UPDATE May 4, 2023: With the resignation May 1 of additional board members, (see current Breaking News) the election was changed to Aug. 1 for all three board members. Filing for Rawl’s position still ends at noon, Monday, May 8. Laurens County, South Carolina – With the resignation last week of a member of the District 55 Board…
A Cross Hill man has been confirmed dead and two others were shot Saturday during an incident on Coyote Drive in Waterloo Saturday night. According to the Laurens County Coroner’s Office there were three shooting victims at the scene. One deputy coroner was sent to the scene of the incident and another was re-routed to…
Submitted by Mary Fortune Laurens District High School Class of 1973 After the lights went out on Friday nights in the fall of 1972, the evening was just getting started for many high school students. Fifty years ago, the place to be on Friday nights after the games was the old armory on South Harper…
The Laurens County Museum is in the midst of a membership drive that leaders hope will more than quadruple its rolls by adding at least 1,000 new members by late May. The membership drive began officially on April 1 and will end May 20. “I really think there should be an intrinsic motivation to help…
A Greenville man was taken into custody Monday by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office in connection with well over $100,000 worth of property stolen from a Cross Hill farm. Michael Jacob Zaagman, 42, faces nine counts of grand larceny worth $10,000 or more, four counts of grand larceny ($2,000-$10,000), one count of petit larceny and…
To raise awareness about the public health impacts of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is joining public health agencies around the nation in recognizing April 9-15 as STI Awareness Week. DHEC encourages people to get tested so they know their status when it comes to STIs, also…
Class was in session at The Ridge Monday night despite local schools starting their spring breaks this week. About eight area teens attended The Ridge’s second “Life Skills” program, which was coordinated by the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Department. “Some of the things we teach you tonight could save your life or someone…
A Waterloo man was killed Wednesday when he was shot while hunting, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. The Laurens County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Michael Calvin Keeler, 34, and said he died of a gunshot wound. SCDNR investigators said Keeler and another person were turkey hunting at the Cliff…
An Laurens County Sheriff’s Office murder investigation that lasted more than a month has led to an arrest of a Cross Hill man. Jahmez Wayvon Lindsay, 20, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder, grand larceny, second-degree burglary and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Lindsay is accused of shooting…
The new Laurens County Airport Terminal soon to be built with funds from the 2020 Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST) will be named after former long-time airport commissioner Sammy Wham. Groundbreaking on the new terminal building and other airport improvements are to begin later this year. Wham helped spearhead the $500,000 CPST airport project, which…