The first meeting of the Laurens District Genealogical Society will feature a speaker who has three ancestors from the Mayflower, and the public is welcome to attend at the Laurens County Library. Set for 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 11 at the main branch in Laurens, the speaker is Nancy Grammar Byers Roberts of Simpsonville. Roberts…
Laurens County Development Corporation leaders said workforce development has become a priority as the agency enters the New Year. The LCDC will host its Annual Meeting on Thursday, Jan. 18 at Musgrove Mill Golf Club. Dr. Bruce Yandle, dean emeritus and former economics professor at Clemson University, will be the keynote speaker. LCDC Executive Director…
Local municipalities and Laurens County offices will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15. The annual federal holiday celebrates the birthday of the Civil Rights leader. The City of Clinton, City of Laurens and Town of Gray Court will close their offices as will Laurens County government offices.
Laurens, S.C. – The Sanders High Alumni Association will hold its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 13, the Saturday morning just prior to the holiday which celebrates the life of the esteemed civil rights leader. “We will start at 10 a.m. with booths and exhibits, including two authors…
The U.S. as a whole sees an uptick in residential fires during the winter months. Laurens County is no different. The American Red Cross has given aid to several families in the wake of residential fires over the past week, including victims of a Christmas Day fire in Ware Shoals. Other fires have damaged homes…
Billy Dunlap, owner of Dunlap Media and publisher of GoLaurens.com, was recently named executive director of the Rock Hill-York County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The organization announced the hiring via Twitter on Dec. 20 as Dunlap met with local media in Rock Hill. He began work on Jan. 2. Dunlap, who has lived in Laurens…
Leslie Eubanks awoke Tuesday morning to find her car battery dead, but the worst was yet to come. An early morning fire severely damaged the interior of her residence on Little Acres Road in Clinton, but Eubanks said she walked outside about 7:30 a.m. to discover the dead battery in her vehicle. A few…
The Laurens County NAACP is set to host its 41st Annual Freedom Fund Banquet at Springfield Baptist Church on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 beginning at 6 p.m. The NAACP banquet will share the date with the Sanders High School Alumni Association’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, which is set to begin at 10 a.m.…
Enoree native and U.S. Army career officer Milford H. Beagle, Jr. was promoted to Brigadier General on Monday, Dec. 18 during a ceremony in his honor at Fort Drum, N.Y. With the promotion, Beagle becomes the Deputy Commander General for Support for the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum. “It was pretty surreal,” Beagle…
ALDI stores in the Carolinas, Georgia and Indiana and Jack Brown Produce, Inc. have voluntarily recalled an assortment of apples that were available for purchase in stores starting on Dec. 13, 2017 due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The grocery chain issued a press release earlier today that said ALDI stores immediately removed the affected…