Laurens District High School will be welcoming a new principal for the second time in as many years. Tina Faulkner, who is currently principal at Hickory Tavern School, will return to LDHS where she was a history teacher for 20 years and spent another eight years as an assistant principal before taking over at Hickory…
A two-car collision late Friday night claimed the lives of two Clinton women, and another woman now faces felony DUI charges resulting from the incident. Six other people, including four juveniles, were injured in the crash, which occurred at 11:51 p.m. on U.S. Highway 76 about two miles east of Clinton. Khelsey Chanta Rice, 38,…
Clinton, SC – A rising star in the country music world and a fast-paced BMX bicycle stunt show, as well as an “anything goes” juried car show, are among the many new items headlining this weekend’s Rhythm on the Rails and barbecue festival in Clinton. Main Street Clinton is sponsoring the event, which starts with…
Laurens, SC – When the GHS Battlemud Laurens County planning committee decided to change its annual mud run from August to May, it was primarily because of the typically dry conditions in August, so with the ample rains this week, it seems the move was a good one. “It would be so dry we…
With just under a month to go before the 2018 Democratic Primary election, U.S. House of Representatives 3rd District hopeful Mary Geren made a campaign stop in Rep. Jeff Duncan’s backyard. Geren, who is seeking the right to challenge Duncan in the November general election, spoke Monday night at a meeting of the Laurens County…
The month of May has already been monumental in the life of Laurens Police Officer J.C. Brewington. Two weeks after being promoted to lead investigator with the Laurens Police Department, Brewington was named 2018 Laurens County Police Officer of the Year Tuesday during the Third Annual Laurens County Officer Recognition Luncheon at the Piedmont Technical…
Three arrests were made Tuesday in connection with a burglary following a car chase that ended with a crash on I-385. Toby Christopher Horne, Nikki Gerber Fields and Darrell Scott Ellason were taken into custody by the Laurens Count Sheriff’s Office following the interstate chase. Charges are pending as the trio was taken to the Johnson…
• Sheriff: Anonymous donation to replace stolen money A class from Ford Elementary School will still be going on a field trip to Charleston despite having $1,200 the students had raised for the trip stolen from their classroom. Laurens County Sheriff Don Reynolds posted on his Facebook page that an anonymous donation to replace the…
The family of the Clinton teenager arrested this past week for making threats toward a local school on social media issued a statement to The Advertiser late Friday. The teen’s mother, Kristy Wirth Kempster sent the statement through a Facebook message, and she cited her son’s battle with mental illness as the reason behind the…
A Joanna man was killed Thursday, May 5 after being hit by a train while apparently walking on the railroad tracks near his home. Earl Wright, 60, was pronounced dead at 10:03 a.m., according to Laurens County Deputy Coroner Vickie Cheek. An autopsy report stated that Wright died of multiple blunt-force injuries. Cheek said the…