The city of Clinton will hold its Community Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, April 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. “We are doing the Easter egg hunt at Pine Haven Park off Highway 72,” said Mary-Wallace Riley, events coordinator with the City of Clinton. Pine Haven Park is located beside the American Legion Hut across…
Laurens County Habitat for Humanity will hold a dedication for its newest home at 274 South Harper Street Extension in Laurens at 10 a.m. this Saturday. The April 8 event will also include a groundbreaking ceremony for Habitat’s next project at an adjacent lot. “We’ll be doing the groundbreaking on a lot right beside that…
A snake in a Gary Street substation in Clinton had an unfortunate end late Tuesday night and it took out the power for much of the city in the process, according to Dale Satterfield, the director of the Department of Public Works for the City of Clinton. “We had an outage about 11:15 Tuesday night,…
Students in Laurens County District 55 Schools will return to school a few days earlier this August for what educators hope will be an out-of-this-world learning experience. The District 55 Board of Trustees voted at its March 27 meeting to shift the school calendar back so that students will report to school on Thursday, Aug.…
A train collided with an automobile late Thursday night, killing a Clinton woman. Cynthia Denise Alexander, 48, of Palmetto Street in Clinton, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident just after midnight Friday morning, said Laurens County Deputy Coroner Vickie Cheek. The accident occurred on the railroad crossing at Highway 76 West at…
The Laurens Police Department confirmed Thursday afternoon that Officer Andrew Dean Ashley, 27, has been arrested by the Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest stems from an incident that occurred in Abbeville County. Ashley, who was arrested Monday, has been charged with malicious injury to a tree or house, trespass on real property with an injury value of…
A Laurens man described as a Clemson and NASCAR fan died of injuries suffered in a single-car accident on Fleming Mill Road in Laurens. The accident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22 when Kevin Fulmer, 49, struck a tree that had fallen into the road while driving his 1997 Ford Ranger…
The Laurens County Council approved a contract with Medlin Builders of Enoree to construct the new Thompson Road Fire Station Tuesday night. The contract is not to exceed $531,000 but Laurens County Fire Services Director Greg Lindley assured council members that the design-to-build project will come insignificantly under that number. “I’m very confident that we…
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, Clinton Public Safety and Laurens Police Department are teaming up for “Jail and Bail” this Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at The Ridge. The local law-enforcement team, called “Team Blue Line” will be “arresting” local business leaders who will have a chance to contact friends, family and colleague to raise…
The City of Clinton Department of Public Safety has now joined with Laurens County Sheriff’s Department, the LCSO K-9 units, SLED aviation and other agencies in a search for Zoey Carles, a 12-year-old Clinton area girl who was last seen at 6 p.m. Thursday evening on the 1600 block of Green Plain Road near Clinton.…