February is Heart Month, and Prisma Health (formerly GHS) is celebrating with its annual Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital’s ROCKING HEART DAY on Saturday, Feb.9 at the Clinton Y from 10 a.m. – noon. A free Zumba cardio workout starting at 10 a.m. will be led by Tricia Eichhorn, MD., a Prisma Health (formerly GHS) bariatric…

South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would up the price on texting and driving in the state. If approved and signed into law, the bill would make it illegal for motorists to use hand-held communication devices while driving. “We are pleased to see movement with the important proposed legislation and commend lawmakers for…

A 2013 Laurens drug conviction was overturned this past week by the South Carolina Supreme Court. In overturning the conviction and five-year sentence of Daniel Herrera, who was convicted in 8th Circuit General Sessions Court, the justices said prosecutors overstepped when offering a Laurens Police officer as an expert witness in the case. Herrera was…

Candidates vying for the vacated South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 seat have gathered twice over the past week in separate forums. The first was held Thursday night in front of about 60 people at Cedarwood Community Church in Waterloo and involved candidates seeking both the Democratic and Republican nominations for the seat. The…

Laurens Police Chief Chrissie Cofield has been named an Upstate Black History Maker by a Greenville-based radio station. WJMZ, 107.3 Jamz FM, is honoring one Upstate Black History Maker each day during February, which is Black History Month. Cofield was the honoree for Monday, Feb. 4. “I was so honored. It was very nice,” Cofield…

A pickup truck was engulfed in flames early Tuesday morning in Waterloo on Dillard Road near Highway 221. The Waterloo Fire Department responded to the blaze and reported that the Ford F-150 pickup was fully involved when firefighters arrived at the scene around 7:30 a.m. Firefighters said the truck began smoking as the driver traveled…

With Republican and Democratic primaries for the state House District 14 special election about two weeks away, the Laurens County Republican Party is holding a candidate forum for Republican candidates Monday, Feb. 4, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Laurens Family YMCA. “We sent invitations to all four of the Republican candidates, and all of them have confirmed,”…

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…