Laurens, South Carolina – With the planned opening this winter of a Big Air USA Trampoline Park venue, Laurens County will have new options for family fun without having to leave the county. Jake Cooper, owner of Riverside Garages on West Main and North Harper streets in Laurens, has just signed off on a Big…
Laurens County, South Carolina – Hot summer days can be stressful enough for folks simply trying to stay cool, but due to a long-standing lawsuit between member utilities of the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, summer stress includes knowledge that a controversial and long-standing lawsuit remains unresolved. The lawsuit pits the plaintiffs: Laurens Commission of Public…
Newly minted Presbyterian College President Anita Gustafson reported for her first day on the job Tuesday, releasing a video on PC’s social media platforms. Gustafson, who spent nearly two decades as a member of the faculty and administration at PC before leaving for Mercer in 2016, was hired in June as PC’s 20th president. She…
2 of 3 seats contested Tuesday in a District 55 Board of Trustees special election will be decided by runoffs Chip Jenkins won a special election Tuesday to fill Seat 7 on the Laurens County School District 55 Board of Trustees, but two other seats will be decided in an upcoming runoff. Jenkins, a consulting…
Laurens County, South Carolina – The polls will remain open until 7 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 1, as many District 55 voters will decide who fills Seats 1, 3 and 7 on the District 55 Board of Trustees. The board, which has barely had a quorum for several months, lost three members quickly this spring,…
Clinton, South Carolina – The Laurens County Community Theatre held two rounds of auditions last week for its upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz, and the director is getting the word out that the community theater can use more than just actors for the upcoming show. Under the direction of Joe Timmons, recently named…
Clinton, S.C. – Named for the jaunty hats they still wear with their quintessential matching suits, the singers and musicians who comprise The Tams will be back in the county this Thursday, July 27, for the City of Clinton’s Town Rhythms, starting at 7 p.m. at The Depot. “The Tams have always been a favorite…
Laurens County, South Carolina – Tyler “Standing Bear” Williams and his mom, Lynette Lockey were looking over thick necklaces, many of them made by hand by members of the PAIA Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation SC located just off Metric Road between Gray Court and Laurens. They were there early, having come in from Charleston to…
A vigil Monday night at The Ridge in Laurens for an 18-year-old murder victim was both a celebration of a young life and a cautionary tale. Kierstyn Mackennah Payge Williamson, a Laurens native who had recently began to identify as a male and wished to be called Jacob, went missing on Friday, June 30 and…
Like so many small textile towns scattered around the Carolinas, Joanna was home to a teeming mill with workers who punched the clock and then competed fiercely in textile baseball leagues when they were off of it. And like the mills themselves, the teams and the leagues have fallen into the bins of history, but…