Laurens County Councilman Garrett McDaniel registered this past week as a candidate for the South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 upcoming special election, becoming one of two Democrats in the field of six. McDaniel will face Laurens resident Bobby Gregory, Sr. in the Democratic primary election set for Feb. 19. “This was a long-range…
The Laurens County Council held its first regular meeting of 2019 Tuesday night at the Historic Courthouse on the square in Laurens and elected David Pitts as its new chairman. Two new council members also took their seats for the first time as members. Jeff Carroll, who defeated Keith Tollison in the Republican Primary in June for the…
Laurens, SC – Like many expectant families, Dylan and Ashley Hernandez are excited as they anticipate the new addition to their family, but this young Laurens family will be doubling their household as they are expecting quadruplets, possibly within the next couple of weeks. “It’s exiting and terrifying at the same time,” said Ashley, as…
A package holding a treasure was on its way to Laurens native Teri Irby and her family this past weekend. The Laurens District High School class ring belonging to Irby’s father, Stan Neely, had been lost years ago and thought to be gone forever. “He mentioned it quite a few times,” Irby said. “When I…
The year 2018 was barely a month old when a tragic accident on Highway 221 in Laurens claimed four lives, including those of a Laurens man and three teenagers from Union County. That three-car crash on Sunday morning proved to be a carryover from a deadly 2017 on Laurens County’s roads and highways and a…
A Ware Shoals family of seven lost all their possessions and the family dog was killed in a house fire that gutted their residence on North Greenwood Avenue Extension early Saturday afternoon. Ware Shoals Fire-Rescue is working to help the family – Jorge Sanchez, Amanda Altman and their five children. The family moved to Ware…
A Lexington man was killed early Saturday morning in a two-car accident on I-26 in Laurens County. Patrick Nathaniel Davis, 36, succumbed to injuries at the scene of the accident at 1:55 a.m., according to the Laurens County Coroner’s Office. He died as a result of blunt-force trauma. The accident occurred near mile marker 46,…
Laurens attorney Nathan Senn launched his campaign for mayor of Laurens Friday afternoon and will challenge incumbent John Stankus in the upcoming municipal election in March. “I made the decision to run for mayor because I believe that we are at a turning point,” Senn said in a release. “With strong leadership and by making…
A former substitute teacher at Ford Elementary School remained in the Johnson Detention Center Monday after being arrested for soliciting a Ford student for sex. Michael Bernard Bunner, 66, was arrested and charged with criminal solicitation of a minor and two counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor. According to reports from the Laurens…
A third Laurens County Republican has announced his candidacy for the South Carolina House of Representatives seat being vacated by the retiring Rep. Mike Pitts (R-Laurens). Michael Seymour, who ran against Pitts for the District 14 GOP nomination in 2002, said he once again plans to seek the Republican nomination. “First and foremost, I want…