A young Laurens family is experiencing plenty of joy after the safe delivery of quadruplets, which were delivered by C-section around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday night, Jan. 30. Dylan and Ashley Hernandez welcomed two little girls and two little boys, named Jacobi, Gabriel, Isabella and Arianah. The quads already have two big sisters. After some early labor scares…
The body of a missing Mauldin teenager was found in a rural area of Laurens County early Thursday morning. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office arrested Sosa Mandiez Croft, 18, and charged him with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and grand larceny. The case began as a missing person’s investigation Wednesday. The…
Clinton resident and Laurens District High graduate Crysta Gurga is among the small cast of Presbyterian College students in this weekend’s production of “Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We are in a Play!’” and the one-act show is open to the public for $5 general admission. A total of three weekend shows will be held in Edmunds Hall on the…
Mary “Tootsie” Knight said her Christmas Tree is still up, waiting for the return of Knight’s son, Cody. Cody Alan Knight, 32, walked away from his mother’s Clinton home after an argument with his brother on Dec. 9. Tootsie Knight hasn’t seen or heard from Cody Knight since. “I wasn’t here when he left,” she…
Della, the 24-year-old American Quarter Horse and retired broodmare shot this past week in a Clinton pasture, is recovering well from four small-caliber bullet wounds. But the horse’s owners are still outraged and continue to offer a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the…
A single-car crash early Sunday morning led to the death of a 20-year-old Laurens man and the arrest of the driver of the vehicle. Henry Kellett, 20, of Deerfield Drive in Laurens, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Harris Bridge Road about 2.4 miles south of Woodruff in Spartanburg County just…
The owners of a horse that was shot multiple times with a small-caliber firearm on Highway 56 in Clinton is offering a cash reward in the hopes of finding the person or persons who shot the horse. The owners are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction…
A car chase that began in Lee County around 11 p.m. on I-26 near the Laurens-Spartanburg county line with two arrests by the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Dakota W. Shasteen, 21, of Irwin, Tennessee was taken into custody on a half-dozen traffic-related charges after leading police on a chase through Kershaw County that eventually led…
The Heart of LCAC, a nonprofit organization formed to help animals taken in by Laurens County Animal Control, is working to raise funds to provide rabies vaccinations for the animals. The organization is attempting to raise at least $215 to purchase the needed supplies. The Heart of LCAC is hoping to provide the vaccinations at…
Fountain Inn High School may be two school years way opening, but it already has its first-ever principal. Clinton High principal Maureen Tiller was approved for the post during Tuesday night’s Greenville County Schools Board of Trustees meeting. She will take the helm of the new school when it opens in the Fall of 2021.…