Nov. 5, 2020 Laurens, S.C. – The City of Laurens’ new Back Street Park will be officially open for the public this Friday, Nov. 6, during an 11 a.m. dedication ceremony. The park is at the corner of East Main Street and Highway 221 at the entrance of Historic Downtown Laurens. The park was first put into…
With weather this weekend expected to be warm and sunny, Main Street Laurens is offering the upcoming Fall Family Days mini-festival as a way to bring people back to Laurens’ Historic Public Square for some live music and good food. “The weather sounds like it’s going to be perfect for getting outside,” said Main Street Laurens…
The Laurens District High School football season came to an abrupt end Thursday as District 55 officials announced that a person in the program tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release from District 55, the person within the program tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday and was asymptomatic until the day of the test. District…
In District 55, Seat 7 representative Robby Bell, who has been serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, lost soundly to opponent James Bubba Rawl, with a vote of 1,170 for Rawl to 527 for Bell. Also falling to the challenger was Seat 3 incumbent Barbara Beeks, who lost her seat to challenger Neal Patterson…
Children of Laurens County, and adults who are young at heart, will have splash pads to play in to cool off now that the Capital Project Sales Tax passed in this week’s election. The three splash pads will go into parks within the City of Laurens, Joanna and Ware Shoals as part of a large scale upgrade to…
A former Laurens County Sheriff’s Office deputy who worked as a guard at the Johnson Detention Center was back in jail Monday on additional charges of misconduct in office and voyeurism. Phillip Kevin Tollison, 33, was arrested initially on Wednesday (Oct. 28) and booked initially into the detention center. The LCSO requested a criminal investigation…
Republican Clinton businessman David Tribble reclaimed the County Council District 7 seat that belonged to him more than a decade ago with a victory over Council Chairman David Pitts in Tuesday’s General Election. Tribble, who also served two terms as Clinton’s mayor in the 1980s and one term in the South Carolina General Assembly, won…
Laurens County voters approved a 1-cent Capital Project Sales Tax Tuesday, voting overwhelmingly in favor of a plan that will invest nearly $35 million in 16 building and improvement projects all around the county. When the votes were tallied, 14,370 people voted for the referendum (58%) and 10,366 (42%) voted against it. The “Yes” votes…
Children of Laurens County, or adults who are young at heart, will have splash pads to play in to cool off if the Capital Project Sales Tax passes in next week’s election. The three splash pads will go into parks within the City of Laurens, Joanna and Ware Shoals as part of a large scale…
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a former deputy who worked at the Johnson Detention Center and charged him with misconduct in office. Phillip Kevin Tollison, 33, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the detention center. The LCSO requested a criminal investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) after learning of the alleged…