Laurens County will host a Veterans Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at the new Veteran’s Monument and Memorial Park at the Laurens County Library. The ceremony is the first event held at the Monument and Memorial Park, which was recently completed on the library campus at 1017 West Main Street in Laurens. The Veterans…
Petition candidate Arthur Philson unseated long-time Laurens County Council member Diane Anderson, winning the District 6 seat on council with 55% of the vote in Tuesday’s General Election. Philson won the seat with 1,831 votes, while Anderson finished with 1,487 votes. He entered the race for the District 6 seat as a petition candidate rather…
Laurens County, South Carolina – Ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 5 General Election, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is reminding voters that taking “Ballot Selfies” is illegal. The following is a release by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), reminding South Carolina voters that it is unlawful to take a photo of your…
Laurens County, South Carolina – The Laurens County Veterans and First Responders Hall of Heroes organization on Sunday afternoon held its second annual Hall of Heroes induction ceremony. This is the second year since the organization expanded to hold ceremonies in Laurens County, while also including personnel from 911 Emergency Dispatch, Emergency Medical Services, Fire…
Laurens County Administrator Thomas Higgs presented a wrap-of the county’s efforts during and after Hurricane Helene left a path of destruction in its wake in the county almost a month ago. Higgs said approximately 593 homes were affected by the storm, 43 of which were completely destroyed and about 200 had “major damage.” Damage estimates…
Early voters are casting ballots for this year’s General Election in record numbers across the state and nation, and Laurens County is no different. More than 8,000 ballots had been cast in the county as of Tuesday afternoon, a significantly higher number than around 6,000 no-excuse absentee and early votes cast in 2020 during the…
The Laurens County Council voted unanimously at its regular meeting Monday night to close an emergency medical services gap in Joanna and the southern-most part of the county. Council Vice-Chairman Jeff Carroll, who also chairs the council’s emergency services committee, made a motion to spend existing funds to hire three paramedics and purchase a quick…
A Fountain Inn couple charged with murder in the death of their 12-year-old special-needs daughter pleaded guilty to lesser charges in 8th Circuit Court this past week. Shawnetta and Barkee Faust, the biological mother and stepfather of the child, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and unlawful abuse/neglect of a child, in the death of Ashantae…
GREENWOOD – A former sheriff’s deputy and police officer who worked for several agencies in Laurens County and the Lakelands was sentenced to 34 years in prison after pleading guilty this past week to shooting and killing his neighbor in Ware Shoals in May of last year . Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, pleaded guilty as…
A Ware Shoals man was sentenced to 34 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing his neighbor in May of last year. Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, pleaded guilty as charged to murder in advance of his upcoming Monday trial date in Greenwood and threw himself upon the mercy of the Court. Eighth…