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Friday music, Saturday markets on tap this weekend across county
Thursday afternoon ceremony to mark Swamp Rabbit opening
Reversal: Carpenter elected vice-chair of District 55 board
Gray Court taking steps with history, development
Annual Laurens County Shrine Race set for June 13
2 arrested following break-ins at area churches
Waterloo man killed in single-car crash
Clinton wins 3A baseball title, downs Hawks 5-4
Georgia woman dies following Kinards crash
Roadways, rivers benefit from record spring cleanups

Henry McMaster

McMaster presents restaurant, limited mask mandates to slow virus spread

By Judith Brown | July 29, 2020 |

In a Wednesday afternoon press conference, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster presented an executive order that makes mandatory the measures which had previously been only recommended for restaurants, venues and other gathering places. They will go into effect Monday, Aug. 3. Then starting Aug. 5, McMaster said his executive order requires face masks be worn in…

Four COVID-19 cases in county, non-essential biz closed

By John Clayton | April 1, 2020 |

Four cases of COVID-19 in Laurens County since Saturdays were confirmed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) over the weekend and on Wednesday. The cases were confirmed as DHEC continued to announce laboratory results. The first confirmed case in the county was reported Saturday. One additional case was added Sunday, a third…