Laurens County Emergency Services Director pecks at his iPhone and the words appear on a screen in front of a 9-1-1 operator. “Do you have an emergency?” operator Jodi Shea types. “I’m lost,” Avery responds via text, and he receives a link he can click that should lead responders right to his location. “That’s what…
Two men drowned in as many days in the swift waters of the Saluda River after entering the water at Irving Pitts Memorial Park in Ware Shoals. The Laurens County Coroner’s Office identified both men Wednesday morning. According to reports, leaders at the Ware Shoals Police Department were conducting a TV interview at the park…
The family of a woman who was shot and killed by a Laurens County Sheriff’s deputy Saturday night spoke publicly for the first time since her death on Wednesday after apparently getting the access to materials from the LCSO and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigation into the incident. After first questioning an LCSO…
An eighth-grader at Sanders Middle School was arrested Wednesday by the Laurens Police Department and now faces charges of “communicating threats,” District 55 said in a release Wednesday night. According to District 55 officials, the LPD received reports of a perceived threat made toward District 55 on a social media chat chain among some Sanders…
After moving commencement celebrations outdoors during the pre-vaccination heights of COVID-19, local high schools are once again going indoors for graduation ceremonies this Friday. It’s just as well. Friday has a 77% chance of rain, according to weather forecasts. Clinton High School will introduce its newly minted 167 graduates to the world first with a…
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigation the shooting of a 26-year-old Laurens woman Saturday night by a Laurens County Sheriff’s deputy. According to the LCSO, deputies responded to a residence on Old Stable Lane in Laurens following a 9-1-1 call around 8 p.m. Minutes after they arrived, Kalah Shannon Gary was shot…
Laurens, South Carolina – Laurens District 55 School Board on Monday night approved a change to a Modified School Year Calendar starting with the 2023/24 school year, meaning children will get eight weeks of summer vacation instead of ten weeks under the traditional schedule. In a presentation by Assistant Supt. for Pupil Services Jody Penland, the…
Laurens, S.C. – On Monday morning, Laurens City Manager Eric Delgado announced the temporary closure or Laurens City Hall effective immediately after city employees tested positive for Covid. The office will reopen for regular hours on Wednesday morning, May 25. “Essential services will not be affected,” Delgado said. “Payments will still be accepted online, or…
UPDATE: Victim identified as 26-year-old Laurens woman A Laurens County Sheriff’s deputy was involved in a shooting Saturday night that resulted in a fatality, according to a statement from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Old Stable Lane in Laurens. The victim was identified as Kalah Shannon Gary, 26,…
Laurens County, S.C. – Through most of last week, the Laurens County Voter Registration & Elections staff were getting the word out that their office had moved from the Historic Courthouse to its new location at 205 Bolt Drive at the former Winn Dixie in Laurens. Staff was also getting ready to begin its absentee…