Laurens County, South Carolina – Members of the South Carolina House and Senate will reconvene Tuesday, Jan. 11, and S.C. District 9 Senator Danny Verdin said of all the issues the legislators are facing, none are as urgent as U.S. Congressional redistricting, which faces a swift timetable. “Redistricting the seven congressional districts is the first…
Clinton, South Carolina – At the request of developer Laurens County Investments LLC, Clinton City Council agreed Monday night to pass a resolution to annex two parcels of property in the event they are sold to the investment group. The properties, identified as Laurens County Tax Map numbers 658-00-00-062 and 658-00-00-080 are near Highway 76…
Laurens Police are still seeking a suspect involved in a shooting Thursday on Sullivan Street in Laurens that has left one man hospitalized. Tykevious Fadrell Kennedy, 18, was arrested soon after the shooting incident and charged with attempted murder, simple larceny, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and discharging a…
Laurens, South Carolina – Patrons and supporters of the Laurens County Museum Association will bring in the new year at a New Year’s Eve celebration Friday, and they’ll get a sneak peak at the brand new exhibits at the museum’s new permanent home at the Witherspoon Building, 116 Public Square in Laurens. But it’s the…
Laurens, South Carolina – A Laurens family lost their home and their belongings in an afternoon fire on Christmas Eve. Marcus and Fallon English of the Wattsvile community had taken their children, Tryton and Mikayla, to Walmart Friday afternoon for some last minute Christmas shopping. It was there that her husband got calls from neighbors…
A Ware Shoals woman died Tuesday night in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 25 near Mount Bethel Road in Laurens County. Lyndea Noel Madden, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to Deputy Coroner Bill Williams, Jr. South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Gary Miller said Madden was driving southbound of…
The Greenwood School District 52 Board of Trustees is seeking a new superintendent for the second time in four years, and David Pitts, assistant superintendent for Laurens District 56 is once again a finalist for the post. Pitts was among three finalists named this past week by Greenwood District 52. He was also a finalist…
An car crash Sunday morning on I-385 South near Exit 22 just inside the Laurens County line claimed the life of one motorist and sent another to the hospital. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Brandon Bolt, the crash occurred just after 6 a.m. Bolt said the driver of a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup…
Authorities have made an arrest in the disappearance and murder of a Fountain Inn woman whose body was discovered Tuesday in a wooded area in Starr. Timothy Paul Spencer of Anderson has been charged with the murder of Billie Jean Cross of Fountain Inn. Cross, 58, was reported missing by family members on Dec. 10.…
The Laurens County Safe Home has met its needed goal of collecting Christmas presents for current clients and their children, but the agency welcomes gifts to have on hand for new clients as the holiday nears. “All of our current clients have been adopted out (for gifts) but we don’t stop accepting new people, so…