ST. LOUIS (February 19, 2025) — Save A Lot, one of the country’s largest discount grocery chains is pleased to announce that Retail Partner Dwayne Goodwin was recently named as an Outstanding Independent by Progressive Grocer. This is the 14th year Progressive Grocer has recognized excellence of independent food retailers across the country. Dwayne Goodwin…
Lander University crowned the 2025 Homecoming King and Queen during Saturday’s Homecoming games. Jonathan Walker is a senior business administration major with an emphasis in IT management from Mountville, representing Gamma Phi Beta sorority and the Presidential Ambassadors. Sophia Reyes is a sophomore criminology and political science double major with a minor in homeland security…
Clinton, South Carolina – A banquet in Clinton this weekend will have a two-fold purpose, as it’s not only raising funds for the planned Martha Dendy Community Center but also raising awareness of the benefits the center will eventually have on the Clinton community. Several members of the Martha Dendy Community Center board of directors…
The Fountain Inn city council voted unanimously Thursday to hire Brison Taylor as the city’s new director of public works. Taylor comes to Fountain Inn after working in various capacities for his hometown, the City of Clinton, for the past 10 years. He has been the director of public works and utilities in Clinton since…
Laurens, South Carolina – In celebration of Black History Month, the Laurens County Museum is presenting a series of programs, with an exhibit opening this Saturday morning with a lecture on the educational history of Blacks in the South. The exhibit opens at 10 a.m. Feb. 15, and at 11 a.m., Laurens native Lillie Beasley…
News from Wofford College SPARTANBURG, SC (02/14/2025)– The early nights during Interim made for the perfect environment for Emily Schwendemann ’25 to do something that hasn’t been done at Wofford in decades. Schwendemann spent their Interim looking toward the stars as part of an independent study in the field of astrophysics. Schwendemann, a math, physics…
Laurens native and Presbyterian College graduate James C. (Jim) Todd IV was been elected this past week by the South Carolina General Assembly as a family court judge for the 8th Circuit, which includes Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and Newberry counties. Todd said the election was the end of a nine-month process with the state legislature…
After months of debate and public input, the Laurens County Council voted down an ordinance Monday that was designed to increase protections for livestock owners who say revelers setting off fireworks in what were once quiet, rural areas are endangering their animals. The ordinance failed to pass on third and final reading after the vote…
Clinton, South Carolina – A Navy veteran in hospice care and seven other veterans at Woodbridge Clinton Senior Living were honored Thursday with a special program presented by Veteran’s Last Patrol, a nonprofit organization founded and based in Spartanburg. Ray Riley, Sr., a Clinton native and a Navy veteran, spent four years in active duty…
Top-ranked May River won the final five matches on the mat Saturday afternoon in the Class 4A Duals state finals at Columbia’s Dreher High School, denying Laurens its first state wrestling duals championship. The Raiders built a 35-11 advantage prior to the Sharks’ late surge, winning six straight matches with three pins and two…