy Jared Atwood. “The experience was great,” Atwood said. “We knew the dogs were going to do well. We…
The Area 5 Special Olympics has a long tradition at Presbyterian College, and a pair of volunteers Friday had their own history with the games. PC sophomore Dominiq Jones, who serves as PC’s volunteer services coordinator, led a group of PC students as volunteers for the games along with his mother, Diana Jones, who traveled…
A Gray Court man was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and three years of court-ordered supervision after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Florence. Derrick Bernard Cunningham, 48, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. He was arrested by officers from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)…
Laurens Police Officer Hosea Ocola Martin, who was killed in the line of duty just before Christmas in 1921, will receive the honors his current-day counterparts believe is long overdue. Laurens Police Chief Chrissie Cofield said Martin’s nomination for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame Memorial Room has been accepted. The Memorial…
CeramTec has announced a planned $20 million expansion to its Laurens County facility. The Laurens County Council was expected to approve third and final reading of an ordinance creating a fee-in-lieu-of-taxes (FILOT) agreement with the company at its regular meeting Tuesday night that would pave the way for the expansion. The expansion had been dubbed…
A Clinton man remains hospitalized after he allegedly pointed a gun at police officers Saturday night on Connecticut Drive in Clinton. Edmund Franklin Anderson III was wounded by officers from the Laurens and Clinton police departments during the incident and is reportedly in stable condition at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Anderson was reportedly by the LCSO…
After deliberating for most of Friday afternoon, a jury was unable to return a verdict in a felony DUI case against a Gray Court woman, and a mistrial was declared just after 5 p.m. at the Hillcrest Judicial Complex. Pamela Michelle Tackett, 32, was charged with felony DUI resulting in death, felony DUI with injury…
A Gray Court woman accused of killing a man on I-385 while driving under the influence of prescription drugs took the stand in her own defense Thursday afternoon on the fourth day of her trial at the Hillcrest Judicial Complex. Pamela Michelle Tackett, 32, was on the witness stand for more than two hours, saying…
Laurens County School District 55 Superintendent Stephen Peters made an appearance in recently released documentary that was produced and aired by Trinity Broadcasting Network. The nearly 30-minute long documentary called “Taking Care of Business – Education at a Crossroads” featured Peters and two other prominent educators as well as several students discussing the challenges…