Friends and family members are remembering Gray Court’s Aley Goodwin as having a big personality to go with a constant smile. Goodwin, 21, died Tuesday afternoon at Greenville Memorial Hospital due to traumatic brain injuries suffered in an Aug. 22 car crash in Gray Court that also claimed the life of a Chesnee woman. “She…
A bond referendum to spend $109 million on a new Laurens District 55 High School, which also became a flashpoint for local residents acrimoniously divided on the issues of a new high school and its high cost, failed overwhelmingly Tuesday. Seventy-eight percent of the 8,520 people who voted on the referendum voted against it. The…
The much-anticipated District 55 school bond referendum is sending voters to the polls today, Tuesday, Sept. 5, and their votes will add to the 1,272 absentee votes already cast. There were even more ballots requested, said Lynne West, director of Laurens County Registration & Elections, as 1,352 people had actually asked for the absentee ballots.…
ABBEVILLE – A Cross Hill man arrested for drug trafficking in Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville counties pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday. Brandon Curtis Horne, 37, pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking methamphetamines, unlawful carrying of a pistol and unlawful neglect of a child in 8th Circuit Court. Circuit…
The 28th Annual “Comin’ Home to Cross Hill” festival is set for Labor Day Weekend and will feature a parade, music, classic cars and professional wrestling. The event, scheduled for Sept. 1-2, will officially begin at 7 p.m. Friday with a professional wrestling card presented by Battle Zone Wrestling. The matches will be held outside,…
A Laurens man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection to fondling a young girl in 2013. Prior to prosecutors calling his case to trial by jury Monday morning at the Laurens County Courthouse, Daniel Joseph Hagman, 36, changed his plea to guilty on one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a…
Absentee voting open for school bond referendum Absentee voting for the District 55 Bond Referendum is currently underway, according to Lynne West, director of the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Laurens County. Since the referendum date is Sept. 5, applications that have to be mailed should go into the mail as soon as…
Laurens and Clinton teemed with people Monday in anticipation of a celestial event, the likes of which last occurred nearly a century ago in 1918. As the skies went dark around 2:45 p.m. with the beginning of “the totality” and the moon’s shadow completely covered the sun, the hundreds witnessing the event at the Laurens…
A Simpsonville man who opened fire and injured to co-workers in early May at the Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors manufacturing plant in Fountain Inn accepted a plea deal Friday in federal court. David Jerome Butler, 43, pled guilty in Greenville to felon in possession of a firearm, which carries a statutory maximum sentence of 10…
Get your approved eclipse glasses ready, because the eclipse has already begun in Oregon and the moon’s shadow will begin blocking the edge of the sun here about 1:10 p.m. today. Though the timeline changes slightly across the county, the time for totality – the time during the eclipse when the sky is darkest –…