Laurens County, S.C. – Each year prior to the Valentine’s Day season, the United Way of Laurens County sponsors “Bags of Love,” and UWLC is hoping to gather bags for even more gift bags this year. “There are hundreds of seniors in our community living alone and dependent on community agencies for food, socialization, and…
Laurens, South Carolina – Utility companies servicing Laurens County and the South Carolina Department of Transportation are taking steps to prepare for the projected winter storm tonight and tomorrow. The SCDOT announced it was to begin sanding or salting roads on Thursday and would continue work as needed, and encouraging motorists to stay off roadways…
The victim of a fatal wreck that occurred Friday night on Highway 76 in Laurens has been identified by the Laurens County Coroner’s Office. According to Chief Deputy Coroner Patti Canupp, Christopher Tyrone “Ty” Evans, 19, was killed in the head-on collision. Evans was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Two other people…
Upstate residents are bracing for a mix of wintry weather this weekend that could deliver 2-to-4 inches of snow and ice accumulations to Laurens County. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for this weekend as a storm system carrying with it the possibilities of snow, sleet and/or freezing rain to the…
A Clinton couple has been arrested by Laurens County Sheriff’s Office investigators and charged in connection with the sexual abuse of a child. According to the LCSO, Randall James Holdway, 38, has been charged Tuesday with three counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, disseminating obscene material and third-degree sexual conduct with a minor.…
Laurens, South Carolina – As a result of District 55’s temporary closure of several schools and rising COVID numbers, the Martin Luther King Day Celebration Parade and Commemorative Program planned by the Sanders Alumni has been postponed until a later time. The Laurens Branch of the NAACP is holding its annual MLK Freedom Fund program…
• We will update this story as schedule changes are announced. The last of District 55 schools were switched to eLearning for the remainder of this week, parents learned early afternoon Thursday in a mass-mailing from Supt. Ameca Thomas. The decision gives district the chance to disinfect all schools during the long weekend, Thomas said,…
Basketball is getting a little smaller in Chrissy Floyd’s rearview mirror these days, but she made a familiar trek back to Clemson’s Littlejohn Colliseum Sunday for the latest of a string of post-career honors and accolades for a career well-played. Floyd’s No. 32 jersey was retired during a ceremony at Clemson’s 80-74 loss to Boston…
The first occupant of Laurens County’s Connexial Center industrial park on I-385 in Gray Court is getting its first occupant. Shamrock Technologies is making a $19.4 million investment in moving part of its international operation to a spec building at Connexial Center. The Laurens County Council was expected to approve third and final reading of…
Laurens, South Carolina – A tree seems to grow from the floor and into the rafters of the Witherspoon Building, the newly-completed permanent home of the Laurens County Museum which welcomed hundreds of guests last weekend with a fundraising gala Friday and a grand opening on Sunday, Jan. 2. The “tree room” is an impressive…