Disc golfers across the Upstate will soon have another destination to play a full round of the sport, which is growing in popularity among amateurs and getting more notoriety at the professional level. Lauren’s County Park has been the home to a 9-hole course designed by Laurens County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Andy Howard,…
ZF Transmissions is expected to embark on the second major expansion at its Gray Court facility since 2020. The Laurens County Council was expected to approve first reading of a fee-in-lieu-of-taxes (FILOT) agreement for Project Trapezoid. Sources later confirmed that the project involves ZF. According to the resolution, the expansion is a proposed $256.475 million…
Clinton, S.C. – Earlier this week an official with the City of Clinton had verified that two new unnamed restaurants were planning to locate near the I-26 and Hwy. 72 interchange, and now one of them appears to be Starbucks, judging from an agenda item for Clinton City Council’s regular March meeting this upcoming Monday,…
Clinton , S.C. – On the campus of Presbyterian College last week, a group of students from the Multicultural Student Union (MSU) scrambled and brought together almost 250 students, faculty and administrators to show the Clinton community and the PC family that unity, love and diversity can co-exist. The Thursday morning “Unity Walk” was in…
Clinton, S.C. – When Prisma Health volunteers began preparing on Thursday to paint primer over the sheetrock in the newest Habitat for Humanity home in Clinton, they saw notes of edification and praise written on walls in each room. “Thank you Lord for this bedroom,” one message read. “Philippians 4:4. I will rejoice!” “We…
Laurens Police arrested a Laurens man shortly after noon Tuesday after several shots were fired in the vicinity of Pinehaven and West Main streets in downtown Laurens. Jessie Gerrod Goggins, 42, was charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime after he allegedly fired a semi-automatic handgun…
In the wake of two separate incidents involving students bringing guns into Laurens County School District 55 schools in three days, district officials met for a roundtable discussion with local law enforcement representatives to forge a path forward. “We were there to throw some ideas around,” said Laurens Police Lt. Scott Franklin, the departments public…
Laurens County, South Carolina – Courtney Stonell is hoping to meet all the “ploggers” in the county, and she hopes many of them show up for county beautification efforts, starting with the 14th Annual Lake Greenwood Clean Day Saturday morning, March 12, and another county cleanup event on Earth Day, April 22. “I just learned…
Editor’s Note: During Black History Month the Laurens Fire Department is celebrating a bit of its own near-forgotten history. Laurens, S.C. – The City of Laurens Fire Department dates back to 1884, and with that history comes stories as numerous as the almost 60 photos on its Wall of Honor at the West Main Street…
A woman died Thursday in a house fire on Ballard Road in Cross Hill. Robbie J. Richardson, 61, died at the scene of the fire, according to the Laurens County Coroner’s Office. An autopsy has been scheduled, said Laurens County Deputy Coroner Bill Williams, Jr. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the…