For the first time in memory, the Laurens County Council is changing its regular meeting schedule. Council will now hold regular meetings once a month instead of twice, and that meeting will be held on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Regular meetings were previously held on the second and fourth Tuesdays…
The Laurens County Development Corporation Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday at its regular meeting to spend $1 million to support “Project Zebra,” a record $620 million investment in the county planned by an unnamed existing industry. The $1 million will go to help with infrastructure and other site improvements for the planned expansion, said…
The Laurens County Animal Shelter is currently participating in the Pick Me! SC statewide adoption event. During Pick Me! SC, adoption fees are waived for all animals, which have been spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and treated with heartworm and flea and tick preventatives. And it couldn’t have come at a better time. Laurens County…
Presbyterian College rising junior Eric Terry knew he wanted to be a veterinarian – he just didn’t know where he would make that happen. Terry, a Greenwood native, at least now has an option a little closer to home thanks to a recent decision by the Clemson University Board of Trustees that will open the…
The Laurens County Council was expected to go into executive session at its regular meeting Tuesday night to discuss “Project Zebra” and vote on first reading of a fee-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement on the industrial development project. Laurens County Economic Development Corporation President Jonathan Coleman said if ultimately approved “Project Zebra” will be a historic investment for…
Laurens County South Carolina – The local delegation representing Laurens County voters in the state legislature are on summer vacation right now, just weeks after the finalization and signage by Gov. Henry McMaster of the newly approved budget. Verdin applauds vet school appropriation During June the state legislature finalized its $13 billion budget for 2023-24,…
A Gray Court woman was killed Sunday night after being struck by a vehicle while walking on Highway 76 in Laurens. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway, the victim was walking west on Highway 76 about two miles east of Laurens near Templeton Road when she was struck by a 2004…
Laurens County, South Carolina – Details ahead of a small real estate transfer is all that is still needed before the Laurens Commission of Public Works and Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission can finalize their long-negotiated raw water purchase contract. The two utilities have been working since late last year to prepare a new…
Two people have been arrested in Monroe, North Carolina in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Laurens County woman who had been missing since Friday, June 30. The body identified by authorities in Union County, North Carolina of Kierstyn Mackennah Payge Williamson was discovered Tuesday afternoon, and murder and related charges soon followed for…
The Charleston Post and Courier’s “Uncovered” investigative journalism project was featured Sunday on CBS Sunday Morning. Veteran journalist Ted Koppel visited Charleston in addition to Blythewood and Chester, South Carolina for the story, which also featured a graphic of the mastheads of all 19 papers that are part of the project, including The Laurens County…