The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a Laurens County man wanted on charges of kidnaping, attempted murder and abuse of a vulnerable adult. Joseph Dwain Bryan had yet to be located as of Monday after arrest warrants were obtained by the LCSO. Bryan could be in the company of three females – Mary Haggy,…
The Walking Dead Woods haunted trail will be open this upcoming weekend on Friday and Saturday nights at Ceramtec Park in Laurens. Walking Dead Woods, which is a fundraiser for the Laurens Police Department’s Christmas in the City program, will open Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, at dusk and remain open until around 10…
Laurens, SC – The patriotic design and painting on the Laurens Commission of Public Works’ Fleming Street water tank has been nominated for Tank of the Year, and CPW officials are hoping residents will help by voting. “Voting began Oct. 8 and ends Oct. 19,” said GIS/Mapping Director Kevin Smiley. …
Clinton, S.C. – Bagpipes and Highland games events will be among the features in Clinton this weekend when the City of Clinton and Presbyterian College team up for the city’s first Scots and Brats festival this Saturday afternoon, Oct. 13, from 3 to 9 p.m. “We’re calling it, ‘A Scottish Octoberfest,’” said Main Street…
The National Weather Service at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Laurens County that will last until further notice due to the approaching Hurricane Michael. A Tropical Storm Warning means conditions are expected within the area within the next 36 hours. NWS Meteorologist Jeffrey Taylor said Wednesday the forecast is now calling for 3-4 inches…
A spate of deadly accidents on roads in Laurens County continued this week. Carl Edward Hurley, 38, was killed in a two-car accident Thursday on Indian Mount Road north of Walterboro, and Michael Tollison, 43, was killed in a motorcycle crash on Highway 76 around six miles north of Ware Shoals Sunday. Five people have…
A Laurens man was killed Thursday night in a two-car collision on Indian Mound Road. Carl Edward Hurley, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to Laurens County Deputy Coroner Vickie Cheek. He died of blunt-force trauma at 9:35 p.m. See next Wednesday’s Laurens County Advertiser for complete details.
A head-on collision Friday afternoon claimed the life of an Enoree woman. Nicole Hanks, 51, succumbed to injuries she received in the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Bramlett Road about four miles south of Woodruff. According to S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Justin Sutherland, Hanks was traveling south…
A Gray Court woman died in an early Sunday morning house fire despite the efforts of her family and local firefighters to save her. Brenda Taylor, 57, died in the blaze, which quickly engulfed the double-wide mobile home located on Fairview Road in Gray Court just after 5 a.m. Sunday. An autopsy was scheduled Monday,…
A pair of separate accidents minutes apart on I-26 near Clinton led to DUI charges for a Texas truck driver and the death of a Clinton resident. Clinton resident Tommy Ramage was killed just after 10 p.m. after colliding head-on with another vehicle. According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, Ramage was traveling the wrong way near mile…