Lake Rabon
Leslie Harold Vickery
Laurens Leslie Harold Vickery, age 88, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Leslie Bee Vickery and Iva May Davidson Vickery. Born and raised in Paris, TN, he met and married Barbara Ann Davis Vickery in…
Read MoreLaurens VB suffers pair of defeats
The Laurens Raiders’ volleyball team saw its skid reach four straight matches Wednesday after being swept in both halves of a tri-match at T.L. Hanna, losing to both Easley and the host Yellow Jackets. In the match against Easley, which the Green Wave won in two sets (25-21, 25-14), Brielle Macatiag had 14 digs. Hanna,…
Read MoreCPW reports on gradual drop in geosmin, damaged natural gas lines
Laurens, S.C. – Commissioners for the Laurens Commission of Public Works were given a briefing Monday evening on the utility’s water quality issues over the last six weeks, and CPW General Manager John Young said testing has shown the geosmin levels in the finished water and in Lake Rabon have begun to go down slightly…
Read More‘Naturally occurring’ water issues pester CPW, LCWSC
Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission and the Laurens Commission of Public Works are having an unwelcome moment of deja vu with the current water issues facing the providers. Quite a few customers each day are calling with concerns about the tap water’s “earthy” odor and taste, which has been found to result from geosmin.…
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