State Department of Transportation officials are hoping a four-way stop near Laurens District High School on U.S. Highway 76 at Dial Place Road and Trinity Church Road will be at least a temporary solution to an ongoing problem. The SCDOT installed a four-way stop at the intersection that went into use Monday morning. “We’ve tried…
A deadly week on Laurens County roads claimed three lives over the past five days, including that of a 24-year-old woman from Laurens. Somila McDowell, 24, died early Saturday morning following a single-car wreck on Old Milton Road in Clinton. According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, McDowell, of Spring Street in Laurens, was traveling north…
Deputies from Laurens County Sheriff’s Office are still investigating a shooting that occurred just after midnight Sunday morning. Michael Eric McRaney, 35, was shot and killed, and the incident was ruled a homicide after an autopsy was performed. As of Tuesday morning, the LCSO had not named a suspect or person of interest in the…
Schools in Laurens County School District 55 will be observing Veterans Day throughout the coming week. Following is a list of the dates, times, schools, and some activities E.B. Morse Elementary will host a reception for veterans at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Following the reception, the school will have an indoor parade…
Laurens District High School was placed under lockdown just before dismissal Thursday afternoon after reports of a gun on campus. Administrators and deputies from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office responded and found a student in possession. The student was removed from class and admitted to having a pellet gun in his book bag. The pellet…
Laurens County Animal Control recently broke ground on a long-awaited expansion for the facility, which will include a new building with 16 new kennels. The expansion is funded by an agreement among Laurens County and the cities of Laurens and Clinton. Laurens and Clinton are funding half of the $104,000 project. “This week, we hoping…
A drug investigation in Waterloo led to the arrests of two men who are alleged to be part of an illegal operation that sent large amounts of contraband to South Carolina prisons. Joshua George John, of Greenwood, and Travis Kemp, of Waterloo, were arrested Friday on multiple drug and weapons charges after a traffic stop…
Laurens County Emergency Services will spray for mosquitos in the southwest region of the county for a second time tonight (Oct. 26). The county sprayed in that area, which includes parts of Waterloo and Ware Shoals, after the first confirmed case of West Nile Virus in Laurens County was reported two weeks ago. According to…
Gray Court mail carrier Renea Chappelear says the people on her route are more than numbers on a mailbox; they’re her friends. To Ed Andrews, Chappelear is more than a friend; she’s his hero. “There’s my lifesaver,” Andrews said as Chappelear approached him from his driveway Tuesday afternoon. “I just got thank God for her.”…
The Laurens County School District 55 Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday night after returning from executive session to purchase a tract of land near Ford Elementary School. The initial $200,000 purchase will provide land for a future Early Childhood Development center. The lot is approximately 1.75 acres and is now home to P&T Hardware.…